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Thirteen original chapters on movie magazines analysing their visual aspects Contents include sections on individual issues, regular features, and adjunct publications As well as visuals, topics covered include stardom, gender, censorship,...

Now fully updated by Des Lyver to reflect the latest advances, the second edition of Basics of Video Lighting is a primer for anyone wishing to learn about lighting a video production. It describes the principles and processes involved in obtaining...

Applys a noir lens to films which defy easy generic categorization Revaluation of classical-era international films through focus on noir elements in films otherwise not considered film noir Consideration of liminality as a driving feature of film...

Paperback OriginalBook InformationISBN 9780879108045Author Ray MortonFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Limelight EditionsPublisher Limelight EditionsSeries Quick GuideWeight(grams) 141gDimensions(mm) 190mm * 133mm * 8mm

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781557839503Author John Kenneth MuirPage Count 386Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

Originally published in England in 1935, this book is an attempt to isolate the fundamental principles of film art and to teach in concrete detail how these principles are well or badly applied in the production of films. This essential task, shirked or...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780879103873Author Dave ThompsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint Limelight EditionsPublisher Limelight EditionsSeries LimelightWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780879103828Author Stephen TropianoFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Limelight EditionsPublisher Limelight EditionsSeries Music On FilmentsWeight(grams)...

Bringing together contributors from dance, theatre, visual studies and art history, Perform, Repeat, Record addresses the conundrum of how live art is positioned within history. Set apart from other art forms in that it may never be performed in...

Teleology brings together John Hartley's work on television. The book draws on current critical theory in cultural studies to develop a wide-ranging and thought-provoking view of television broadcasting in Britain, Australia and the USA.Neighbours,...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782906571907Author Olivier JoyardFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Dis VoirPublisher Dis Voir

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783659365140Author Tariku MarsemaFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint LAP Lambert Academic PublishingPublisher LAP Lambert Academic PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783659329906Author Asseraf DeborahFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint LAP Lambert Academic PublishingPublisher LAP Lambert Academic PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783639767841Author Wang ChangsongFormat PaperbackPage Count 60Imprint Scholars' PressPublisher Scholars' PressWeight(grams) 100gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783639760057Author Michaelis JuliannaFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint AV AkademikerverlagPublisher AV AkademikerverlagWeight(grams) 150gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783639708684Author Ramesh DeokateFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Scholars' PressPublisher Scholars' PressWeight(grams) 277gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

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,...

Investigates how horror films have rendered the human body as a media artifact, dramatically dis-figuring it with optical effects and visual fragmentation Demonstrates how a range of different horror subgenres depict bodily mediation, from the...

People celebrate the magical holiday of Halloween in a wide variety of ways, but most will, at some point, turn off the lights and allow a movie to take the excitement to the next level. Pumpkin Cinema recommends over 100 titles that are guaranteed to...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780755213948Author Jeff GoodmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint New Generation PublishingPublisher New Generation PublishingDimensions(mm) 254mm * 190mm *...

Identifies in 'Silicon Valley Cinema' a recent trend in twenty-first century Hollywood film Reveals how 'Silicon Valley Cinema' builds upon previous Hollywood trends Analyses three distinct subtrends in 'Silicon Valley Cinema': biopics, films about...

The first collection to provide close readings of individual films, written specifically to support film screenings. The essays are clearly written offering students a great model for their own writing about film. This comprehensive collection covers...

In this book the author takes a fresh look at horror film series as series and presents an understanding of how the genre thrived in this format for a large portion of its history. It sheds light on older films such as the Universal and the Hammer series...

Essays here explore the relationship between politics and explicitly political feature films from the beginning of the movie industry to World War I, and for each decade through to the 1980's. The included filmography is particularly useful. Originally...

This book argues that serious misreadings of Freud and Lacan on sexual difference have characterized prevailing models of psychoanalytic film criticism. In critiquing theories of identification and female spectatorship, the author maintains that early...

Best known for his documentaries such as Drifters, North Sea, and Housing Problems, John Grierson was the most important figure in the British documentary film movement and one of the most influential of British film theorists.This major assessment of...

India is the largest film producing country in the world and its output has a global reach. After years of marginalization by academics in the Western world, Indian cinemas have moved from the periphery to the center of the world cinema in a...

Originally published in 1964, this book tells the history of the British cinematograph industry for the first time. It describes moments of splendid triumph and others of shattering failure. The mood switches from reckless optimism to demoralising...

This is a study of nine key film-makers who came into prominence in the early '70s: Claude Chabrol, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Lindsay Anderson, Stanley Kubrick, Andy Warhol and Paul Morrissey, Satyajit Ray, Miklos Jancso, and Dusan Makavejev - representing...

Semiotics offers a systematic approach to analysing the stylistic structure of film. When this study was originally published in 1983 this was a recent addition to the methods of film study and it presents an explanation of film semiotics with direct...

Written specifically with the student in mind and focusing on a number of well-known texts, including Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Nicholas Nickleby, Nice Work and The Color Purple, the contributions in this book demonstrate how we can look critically at...

This collection of papers examines the evolving relationship between the motion picture industry and television from the 1940s onwards. The institutional and technological histories of the film and TV industries are looked at, concluding that Hollywood...

Between 1952 and 1962, when this book was originally published, the number of people visiting British cinemas had fallen by nearly two thirds and was little more than half the pre-war total. Nearly 1500 of the 4500 cinemas functioning in 1955 had closed...

The secrecy in which the British Board of Film Censors enveloped itself until 1948 resulted in a glaring vacuum in British cinematic history. Originally published in 1985, this book filled this important gap, drawing on the detailed registers of films...

Since the cinema first began to be taken seriously as an art form, there has been a constant debate on the question: who is the real creator of the film, the writer or the director? This study of a group of key film-makers in the sixties suggests that...

This study looks at how the movie industry organisation functioned between the late '40s and 1983 when it was originally published. It describes the changing role of domestic exhibition through this time and analyses the wider film industry to provide a...

A polemical introduction to the avant-garde and experimental in film (including making and viewing), Materialist Film is a highly original, thought-provoking book.Thirty-seven short chapters work through a series of concepts which will enable the reader...

This text outlines what sociologists need to know of the nature of communication and of mass culture, while also looking in some empirical detail at the workings of the Hollywood community and the psychology of the star system. It explores trends such as...

This fascinating study of the genre of swashbuckling films received wide critical acclaim when it was first published in 1977. Jeffrey Richards assesses the contributions to the genre of directors, designers and fencing masters, as well as of the stars...

This feminist anthology from Italy offers an enriching perspective on cinema studies. Focusing on women's engagement with political theory and film-making, the book never loses sight of the female experience of cinema. It examines how women have chosen...