Film

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org.Many recent works of contemporary art, performance, and film turn a spotlight on sleep, wresting it from the hidden, private spaces to which it is commonly relegated...

For armchair travellers, film buffs, tourists and city dwellers alike, Turner Classic Movies takes you on a one-of-a-kind tour of the cinematic sites of New York City.Highlighting the great films set in the Big Apple since the dawn of cinema to the...

First performed at Edinburgh's Royal Lyceum Theatre, the first stage play from the SUNDAY TIMES No.1 bestselling author of SAINTS OF THE SHADOW BIBLE.It's been 25 years since Alfred Chalmers was convicted of the gruesome murder of four young women in...

An evaluation of one of the most important yet overlooked of Hollywood auteurs Budd Boetticher who was responsible for a number of classic films, including his famous 'Ranown' series of westerns starring Randolph Scott.Book InformationISBN...

The Art at Making of Independence Day Resurgence takes readers from the aftermath of the '96 invasion, through there building of the planet, and the new, terrifying threat about to hit Earth. This official companion is packed with incredible concept art,...

From DreamWorks Animation comes a movie event based on the best-selling book series by Dav Pilkey. This comedy for the entire family tells the story of 2 pranksters named George and Harold, who hypnotize their principal into thinking he's a ridiculously...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781593932459Author James StrattonFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

From the moment he captured the film world's attention with Mean Streets (1973), a portrait of life at the fringes of the Mob, it was clear that a dazzling cinematic talent had arrived on the scene. With Robert DeNiro, one of the most talented young...

Communicate your vision, tell your story and plan major scenes with simple, effective storyboarding techniques. Using sketches of shots from classic films, from silents to the present day, John Hart leads you through the history and evolution of this...

The history of Greek cinema post-1945 is best understood through the stories of its most internationally celebrated and influential directors. Focusing on the works of six major filmmakers active from just after WWII to the present day, with added...

Paul Donnelley has chronicled the lives and deaths of more than 1,000 movie personalities. Included are not just the big stars but also a wealth of producers, directors and supporting players. Some achieved world fame or great power. Some were consigned...

David Fincher's Mank recreates 1930s Hollywood through the eyes of scathing wit and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish Citizen Kane. Starring Gary Oldman as Mankiewicz, Amanda Seyfried as Marion Davies, Charles Dance as...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375706646Author David MametFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 231gDimensions(mm) 198mm *...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781593938833Author Derek PykettFormat PaperbackPage Count 444Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 590gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Born into a family of vaudevillians, Buster Keaton made his first film appearance in 1917 at the age of 21. By the early 1920s, he had established himself as one of the geniuses of silent cinema with such films as Sherlock, Jr. and The Navigator and his...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781932907131Author Stan WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 219Imprint Michael Wiese ProductionsPublisher Michael Wiese ProductionsWeight(grams) 354g

From movie villains to scream queens, here are interviews with 36 actors and actresses familiar to fans of sixties and seventies cult cinema. Interviewees include the well-known (David Carradine, Christopher Lee), the relatively obscure (Marrie Lee), sex...

This is the first book in English dedicated to the actress and director Tanaka Kinuyo. Her career overlapped with a transformative period in Japanese history, and this close analysis of her fascinating life and work offers new perspectives,...

Released in 1965, Sergei Paradjanov's Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors is a landmark of Soviet-era cinema - yet, because its emphasis on folklore and mysticism in traditional Carpathian Hutsul culture broke with Soviet realism, it caused Paradjanov to be...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615931361Author Robert GrantFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint Michael Wiese ProductionsPublisher Michael Wiese Productions

'If I was setting out as a screenwriter, this is the book I would read first and keep by me'- Melanie Harris, Producer, Crosslab Productions'An excellent resource for students and teachers alike'- In the Picture'...a valuable addition to every...

Praised as the "best modern survey of the silent period" ( New Republic ), this indispensable history tells you everything you need to know about American silent film, from the nickelodeons in the early 1900s to the birth of the first "talkies" in the...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781737603405Author Daryn KirschtFormat PaperbackPage Count 412Imprint Daryn KirschtPublisher Daryn KirschtWeight(grams) 712gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm * 21mm

Film and Video Editing Theory offers an accessible, introductory guide to the practices used to create meaning through editing. In this book, Michael Frierson synthesizes the theories of the most prominent film editors and scholars, from Herbert Zettl,...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629336848Author Aubrey MaloneFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor Media

Experimental Filmmaking and the Motion Picture Camera is an introductory guide to experimental filmmaking, surveying the practical methods of experimental film production as well as the history, theory, and aesthetics of experimental approaches.Author...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629331348Author Lee GambinFormat PaperbackPage Count 502Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 662gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 26mm

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780941188845Author Richard PeppermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint Michael Wiese ProductionsPublisher Michael Wiese ProductionsWeight(grams) 254g

Set in a big Dublin hotel of the mid-nineteenth century, The Singular Life of Albert Nobbs is a total theatre creation. In it, we discover that Albert, the perfect waiter - who never drinks, smokes or flirts with the chambermaids - is in fact a woman who...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780684832661Author Ma GriffinFormat PaperbackPage Count 516Imprint TouchstonePublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 650gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 29mm

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629338576Author Philip J RileyFormat HardbackPage Count 172Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 689gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm *...

The Western has always been inextricably linked to the USA, and studies have continually sought to connect its historical development to changes in American society and Hollywood innovations. Focusing new critical attention on films produced in Germany,...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767900751Author Jane HamsherFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday DelPublisher Broadway Books (A Division of...

In Speculative Blackness, Andre M. Carrington analyzes the highly racialized genre of speculative fiction-including science fiction, fantasy, and utopian works, along with their fan cultures-to illustrate the relationship between genre conventions in...

In a world awash in screenwriting books, The Science of Screenwriting provides an alternative approach that will help the aspiring screenwriter navigate this mass of often contradictory advice: exploring the science behind storytelling strategies. Paul...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847710178Author Y LolfaFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y LolfaDimensions(mm) 210mm * 210mm * 7mm

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615931699Author Mr Jeffrey Michael BaysFormat PaperbackPage Count 166Imprint Michael Wiese ProductionsPublisher Michael Wiese ProductionsWeight(grams)...

Abraham Polonsky (1910-1999), screenwriter and filmmaker of the mid-twentieth-century Left, recognized his writerly mission to reveal the aspirations of his characters in a material society structured to undermine their hopes. In the process, he ennobled...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911414018Author Adam MickiewiczFormat HardbackPage Count 418Imprint Glagoslav Publications B.V.Publisher Glagoslav Publications B.V.Weight(grams)...

Put the power of Expressions to work in your animations with controls and efficiencies impossible to achieve with traditional keyframing techniques. No programming skills are required. Foundation concepts and skills orient the new designer and serve as a...