Film

What did Basil Fawlty fail to avoid mentioning? Why did Sybil keep snagging her cardies? Where was Polly on the night of the Great Wedding Anniversary disaster? This book presents the scripts for the show's classic episodes.Book InformationISBN...

By developing the concept of the "digital effects emblem," Kristen Whissel contributes a new analytic rubric to cinema studies. An "effects emblem" is a spectacular, computer-generated visual effect that gives stunning expression to a film's key themes...

This edition covers iMovie 10.0 for Mac and iMovie 2.0 for iOS. iMovie's sophisticated tools make it easier than ever to turn raw footage into sleek, entertaining movies once you understand how to harness its features. Experts David Pogue and Aaron...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780965311465Author Nicholas PasquarielloFormat PaperbackPage Count 78Imprint Port Bridge BooksPublisher Port Bridge BooksWeight(grams) 118gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

Even twenty years after his death and nearly fifty or more years after his creative peak, Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) is still arguably the most instantly recognizable film director in name, appearance, vision, and voice. Long ago, through a combination...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785420405Author Erik BordeleauFormat PaperbackPage Count 270Imprint Open Humanities PressPublisher Open Humanities PressSeries Immediations

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781593937515Author Mark ArnoldFormat PaperbackPage Count 604Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 798gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 31mm

Develop the critical and creative skills to 'translate' a story from page to screen with this step-by-step guide to the process of screen adaptation you'll learn to: - interrogate a novel or short story to release its 'inner film' - convert fictional...

At a moment when superheroes dominate pop culture, Gary Bettinson takes us back to the first comic book blockbuster. Superman: The Movie - The 40th Anniversary Interviews is a revealing behind-the-scenes portrait of the personalities and expertise that...

Images have never been as freely circulated as they are today. They have also never been so tightly controlled. As with the birth of photography, digital reproduction has created new possibilities for the duplication and consumption of images, offering...

Films like Welcome to the Dollhouse and Happiness established Todd Solondz as independent cinema's premier satirist. Blending a trademark black humor into atmospheres of grueling bleakness, Solondz repeatedly takes moviegoers into a bland suburban junk...

In this second edition of Investing in Movies, industry veteran Joseph N. Cohen provides investors and producers with an analytical framework to assess the opportunities and pitfalls of film investments.The book traces macroeconomic trends and the...

Unprecedented kinds of experience, and new modes of life, are now produced by simulations, from the CGI of Hollywood blockbusters to animal cloning to increasingly sophisticated military training software, while animation has become an increasingly...

Brian De Palma (b. 1940) isn't your average Hollywood director.For years he reigned as the ""master of the macabre,"" the man who massacred the class of '76 in Carrie and stalked Angie Dickinson in Dressed to Kill. By the mid-1980s De Palma found himself...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903364314Author Jacob LeighFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Wallflower PressPublisher Wallflower PressWeight(grams) 364gDimensions(mm) 233mm * 155mm *...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262045186Author Laura A FrahmFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdSeries Leonardo

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780861967537Author Laura LeuzziFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint John Libbey & Co LtdPublisher John Libbey & Co

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733681773Author Zack LongFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint Static Pen PublishingPublisher Static Pen PublishingWeight(grams) 299gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781797886817Author Michael J HeagleFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedSeries Tape-Era...

How the notorious author of The 120 Days of Sodom inspired the surrealists and other avant-garde artists, writers, and filmmakersThe writings of the Marquis de Sade (1740-1814) present a libertine philosophy of sexual excess and human suffering that...

Next Level Screenwriting is an intermediate screenwriting book, for those that have already learned the basics of screenwriting, written a screenplay or two and want to bring their writing and stories to the next level. Each chapter of the book examines...

Scotland, its people and its history have long been a source of considerable fascination and inspiration for filmmakers, film scholars and film audiences worldwide. A significant number of critically acclaimed films made in the last twenty-five years...

The overlooked yet vibrant history of Black participation in American film, from the beginning of cinema through the civil rights movement From the dawn of the medium onward, Black filmmakers have helped define American cinema. Black performers,...

Explores British director Steve McQueen's diverse output, from video installations to independent cinema to Hollywood to the BBC The first full book-length study of McQueen to be published in English Investigates the landmark television series Small...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400033140Author George Stevens, Jr.Format PaperbackPage Count 736Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 601gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Casting is a crucial creative element of any production - and yet the craft and skills needed to put together a successful and exciting cast are often overlooked. The Casting Handbook explains the casting process from beginning to end and covers...

Storytelling for Virtual Reality serves as a bridge between students of new media and professionals working between the emerging world of VR technology and the art form of classical storytelling. Rather than examining purely the technical, the text...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781087872995Author Scott V PalmerFormat HardbackPage Count 180Imprint IngramSparkPublisher IngramSparkWeight(grams) 508gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 16mm

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645705116Author Scott V PalmerFormat HardbackPage Count 170Imprint Cypress Hills PressPublisher Cypress Hills PressWeight(grams) 399gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

So convinced is Francis Ford Coppola that "live cinema" will become a powerful medium within the larger film industry that he has crafted this instructional book, filled with lively anecdotes and invaluable lessons-a boon for cinema addicts, film...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780684856407Author Jennifer M. LerchFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Prentice Hall & IBDPublisher Prentice Hall (a Pearson Education company)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...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781096660910Author Jon SandysFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedSeries Great Movie...

Julie A. Turnock tracks the use and evolution of special effects in 1970s filmmaking, a development as revolutionary to film as the form's transition to sound in the 1920s. Beginning with the classical studio era's early approaches to special effects,...

Considers the technological, economic and aesthetic histories of the early British video industry as part of the broader global film industry.Book InformationISBN 9781474451093Author Mark McKennaFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Edinburgh University...

This book reveals the secrets of writing a successful screenplay across a range of genres. It's simple: films need to have commercial value for the studios to produce them, distributors to sell them and cinemas to screen them. While talent definitely...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780804170840Author Eric LaxFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Bantam Books IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781861713063Author THOMAS A. CHRISTIEFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint Crescent Moon PublishingPublisher Crescent Moon PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629337241Author James StrattonFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 435gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781456322465Author Austin F SchmidtFormat PaperbackPage Count 134Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...