Film

In a career that spans more than four decades, FrederickWiseman has made thirty-eight films that together form a monumental chronicle of latetwentieth- century institutional and cultural life. The dilemmasWiseman poses in his films - moral,...

The definitive oral history of the cult classic Dazed and Confused, featuring behind-the-scenes stories from the cast, crew, and Oscar-nominated director Richard Linklater.Dazed and Confused not only heralded the arrival of filmmaker Richard Linklater,...

A collection of 50 original posters celebrating the most compelling unmade films in the history of moviemaking For most films, it's a long, strange road from concept to screen, and sometimes those roads lead to dead ends. In Underexposed!: The 50...

Did David Lean have a philosophy of filmmaking? David Lean: Filmmaker and Philosopher draws out the threads and themes of this widely celebrated and incredibly influential director who, despite his long career, remained consistently reticent in claiming...

Since cinema's earliest days, literary adaptation has provided the movies with stories; and so we use literary terms like metaphor, metonymy and synecdoche to describe visual things. But there is another way of looking at film, and that is through its...

March 20, 2019 marked the end of an era -- Disney took ownership of the movie empire that was Fox. For almost a century before that historic date, Twentieth Century-Fox was one of the preeminent producers of films, stars, and filmmakers. Its unique...

Written both for students and working professionals, this book walks readers step-by-step through the foundations of color grading for projects of any size, from music videos and commercials to full-length features.In this clear, practical, and...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345494764Author J.W. RinzlerFormat HardbackPage Count 372Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncSeries Star WarsWeight(grams)...

Put the video podcast medium to work for you and your clients with a winning formula. Know how video podcasts work and every facet of what it takes to produce a professional-quality program that will meet every criterion for success. The authors are...

This collection of forty new essays, written by the leading scholars in adaptation studies and distinguished contributors from outside the field, is the most comprehensive volume on adaptation ever published. Written to appeal alike to specialists in...

"You Talkin' to Me?" is a fun, fascinating, and exhaustively reported look at all the iconic Hollywood movie quotes we know and love, from Casablanca to Dirty Harry and The Godfather to Mean Girls. Drawing on interviews, archival sleuthing, and...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781557832269Author Dylan ThomasFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint Applause Theatre Book PublishersPublisher Hal Leonard CorporationSeries Applause Books

The short film is a unique narrative art form that, while lending itself to experimentation, requires tremendous discipline in following traditional filmic considerations. This book takes the student and novice screenwriter through the storytelling...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780722354186Author John PeelFormat HardbackPage Count 106Imprint Candy Jar BooksPublisher Andrews UK LimitedSeries Lethbridge-StewartWeight(grams)...

A guided tour through the nuanced politics of architectural illusion, "The Vatican to Vegas" takes the reader from lavish Baroque fantasies of the seventeenth century to the Electronic Baroque of today. The "scripted spaces" described by Norman Klein are...

The first book to talk about the creative process of one of Hollywood's most iconic directorsFrom Drugstore Cowboy to Elephant, Milk and Good Will Hunting, Gus Van Sant's films have captured the imagination of more than one generation. Acclaimed as both...

The Cinema of Takeshi Kitano: Flowering Blood is a detailed aesthetic, Deleuzian, and phenomenological exploration of Japan's finest currently-working film director, performer, and celebrity. The volume uniquely explores Kitano's oeuvre through the...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781861715067Author Jeremy Mark RobinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint Crescent Moon PublishingPublisher Crescent Moon PublishingWeight(grams)...

What are the foundations of scriptwriting? Why do some scripts gain more prestige than others? How do you write a script and get it noticed? Scriptwriting for Film, Television and New Media answers these questions and more, offering a comprehensive...

This book teaches you how to master classic and cutting edge Foley techniques in order to create rich and convincing sound for any medium, be it film, television, radio, podcasts, animation, or games.Award-winning Foley artist Vanessa Theme Ament...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780722354001Author Rick CrossFormat HardbackPage Count 222Imprint Candy Jar BooksPublisher Andrews UK LimitedSeries Lethbridge-StewartWeight(grams)...

'Darkly comic, beautifully written and full of surprises'Daily Mail 'Really funny. David is a great writer' Paula Hawkins, Good Housekeeping'A riotously good novel, witty and earnest, brimming with sharply drawn characters and creeping suspense. David...

A History of Italian Cinema, 2nd edition is the much anticipated update from the author of the bestselling Italian Cinema - which has been published in four landmark editions and will celebrate its 35th anniversary in 2018. Building upon decades of...

Fiftieth anniversary reissue of the founding media studies book that helped establish media art as a cultural category. First published in 1970, Gene Youngblood's influential Expanded Cinema was the first serious treatment of video, computers, and...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780722353950Author Nick WaltersFormat HardbackPage Count 206Imprint Candy Jar BooksPublisher Andrews UK LimitedSeries Lethbridge-StewartWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780722357279Author Michael SloanFormat HardbackPage Count 186Imprint Candy Jar BooksPublisher Andrews UK LimitedSeries Lethbridge-StewartWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780722356777Author Robert MammoneFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Candy Jar BooksPublisher Andrews UK LimitedSeries Travers & WellsWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780722356586Author Andy Frankham-AllenFormat HardbackPage Count 130Imprint Candy Jar BooksPublisher Andrews UK LimitedSeries Lethbridge-StewartWeight(grams)...

When Dr. No premiered at the London Pavilion on October 5, 1962, no one predicted that it would launch the longest-running series in cinema history. It introduced the James Bond formula that has been a box-office fixture ever since: sensational plots,...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780722355091Author Christopher BryantFormat HardbackPage Count 122Imprint Candy Jar BooksPublisher Andrews UK LimitedSeries Lethbridge-StewartWeight(grams)...

This book, written by an industry expert, covers the duties of an assistant editor over the course of an entire feature film.Throughout the book, the author provides key insights and advice from years of experience which will help assistant editors hit...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780722356579Author Andy Frankham-AllenFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint Candy Jar BooksPublisher Andrews UK LimitedSeries Lethbridge-StewartWeight(grams)...

In this official centennial history of the greatest studio in Hollywood, unforgettable stars, untold stories, and rare images from the Warner Bros. vault bring a century of entertainment to vivid life.The history of Warner Bros. is not just the tale of a...

The remarkable true story of an unrivalled journey to recreate the greatest run in film history: 15,621 miles, five-times across the United States. 'Rob Pope has made his name revelling in challenges...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781976084041Author Alan TonerFormat PaperbackPage Count 92Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

If you love animation then you're in for a treat! Olivier Cotte has gone behind-the-scenes of 13 of the greatest short animations ever made, interviewing the directors and close collaborators who made each one, to offer us a unique guide to classic...

The first stage adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's famous crime novelTom Ripley is a criminal with an ambiguous past. He is sent to Italy by a wealthy financier to try and coax home the rich man's son. In the process Ripley becomes both attracted and...

We're living in a time of unprecedented diversity in produced media content, with more characters appearing who are Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT), disabled, or from other religions or classes...

For generations, Ed Wood has been known as "the worst director of all time." This sympathetic critical study repositions the director of Plan 9 from Outer Space as a maverick independent whose work challenges the boundary between "bad" and "good." In...

Don Ameche, Eve Arden, George Burns, Bette Davis, Greer Garson, Rex Harrison, Lilli Palmer, George Raft, Ginger Rogers, Barbara Stanwyck, Orson Welles, Cornel Wilde--these are among the stars who graced the silver screen in Hollywood's Golden Age...