Film

In Philosophy through Film, Amy Karofsky and Mary M. Litch use recently released, well-received films to explore answers to classic questions in philosophy in an approachable yet philosophically rigorous manner. Each chapter incorporates one or more...

This book offers a unique approach to storytelling, connecting the Enneagram system with classic story principles of character development, plot, and story structure to provide a seven-step methodology to achieve rapid story development. Using the nine...

The Insiders' Guide to Factual Filmmaking is an accessible and comprehensive 'how to' guide about the craft of making documentaries for TV, online or social media. Filmmaker Tony Stark distils a long career at the BBC and as an independent producer to...

Great visual storytelling is possible on a minimal budget, but you have to spend a lot of energy thinking and planning. In Understanding Design in Film Production, author Barbara Freedman Doyle demonstrates how to use production design, cinematography,...

Become Tony White's personal animation student. Experience many of the teaching techniques of the golden era of Disney and Warner Brothers studios and beyond.all from the comfort of your own home or studio. Tony White's Animation Master Class is uniquely...

John Thornton Caldwell's landmark Specworld demonstrates how twenty-first-century media industries monetize and industrialize creative labor at all levels of production. Through illuminating case studies and rich ethnography of colliding social-media and...

Video games open portals into fantastical worlds where imaginative play prevails. The virtual medium seemingly provides us with ample opportunities to behave and act out with relative safety and impunity. Or does it? Sound Play explores the aesthetic,...

Ivan Dixon's 1973 film, The Spook Who Sat by the Door, captures the intensity of social and political upheaval during a volatile period in American history. Based on Sam Greenlee's novel by the same name, the film is a searing portrayal of an American...

"Makes an excellent case for Parrott as an unjustly forgotten historical figure."-The New Yorker"Remind[s] us of the brazenly talented women sidelined by convention."-New York Times The riveting biography of Ursula Parrott-best-selling author, Hollywood...

Steven Spielberg has become a brand name and a force that extends far beyond the movie screen. Phrases like ""phone home"" and the music score from Jaws are now part of our cultural script, appearing in commercials, comedy routines, and common...

Sound is half the picture, and since the 1960s, film sound not only has rivaled the innovative imagery of contemporary Hollywood cinema, but in some ways has surpassed it in status and privilege because of the emergence of sound design. This in-depth...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781087935317Author Scott V PalmerFormat HardbackPage Count 202Imprint IngramSparkPublisher IngramSparkWeight(grams) 549gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 18mm

The shower scene in Psycho; Cary Grant running for his life through a cornfield; "innocent" birds lined up on a fence waiting, watching these seminal cinematic moments are as real to moviegoers as their own lives. But what makes them so? What deeper...

Introduction to Media Distribution offers a clear, direct and comprehensive overview of the entire film, television and new media distribution business, valuable to both students and professionals. In this book, author Scott Kirkpatrick draws from over a...

In the 1970s, British filmmaker Ken Russell (1927-2011) quickly gained a reputation as the enfant terrible of British cinema. His work, like the man himself, was regarded as flamboyant, excessive, and unrestrained. Inheriting and yet subverting the...

If a story is going to fail, it will do so first at the premise level. Anatomy of a Premise Line: How to Master Premise and Story Development for Writing Success is the only book of its kind to identify a seven-step development process that can be...

Tony Harrison's sixth collection includes a foreword by Lee Hall. The book contains Harrison's translation of Euripides's Hecuba, which inaugurated the modern amphitheatre of Delphi in 2005; the remarkable Fram, which opened at the National Theatre in...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781987723274Author Steve FentonFormat PaperbackPage Count 370Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

In Paik's Virtual Archive, Hanna B. Holling contemplates the identity of multimedia artworks by reconsidering the role of conservation in our understanding of what the artwork is and how it functions within and beyond a specific historical moment. In...

Danger: Diabolik (1968) was adapted from a comic that has been a social phenomenon in Italy for over fifty years, featuring a masked master criminal-part Fantomas, part James Bond-and his elegant companion Eva Kant. The film partially reinvents the...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578033440Author Nicholas GeorgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint Platinum Eagle PublishingPublisher Platinum Eagle PublishingWeight(grams)...

Let us rejoice in the genius that is Kevin Smith! This fun and photo-filled biography celebrates the life, films, and fans of the director responsible for such indie cult classics as Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, and Dogma. Movie-industry veteran David...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781884956539Author Peter DunneFormat PaperbackPage Count 405Imprint Quill Driver Books, U.S.Publisher Quill Driver Books, U.S.Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 32mm

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781701683945Author Ted JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 472Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedSeries The Big Book of Japanese...

A great deal of storytelling in film and television involves narratives that include sexual situations and nudity. The increased amount of on-line and streaming content outlets has in turn increased the number of narratives that involve these once-taboo...

You may not know his name but you know his incredible designs British concept designer Paul Gerrard has created some of the most memorable and celebrated costume and character designs in film and TV. From Hellboy and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to...

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...

Just what is 'independent' cinema? D. K. Holm aims to define a term all too carelessly used both by media commentators and marketers, and distinguish it from categories such as avant-garde, underground, experimental or 'art' films, with which it is often...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780879100810Author Robert VaughnFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Limelight EditionsPublisher Limelight EditionsSeries LimelightWeight(grams)...

Artist, filmmaker, and writer Hito Steyerl is an acute observer and interpreter of globalized and digital cultures. This book examines three of Steyerl's large-scale works-Hell Yeah We Fuck Die (2016), ExtraSpaceCraft (2016), and Liquidity Inc. (2014)-as...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780989727907Author Lillian W KumpFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Robert G WillardPublisher Robert G WillardWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm...

Through intimate encounters with the life and work of five contemporary gay male directors, this book develops a framework for interpreting what it means to make a gay film or adopt a gay point of view. For most of the twentieth century, gay characters...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780964235083Author Hannah FoxFormat PaperbackPage Count 148Imprint TusitalaPublisher Tusitala

With the success of Martin Scorsese's Hugo (2011) and Michel Hazanavicius's The Artist (2011) nothing seems more contemporary in recent film than the styles, forms, and histories of early and silent cinemas. This collection considers the latest return to...

Juan Ortiz turns his unique eye for poster design to the classic sci-fi series Lost In Space. Each episode is lovingly reimagined as a visually striking poster, creating a one of a kind collection to accompany one of the most influential and celebrated...

Media servers have established themselves as the dominant video playback tool for live events; however, the practice of delivering content to these systems and the structure of the media operations team is still evolving. This book outlines a workflow...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781393764014Author John FoxFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint John FoxPublisher John FoxWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 8mm

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781643708713Author Scott V PalmerFormat HardbackPage Count 354Imprint Cypress Hills PressPublisher Cypress Hills PressWeight(grams) 830gDimensions(mm) 254mm *...

Some thirty years ago filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard told critic Gene Youngblood, I am trying to change the world. He has pursued his revolution in works ranging from the explosive Breathless to the eloquent Contempt to the controversial Hail Mary and the...

An international team of experts explores how streaming services are disrupting traditional storytelling. The rise of streaming has dramatically transformed how audiences consume media. Over the last decade, subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) services,...