Film

The screenplays of award-winning playwright John Patrick Shanley have earned him a reputation as a gifted writer with a great range and imagination. His movies Moonstruck, Five Corners, and Joe Versus the Volcano have starred such Hollywood luminaries as...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262035507Author Annette MichelsonFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdSeries October BooksDimensions(mm) 229mm * 178mm * 24mm

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629337517Author Danny StewartFormat HardbackPage Count 302Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 572gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

In Write to TV (third edition) industry veteran Martie Cook offers practical advice on writing innovative television scripts that will allow you to finally get that big idea out of your head and onto the screen. With this book you'll learn to craft...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781932907421Author Jeremy VineyardFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Michael Wiese ProductionsPublisher Michael Wiese ProductionsWeight(grams) 431g

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780879102951Author Gregg RickmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 452Imprint Limelight EditionsPublisher Limelight EditionsSeries LimelightWeight(grams)...

Since its debut in 1993, Power Rangers has been a worldwide phenomenon capturing the love and excitement of fans young and old. In honor of the 25th anniversary, return to your favorite heroes, zords, and monsters with this collection of unique artistic...

The popular Postmortem column in Game Developer magazine features firsthand accounts of how some of the most important and successful games of recent years have been made. This book offers the opportunity to harvest this expertise with one volume. The...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781901927610Author Paul LavertyFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Route PublishingPublisher Route PublishingDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 15mm

Completely updated for current HD, UHD, 2K, and 4K workflows, Avid Editing blends the art and aesthetics of motion picture editing with technical, hands-on instruction. Appropriate for beginners and intermediate users who need to refresh their knowledge...

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 *...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781477505380Author Charles Jay HarwoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 114Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

This book provides four key insights, beginning with how photographic stillness, depth, and motion emerged en masse, departing from the gradualist narratives familiar in histories of photography and film. Secondly, the book addresses the role of...

The 1979 film Alien has left an indelible mark on popular culture. Directed by Ridley Scott, at the time known primarily for making advertisements, and starring then-unknown actor Sigourney Weaver in the lead role, it transcended its humble origins to...

After a robust career in the Netherlands as the country's most successful director, Paul Verhoeven (b. 1938) built an impressive career in the United States with such controversial blockbusters as RoboCop, Total Recall, Basic Instinct, Starship Troopers,...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838132682Author David PustanskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 326Imprint Extreme ImprovPublisher Extreme ImprovWeight(grams) 435gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Prop Building for Beginners outlines the basic concepts of prop building by featuring step-by-step instructions to create twenty of the most commonly featured items in theatrical and filmed productions. This book uses a combination of projects to expose...

"What I set out to do is to help you see movies better, to experience them more deeply and sharply and richly," says James Harvey. And his critical method-reading a movie moment by moment, scene by scene-reveals new layers of meaning in even the most...

For most of the twentieth century, the private eye dominated crime fiction and film, a lone figure fighting for justice, often in opposition to the official representatives of law and order. More recently, however, the police have begun to take centre...

This book offers a new interpretation of Ozu Yasujiro's career, from his earliest work in the 1920s up to his death in 1963, focusing on Ozu's depiction of the everyday life and experiences of ordinary Japanese people during a time of depression, war and...

A collection of three screenplays by this brilliant writer: EMartyE (winner of the Academy Award) EThe GoddessE and EThe Americanization of EmilyE.Book InformationISBN 9781557831934Author Paddy ChayefskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 346Imprint Applause...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646116102Author Julian HoxterFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Rockridge PressPublisher Rockridge PressWeight(grams) 367gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733569460Author M KitchellFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Apocalypse PartyPublisher Apocalypse PartyWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm *...

Game of Thrones is rated as one of the best television series. Critics have praised it for its performances, scripts, special effects, battle sequences and music. Its story line is inspired by A Song of Ice and Fire, a series of novels written by the...

The war that won't die charts the changing nature of cinematic depictions of the Spanish Civil War. In 1936, a significant number of artists, filmmakers and writers - from George Orwell and Pablo Picasso to Joris Ivens and Joan Miro - rallied to support...

Acting for the Screen is a collection of essays written by and interviews with working actors, producers, directors, casting directors, and acting professors, exploring the business side of screen acting.In this book, over thirty show business...

In the years between 1941 and 1965, Lance Comfort made some of the most entertaining films in Britain. There was the striking success of his second feature as director, Hatter's Castle (1941) and when he returned to this melodramatic vein in 1945 he made...

This book applies ecolinguistics and psychoanalysis to explore how films fictionalising environmental disasters provide spectacular warnings against the dangers of environmental apocalypse, while highlighting that even these apparently environmentally...

Roman Polanski: Behind the Scenes of His Classic Early Films is a rare portrait of the artist in the act of creation. Journalist, film historian, and playwright Jordan Young takes Polanski watchers onto the set of a movie made under the worst possible...

In the past few decades, Western studies of Afrofuturism have grown to encompass examples deriving from multiple sites across the diaspora, as well as from the African continent. However, an increasing number of Africans and Africanists have voiced their...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781478173861Author T J AlexFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

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,...

The Routledge Handbook of Japanese Cinema provides a timely and expansive overview of Japanese cinema today, through cutting-edge scholarship that reflects the hybridity of approaches defining the field. The volume's twenty-one chapters represent work by...

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,...

It is commonly proposed that since the mid-2000s, the slasher subgenre has been dominated by unoriginal remakes of "classics". Consequently, most original slasher films have been ignored by academics (and critics), leaving the field with a limited...

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...