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Short Films from a Small Nation: Danish Informational Cinema 1935 1965 C. Claire Thomson 9781474452274
RRP: £25.99SciFier: £22.77For three decades, state-sponsored short filmmaking educated Danish citizens, promoted Denmark to the world, and shaped the careers of renowned directors like Carl Th. Dreyer. The first book-length... -
The Peripatetic Frame: Images of Walking in Film Thomas Deane Tucker 9781474487726
RRP: £20.99SciFier: £20.32From cinema's earliest days, walking and filmmaking have been intrinsically linked. Technologically, culturally and aesthetically, the pioneers of cinema were not only interested in using the camera... -
Siegfried Kracauer's American Writings: Essays on Film and Popular Culture Siegfried Kracauer 9780520271821
RRP: £63.00SciFier: £57.49Siegfried Kracauer (1889-1966), friend and colleague of Walter Benjamin and Theodor Adorno, was one of the most influential film critics of the mid-twentieth century. In this book, Johannes von... -
With a Crooked Stick-The Films of Oscar Micheaux by J. Ronald Green
SciFier: £25.79With a "crooked stick," filmmaker Oscar Micheaux (1884-1951) sought to hit a "straight lick" by stressing the strategic importance of class mobility, or "uplift," for African Americans. A theme in... -
Agent of Challenge and Defiance: The Films of Ken Loach George McKnight 9780275960360
SciFier: £37.99For more than 30 years, Ken Loach's films have examined the social, political, economic, and psychological costs of living in Great Britain. These invariably controversial film and television... -
Refocus: the Films of Doris Wishman Alicia Kozma 9781474482349
SciFier: £97.54Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474482349Author Alicia KozmaFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint -
ReFocus: The Films of Lindsay Anderson Will Kitchen (Visiting Tutor at Arts University Bournemouth_x000D__x000D_, Arts University Bournemouth_x000D__x000D_) 9781399537056
RRP: £95.00SciFier: £77.43Following the centenary of Lindsay Anderson's birth (1923-94), this edited collection of original essays re-examines the work of one of British cinema's most iconoclastic and challenging directors... -
Risk in the Film Business by Michael Franklin
SciFier: £153.63This book explores the complex, multifaceted and contested subject of risk in the film business. Founded on substantial original research accessing the highest level of industry practitioners.Will be... -
ReFocus: The Literary Films of Richard Brooks R. Barton Palmer 9781474496582
RRP: £24.99SciFier: £22.77ReFocus: The Literary Films of Richard Brooks highlights the accomplishments of one of postwar America's most important and successful directors, with an emphasis on the "literary" aspects of his... -
Found Footage Horror Films: A Cognitive Approach Peter Turner (Oxford Brookes University, UK) 9780367661847
SciFier: £42.86This book adopts a cognitive theoretical framework in order to address the mental processes that are elicited and triggered by found footage horror films. Through analysis of key films, the book... -
Film Production Management: How to Budget, Organize and Successfully Shoot your Film Bastian Cleve 9780415788779
SciFier: £42.00This new and updated fourth edition of Film Production Management provides a step-by-step guide on how to budget, organize, and successfully shoot a film and get it onto the big screen. Whether you... -
Refocus: The Later Films and Legacy of Robert Altman by Lisa Dombrowski
RRP: £90.00SciFier: £84.09Examines an under-analysed period of Robert Altman's career.About the AuthorDr Lisa Dombrowski is a Professor of Film Studies and Professor of East Asian Studies at Wesleyan University Dr Justin... -
Guerrilla Film Marketing: The Ultimate Guide to the Branding, Marketing and Promotion of Independent Films & Filmmakers Robert G. Barnwell (Professor, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota FL, USA) 9781138916463
SciFier: £154.33Create an irresistible brand image and build an audience of loyal and engaged fans...Guerrilla Film Marketing takes readers through each step of the film branding, marketing and promotional process... -
Guerrilla Film Marketing: The Ultimate Guide to the Branding, Marketing and Promotion of Independent Films & Filmmakers Robert G. Barnwell (Professor, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota FL, USA) 9781138916456
SciFier: £38.36Create an irresistible brand image and build an audience of loyal and engaged fans...Guerrilla Film Marketing takes readers through each step of the film branding, marketing and promotional process... -
The South Korean Film Industry Junhyung Cho 9780472056927
RRP: £32.95SciFier: £31.54As shown by the success of Squid Game and Parasite, South Korea's film industry is producing films and original series for streaming services, film studios, and television stations worldwide. South... -
The Flesh of Animation: Bodily Sensations in Film and Digital Media Sandra Annett 9781517911591
RRP: £22.99SciFier: £18.67How animation can reconnect us with bodily experiences Film and media studies scholarship has often argued that digital cinema and CGI provoke a sense of disembodiment in viewers; they are seen as... -
A Hidden History of Film Style: Cinematographers, Directors, and the Collaborative Process Christopher Beach 9780520284340
RRP: £80.00SciFier: £65.38The image that appears on the movie screen is the direct and tangible result of the joint efforts of the director and the cinematographer. A Hidden History of Film Style is the first study to focus... -
Focus on African Films by Francoise Pfaff
RRP: £19.99SciFier: £16.35Emphasizing post-independent films released since the 1950s and the burgeoning commercial film production of the last decade, Focus on African Films provides unique and pluralistic perspectives on... -
Cuban Film Media, Late Socialism, and the Public Sphere: Imperfect Aesthetics Nicholas Balaisis 9781349954896
SciFier: £94.93This book maps the aesthetic experience of late socialism through Cuban film and media practice. It shows how economic and material scarcity as well as political uncertainty is expressed ... -
Film Noir Andrew Spicer 9780582437128
SciFier: £77.30Lucidly written, Film Noir is an accessible informative and stimulating introduction that has a broad appeal to undergraduates, cineastes, film teachers and researchers.Film Noir is an overview of an... -
Ecological Film Theory and Psychoanalysis: Surviving the Environmental Apocalypse in Cinema Robert Geal 9780367373412
SciFier: £153.63This book applies ecolinguistics and psychoanalysis to explore how films fictionalising environmental disasters provide spectacular warnings against the dangers of environmental apocalypse, while... -
Mongolian Film Music: Tradition, Revolution and Propaganda Lucy M. Rees 9780367597894
SciFier: £40.26In 1936 the Mongolian socialist government decreed the establishment of a film industry with the principal aim of disseminating propaganda to the largely nomadic population. The government sent... -
Politics and Film: The Political Culture of Television and Movies Daniel P. Franklin 9781442262409
SciFier: £92.99Politics and Film examines popular movies and television shows as indicators of social and political trends to explore the political culture of the United States. Updated to include the popular and... -
Screening Europe in Australasia: Transnational Silent Film Before and After the Rise of Hollywood Julie K. Allen 9781804131350
RRP: £35.00SciFier: £33.49Through a detailed study of the circulation of European silent film in Australasia in the early twentieth century, this book challenges the historical myopia that treats Hollywood films as having... -
The Art of Film by Terry Ackland-Snow
RRP: £25.00SciFier: £17.93'Tim Burton came in and commented, "Great, but how do they get in the car? There aren't any doors!" Sadly, I hadn't thought of that.'*What do *On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 2001: A Space Odyssey... -
The Routledge Companion to Film History William Guynn (Sonoma State University, USA) 9780415776578
RRP: £40.99SciFier: £37.66The Routledge Companion to Film History is an indispensable guide for anyone studying film history for the first time. The approach taken presents a substantial and readable overview of the field and... -
Fashion in Film by Adrienne Munich
RRP: £21.99SciFier: £18.60The vital synergy between dress and the cinema has been in place since the advent of film. Broaching topics such as vampires, noir, and Marie Antoinette looks, Fashion in Film uncovers the way in... -
Best Pick: A Journey through Film History and the Academy Awards John Dorney 9781538163108
SciFier: £35.34A fascinating history of motion pictures through the lens of the Academy Awards, the Best Picture winners, and the box-office contenders.In Best Pick: A Journey through Film History and the Academy... -
Horror, The Film Reader Mark Jancovich 9780415235617
SciFier: £117.75Horror, The Film Reader brings together key articles to provide a comprehensive resource for students of horror cinema. Mark Jancovich's introduction traces the development of horror film from The... -
Sport and Film Sean Crosson (National University of Ireland, Galway) 9781032294834
RRP: £171.99SciFier: £153.63Now in a fully revised and updated new edition, Sport and Film examines the social, cultural, historical and ideological significance of representations of sport in film around the world. It is an... -
Weimar Film and Modern Jewish Identity O. Ashkenazi 9781349344192
SciFier: £46.99In reading popular films of the Weimar Republic as candid commentaries on Jewish acculturation, Ofer Ashkenzi provides an alternative context for a re-evaluation of the infamous 'German-Jewish... -
Weimar Film and Modern Jewish Identity O. Ashkenazi 9780230341364
SciFier: £46.99In reading popular films of the Weimar Republic as candid commentaries on Jewish acculturation, Ofer Ashkenzi provides an alternative context for a re-evaluation of the infamous 'German-Jewish... -
Film Trilogies: New Critical Approaches C. Perkins 9780230250314
SciFier: £46.99Drawing on a wide range of examples, this book - the first devoted to the phenomenon of the film trilogy- provides a dynamic investigation of the ways in which the trilogy form engages key issues in... -
The Film Business: A History of British Cinema 1896-1972 Ernest Betts 9781032602585
SciFier: £34.89First published in 1973 The Film Business makes a factual survey of British films from their beginnings in 1896 to 1972. Ernest Betts offers character studies of men who have built the film industry... -
Hammer Films' Psychological Thrillers, 1950-1972 by David Huckvale
RRP: £21.99SciFier: £19.21Hammer Film's output is justly famous for Gothic horror but the company also excelled in the genre of the psychological thriller. Though indebted to the example of Henri-Georges Clouzot and Alfred... -
The Routledge Encyclopedia of Films Sabine Haenni 9780415688932
SciFier: £232.46The Routledge Encyclopedia of Films comprises 200 essays by leading film scholars analysing the most important, influential, innovative and interesting films of all time. Arranged alphabetically,... -
Projected Fears: Horror Films and American Culture Kendall R. Phillips 9780313361821
SciFier: £29.99Movie audiences seem drawn, almost compelled, toward tales of the horrific and the repulsive. Partly because horror continues to evolve radically-every time the genre is deemed dead, it seems to come... -
Horror, The Film Reader Mark Jancovich 9780415235624
SciFier: £44.60Horror, The Film Reader brings together key articles to provide a comprehensive resource for students of horror cinema. Mark Jancovich's introduction traces the development of horror film from The... -
The Third Sex: Beyond a Gender Binary in Thai Culture and Films Charlin Nukul 9781636671239
RRP: £60.00SciFier: £54.49Winner of the 2022 Peter Lang Emerging Scholars Competition in Media & Communication. Thailand, the "land of smiles," is often seen as a "gay paradise." But how does Thai culture understand... -
Reading 'Bollywood': The Young Audience and Hindi Films S. Banaji 9780230001725
SciFier: £46.99This book explores representations of gender, sexuality and ethnicity in Hindi films, in the socio-political context and in terms of how young audiences in India and the UK construct them. In-depth...