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Projections is a forum for practitioners of the cinema to write about their work. The first issue includes a journal compiled by John Boorman which records his responses to the events and trends of 1991, and their implications for the future of cinema...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845839321Author Dr Michael RichardsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Telos Publishing LtdPublisher Telos Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 254gDimensions(mm)...

Narrative complexity is a trend in contemporary cinema. Since the late 1990s there has been a palpable increase in complex storytelling in movies. But how and why do complex movies create perplexity and confusion? How do we engage with these challenges?...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993321504Author Jonathan MelvilleFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Fountainbridge PressPublisher Fountainbridge Press

The actors and creators behind 15 of Star Wars' most popular heroes discuss the process behind creating some of the most iconic characters in cinematic history. Includes Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia), Harrison Ford (Han...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781917285629Author G H JanusFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint Bonefyre BooksPublisher Bonefyre BooksSeries Orgy Plus MassacreWeight(grams)...

Revised and updated since its first publication in 1990, this acclaimed critical survey covers the classic chillers produced by Universal Studios during the golden age of hollywood horror, 1931 through 1946. Trekking boldly through haunts and horrors...

In its heyday from the late 1950s until the early 1980s Italian horror cinema was characterised by an excess of gore, violence and often incoherent plot-lines. Films about zombies, cannibals and psychopathic killers ensured there was no shortage of...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615932580Author Linda SegerFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Michael Wiese ProductionsPublisher Michael Wiese Productions

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805081817Author Barry HampeFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Holt McDougalPublisher Holt McDougal

Taking as its starting point the notion of photocinema - or the interplay of the still and moving image - the photographs, interviews, and critical essays in this volume explore the ways in which the two media converge and diverge, expanding the...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781932907773Author Deborah S. PatzFormat PaperbackPage Count 500Imprint Michael Wiese ProductionsPublisher Michael Wiese ProductionsWeight(grams) 930g

London is a magical place which has intrigued people for more than 2,000 years, and never is this more apparent than in the past 130 years following the invention of the moving image. Do you want to follow in the footsteps of Paddington, James Bond...

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)...

What choices- creative, practical, and technical- make a movie what it is? Here a gifted writer and filmmaker takes us behind the camera and provides a full description of the movie-making process.When John Sayles turned from writing fiction to making...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781976084041Author Alan TonerFormat PaperbackPage Count 92Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781917285636Author G H JanusFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint Bonefyre BooksPublisher Bonefyre BooksSeries Orgy Plus MassacreWeight(grams)...

The Ultimate Souvenir Guide to Episode 8 of the epic Star Wars franchise!About the AuthorTitan Magazines has been publishing the official Star Wars Insider magazine worldwide for over 60 issues and has featured celebrity contributors and guest editors...

Through a series of case studies, this book tracks the inventive distribution and exhibition initiatives developed over the last 40 years by an array of small companies on the periphery of the beleaguered UK film industry. That their practices are now...

Fifty Contemporary Film Directors examines the work of some of today's most popular and influential cinematic figures. It provides an accessible overview of each director's contribution to cinema, incorporating a discussion of their career, major works...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781959748021Author Scott RyanFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Fayetteville Mafia PressPublisher Fayetteville Mafia PressWeight(grams) 286gDimensions(mm)...

World War Z is the eagerly awaited film starring Brad Pitt. The story revolves around United Nations employee Gerry Lane (Pitt), who traverses the world in a race against time to stop a pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatening to...

World War Z is the eagerly awaited film starring Brad Pitt. The story revolves around United Nations employee Gerry Lane (Pitt), who traverses the world in a race against time to stop a pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatening to...

The Short Story of Film is a new and innovative introduction to the art of film-making. Simply constructed, the book explores 50 key movies, from superhero blockbusters to indie darlings. The design of the book allows the reader to navigate their way...

My Man Godfrey, Four's a Crowd, My Favorite Wife, The Devil and Miss Jones--for their inspired blend of slapstick humor with casual elegance and witty repartee, these movies are examples of what became known as "screwball" comedies. This study focuses on...

Analyses the sonic environment mediated and crafted within the film and audiovisual media arts Defines the generally underexplored but well-used terms ambient sound" and "ambience" terms that denote an often unnoticed but significant element in the...

Provides the first consideration of sound and the body in contemporary European art cinema Offers detailed analysis of the underexplored dimension of sound in the work of some of the best-known contemporary European art film directors Provides a...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789081329408Author Martijn MulderFormat PaperbackPage Count 172Imprint DMD DigitalPublisher DMD DigitalWeight(grams) 281gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 12mm

This edited collection looks closely at the range and scope of contemporary film musicals, from stage adaptations like 'Mamma Mia!' (2008) and 'Les Miserables' (2012), to less conventional works that elide the genre, like' Team America: World Police'...

Roosevelt's New Deal introduced sweeping social, political and cultural change across the United States, which the Hollywood film community embraced enthusiastically. When the heady idealism of the 1930s was replaced by the paranoia and fear of the...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781557830418Author Charles McKeownFormat PaperbackPage Count 238Imprint Applause Theatre Book PublishersPublisher Hal Leonard CorporationSeries Applause...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781581822458Author Mark MasekFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Cumberland House Publishing,USPublisher Cumberland House Publishing,USWeight(grams)...

A collection of five screenplays by this Academy Award-winning writer. Includes: All the President's Men U Magic U Harper U Maverick U The Great Waldo Pepper. Also features essays by Goldman: Getting Even or Creative Accounting Sneak Previews or Why...

The cinema was the most popular form of entertainment during the Second World War. Film was a critically important medium for influencing opinion. Films, such as In Which We Serve and One of Our Aircraft is Missing, shaped the British people's...

This is a detailed analysis of 103 Japanese science fiction, horror and fantasy feature films released theatrically or directly to television in the United States from 1950 through 1992. Each entry provides a plot synopsis, critique, background on the...

Breaking Down Six Decades of James Bond Movies#1 New Release in Action & Adventure Movies & Video, and Movie ReferenceHosts Mike Kalinowski and Brad Gilmore team up in this comprehensive examination of the longest running film series in the history of...

This book is the first of its kind to bring basic notions of contemporary physics to bear on African cine-scapes.In this book, renowned African cinema scholar Kenneth W. Harrow presents unique new ways to think about space and time in film, with a...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781917285087Author Nocturne GroupFormat PaperbackPage Count 226Imprint Bonefyre BooksPublisher Bonefyre BooksSeries Shadows in a Phantom EyeWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684182282Author Scott V PalmerFormat HardbackPage Count 246Imprint Cypress Hills PressPublisher Cypress Hills PressWeight(grams) 812gDimensions(mm) 254mm *...

World Film Locations: Tokyo gives readers a kaleidoscopic view of one of the world's most complex and exciting cities through the lens of world cinema. 50 scenes from classic and contemporary films explore how motion pictures have shaped the role of...