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Virtually every current widescreen movie, tv broadcast or streamed image benefits from the techniques that have evolved since the widespread adoption of the first practical use of anamorphic photography: CinemaScope. Wildly successful, CinemaScope...

Almost as famous for the legendary excesses of his personal life as for his films, Sam Peckinpah (1925-1984) cemented his reputation as one of the great American directors with movies such as The Wild Bunch and Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. Max Evans,...

- The only book focusing on hand drafting for film and TV that is approachable and fully illustrated throughout with step-by-step instructions. - Covers all four types of drafting projection: isometric, oblique, orthographic and axonometric. - New...

Digital Cinema considers how new technologies have revolutionized the medium, while investigating the continuities that might remain from filmmaking's analog era. In the process, it raises provocative questions about the status of realism in a...

Script Readers play a crucial role in the film industry, often responsible for determining whether a script is even looked at by a producer or development executive; yet those accountable for reading can be on the first rung of the industry ladder and...

How far would you go for love? For art? What would you be willing to change? Which price might you pay?Such are the painful questions explored by Neil Labute in The Shape of Things. A young student drifts into an ever-changing relationship with an...

An in-depth look into the transformation of visual culture and digital aesthetics First introduced by the German filmmaker Harun Farocki, the term operational images defines the expanding field of machine vision. In this study, media theorist Jussi...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781976071348Author Gary KocaFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

As befits more than twenty years in Hollywood, Oscar-winning screenwriter William Goldman's sparkling memoir is as entertaining as many of the films he has helped to create. From the writer of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President's Men...

Explore the amazing world of Star Wars: The Mandalorian, the critically acclaimed series that expands the Star Wars galaxy to incredible new frontiers. This collector's edition features the stunning artwork from the first four chapters of the Disney+...

Apologies no description as yet for this book is available. We are dedicated to providing you with an extensive selection of science fiction books from a variety of authors and publishers. Our collection ranges from classic titles to the latest releases,...

This new revised edition brings Mike Leigh's career up-to-date, including his film about J.M.W. Turner, Mr. Turner, and his epic masterpiece, Peterloo.Five-time Oscar nominee and BAFTA winner, the only British director to have won the top prize at both...

From the early stages of script writing to the final cut, We Have Some Notes... provides a detailed overview of the script editing and development process, emphasising the impact of critical feedback, or 'notes', in the creation of successful films and...

'The best comedy the UK has ever created' GUARDIAN'One of the most satisfying endings in TV history' INEWS 'Endlessly entertaining and richly rewarding' DAILY TELEGRAPH Inside No. 9 is the twisted, darkly comic, boundary-pushing creation of Steve...

"Bond. James Bond." The iconic line from James Bond's first big-screen scene has been endlessly quoted and imitated since, and the memorable dialogue and witty one-liners stand alongside the glamorous locations, breath-taking stunts and creative gadgets...

Malta has served as a beautiful backdrop for films for nearly as long as there has been a film industry. This entry in the World Film Locations series traces the history of Malta on screen, from bigbudget blockbusters to modest indie pictures. The...

The Art of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge is the only book to provide an inside look at the magic behind the Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge themed lands at Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney World Resort, documenting the art and innovations that led to the creation...

ReFocus: The Films of Roberta Findlay covers a variety of angles, using queer, feminist, historical, and close textual reading methods to grapple with the complicated and contradictory politics and meanings of this pioneering culture-worker. Chapters...

What is the human body? Both the most familiar and unfamiliar of things, the body is the centre of experience but also the site of a prehistory anterior to any experience. Alien and uncanny, this other side of the body has all too often been overlooked...

'One of the best things published about cinema.' Sight & SoundHerzog was once hailed by Francois Truffaut as the most important director alive. Famous for his frequent collaborations with mercurial actor Klaus Kinski - including the epics Aguirre, the...

The official art book for the movie Captain America: Civil War, the 12th title reissue of the 24-book Marvel Studios' The Infinity Saga series published as a resized matching set.The 12th of the 24 Marvel Cinematic Universe Infinity Saga film titles...

'What started as a book on the frustration of funding led to the writing of an autobiography at forty... I had so little to do in the daylight hours, I stayed up late unbuttoning Levis in back rooms.'In 1984 at the age of 40, the polymath film-maker...

Delve deeper into Star Wars: The Acolyte with the definitive visual guide.Decades before the birth of Darth Vader, explore the glorious High Republic era in the Star Wars galaxy. During this exciting time, the noble Jedi are protectors of peace and...

1977 saw the release of a space fantasy like no other: Star Wars. With this Celebration Special, go behind the scenes to discover how this timeless classic was created. See the original version of the story that never made it to film; learn how George...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615932979Author Steve D. KatzFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Michael Wiese ProductionsPublisher Michael Wiese Productions

A series of three-hour-long linked plays for BBC2 plus two shorter plays Oswald and Marilyn, played by Timothy Spall and Lindsay Duncan, are the custodians of the collection of 10 million black and white photographs housed in a beautiful period building...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781068652967Author Ricky BakerFormat HardbackPage Count 100Imprint EASTERN HEROES PUBLISHINGPublisher EASTERN HEROES PUBLISHINGWeight(grams) 612gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733787437Author Meredith JordanFormat PaperbackPage Count 326Imprint Citation PressPublisher Citation PressWeight(grams) 322gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm *...

When Carrie Fisher discovered the journals she kept during the filming of the first Star Wars movie, she was astonished to see what they had preserved - plaintive love poems, unbridled musings with youthful naivete, and a vulnerability that she barely...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647225131Author Tom ShoneFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Insight EditionsPublisher Insight EditionsWeight(grams) 1878gDimensions(mm) 295mm * 249mm * 25mm

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506733326Author Rick BarbaFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S.

A behind-the-scenes look at the extraordinary and meticulous design of graphic objects for film sets Although graphic props such as invitations, letters, tickets, and packaging are rarely seen close-up by a cinema audience, they are designed in...

In 1990, after years of lurking in development hell, Total Recall was finally released. In the creative hands of renowned director Paul Verhoeven, this thrilling, intriguing, and occasionally violent sci-fi action movie, adapted from the Philip K Dick...

Technical drawings of all the major ships and vehicles from the Alien movies, presented in incredible detail. Includes iconic spacecraft like the Nostromo, the Sulaco and the Covenant. Alien: The Blueprints is a collection of brand new blueprints of all...

Tells the very personal story of the man who changed the face of modern cinema Special-effects superstar Ray Harryhausen elevated stop-motion animation to an art during the 1950s to 1980s. With material drawn from his incredible archive, his...

Spike Lee is a world-renowned, Academy Award-winning filmmaker, a cultural icon, and one of the most prominent voices on race and racism for more than three decades. His prolific career has included over 35 films, including his directorial debut She's...

Step beyond the magical movies and explore the wider world of Studio Ghibli.Hailed as perhaps the greatest animation studio in the world, Studio Ghibli's influence extends far further than the cinema screen. Ghibliverse plots a course through the...

A hefty compilation of essays (both pictorial and prose), notes, concept sketches and interviews by (and with) Hayao Miyazaki. Arguably the most respected animation director in the world, Miyazaki is the genius behind Howl's Moving Castle, Princess...

An illustrated monograph on the work of legendary writer/director David Cronenberg, master of body horror and cinematic provocateur behind films such as The Fly, Scanners, Naked Lunch, Eastern Promises, and Crimes of the FutureDavid Cronenberg's films...

Film Directing Fundamentals gives the novice director an organic methodology for realizing on-screen the full dramatic possibility of a screenplay. Unique among directing books, Nicholas Proferes provides clear-cut ways to translate a script to the...