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Media and Performance in the Musical by Raymond Knapp
SciFier: $61.46For the past several years, the American musical has continued to thrive by reflecting and shaping cultural values and social norms, and even commenting on politics, whether directly and on a... -
Releasing HTML5 Games for Windows 8 by Jesse Freeman
RRP: $33.90SciFier: $26.54Windows 8 presents an incredible opportunity for distributing and monetizing HTML5 games, and this guide shows how you can profit from it. You'll learn everything you need to know about porting your... -
The Fifth Dimension by Martin Vopenka
RRP: $19.06SciFier: $16.41A contemporary classic from the Czech Republic.To support his family, a man submits himself to a solo science experiment in the High Andes. This is a cosmic adventure story of big ideas and murder... -
Weaving a Chronicle Judith Poxson Fawkes 9780764340635
RRP: $78.42SciFier: $61.27Original ideas for tapestries in the techniques of double weave, inlay, and pattern weave are detailed in engaging text and illustrated by over 90 beautiful color photos displaying the completed... -
Contemporary Cinematographers on Their Art Pauline B Rogers 9780240803098
SciFier: $106.38The twelve interviews in this book cover all aspects of cinematography from pre-production planning to post-production, special effects, aerial photography, and second unit. Each interview gives a... -
Understanding Film: A Viewer's Guide James R Russo 9781789761177
SciFier: $244.27This film analysis textbook contains sixteen essays on historically significant, artistically superior films released between 1922 and 1982. Written for college, high school, and university students,... -
Kubrick and Control: Authority, Order and Independence in the Films and Working Life of Stanley Kubrick Jeremy Carr 9781805966982
RRP: $69.94SciFier: $66.91Kubrick and Control is an examination of authority, order, and independence in the films directed by Stanley Kubrick, as well as in his personal life and working habits. This study explores the ways... -
Allegories Of Underdevelopment: Aesthetics and Politics in Modern Brazilian Cinema Ismail Xavier 9780816626779
RRP: $44.50SciFier: $37.95Examines the centrality of Cinema Novo to filmmaking in Brazil."A camera in the hand and ideas in the head" was the primary axiom of the young originators of Brazil's Cinema Novo. This movement of... -
It's Been 20 Years, Fergus: (and you're still spooking at that thing?) Jean Abernethy 9781570769580
RRP: $31.69SciFier: $28.81A rollicking comic treasury, starring the world's most famous cartoon horse. He has hundreds of thousands of followers on Facebook and a surging presence on Instagram. Each day, he and his diverse... -
Dragon's Lair and the Fantasy of Interactivity by MJ Clarke
SciFier: $177.00Perhaps no arcade game is so nostalgically remembered, yet so critically bemoaned, as Dragon's Lair. A bit of a technological neanderthal, the game implemented a unique combination of videogame... -
British Television Drama: Past, Present and Future J. Bignell 9781137327574
SciFier: $99.62Featuring leading scholars of British television drama and noted writers and producers from the television industry, this new edition of British Television Drama evaluates past and present TV fiction... -
Pulling a Rabbit Out of a Hat: The Making of Roger Rabbit Ross Anderson 9781496822284
RRP: $192.92SciFier: $154.65Who Framed Roger Rabbit emerged at a nexus of people, technology, and circumstances that is historically, culturally, and aesthetically momentous. By the 1980s, animation seemed a dying art. Not even... -
The Making of Citizen Kane, Revised edition by Robert L. Carringer
RRP: $53.00SciFier: $45.03Citizen Kane, widely considered the greatest film ever made, continues to fascinate critics and historians as well as filmgoers. While credit for its genius has traditionally been attributed solely... -
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Tom Clancy's Line of Sight: THE INSPIRATION BEHIND THE THRILLING AMAZON PRIME SERIES JACK RYAN Mike Maden 9781405935449 [USED COPY]
RRP: $27.54SciFier: $5.47A stunning thriller in the internationally bestselling series that inspired the smash-hit Amazon Prime TV Show JACK RYANJack Ryan Jr is in an assassin's sights . . .Sent to the Balkans on an... -
Kaagaz Ke Phool (Paper Flowers) Lalitha Gopalan (University of Texas at Austin, USA) 9781839027062
SciFier: $24.83Guru Dutt's final film as a director, Kaagaz Ke Phool/Paper Flowers (1959), follows the successful film-maker Suresh Sinha (played by Dutt himself) as rumours of his affair with his actress Shanti... -
I Heart Skull-Crusher Vol. 2 Josie Campbell 9798892155571
RRP: $36.02SciFier: $23.93Break hearts! Break bones! Don't die! Josie Campbell (Wonder Woman, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power) and Alessio Zonno's (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) instantly... -
Time Machines: Time Travel in Physics, Metaphysics, and Science Fiction Paul J. Nahin 9780387952222
SciFier: $91.14"Here's a gem of a book...all peppered with delightful notes from science fiction films, novels, and comics. I can't turn a page without finding a jewel." Clifford Stoll, University of California,... -
John Lasseter Richard Neupert 9780252081644
RRP: $36.02SciFier: $31.33Celebrated as Pixar's "Chief Creative Officer," John Lasseter is a revolutionary figure in animation history and one of today's most important filmmakers. Lasseter films from Luxo Jr. to Toy Story... -
Filming the Fantastic with Virtual Technology: Filmmaking on the Digital Backlot Mark Sawicki 9780367354213
SciFier: $77.99This book brings fantasy storytelling to a whole new level by providing an in-depth insight into the tools used for virtual reality, augmented reality, 360 cinema and motion capture in order to... -
Memoirs of a Book Thief by Alessandro Tota
RRP: $31.78SciFier: $23.66Paris in the 1950s: the reign of Sartre and existentialism. Daniel Brodin-bibliophile, book thief, self-proclaimed poet-enters the heated atmosphere of the Cafe Serbier, home of the Parisian literati... -
The Book of Looms - A History of the Handloom from Ancient Times to the Present by Eric Broudy
RRP: $59.36SciFier: $47.55A heavily illustrated classic on the evolution of the handloom. The handloom-often no more than a bundle of sticks and a few lengths of cordage-has been known to almost all cultures for thousands... -
To Embody the Marvellous: The Making of Illusions in Early Modern Spain Esther Fernandez 9780826501790
SciFier: $71.00In its exploration of puppetry and animation as the performative media of choice for mastering the art of illusion, To Embody the Marvelous engages with early modern notions of wonder in religious,... -
From Fibre to Fabric: The Ultimate Guide to Soft Furnishings Chris Halsey 9781908337405
RRP: $74.20SciFier: $49.12As one of the world's most ancient man-made items, fabric has been with us for centuries. Yet today, when it comes to choosing fabrics for our interiors, most of us are anxious to avoid expensive... -
The Stairway to the Sun & Dance of the Comets by Paul Scheerbart
RRP: $26.50SciFier: $18.89The Stairway to the Sun & Dance of the Comets brings together two short books, originally published in 1903, by the antierotic godfather of German science fiction, Paul Scheerbart. The Stairway to... -
Pulling a Rabbit Out of a Hat: The Making of Roger Rabbit Ross Anderson 9781496822338
RRP: $63.49SciFier: $41.32Who Framed Roger Rabbit emerged at a nexus of people, technology, and circumstances that is historically, culturally, and aesthetically momentous. By the 1980s, animation seemed a dying art. Not even... -
Tom Clancy's Line of Sight: THE INSPIRATION BEHIND THE THRILLING AMAZON PRIME SERIES JACK RYAN Mike Maden 9781405935449
RRP: $27.54SciFier: $20.14A stunning thriller in the internationally bestselling series that inspired the smash-hit Amazon Prime TV Show JACK RYANJack Ryan Jr is in an assassin's sights . . .Sent to the Balkans on an... -
Understanding Film: A Viewer's Guide James R Russo 9781789761184
SciFier: $82.00This film analysis textbook contains sixteen essays on historically significant, artistically superior films released between 1922 and 1982. Written for college, high school, and university students,... -
Auditioning On Camera: An Actor's Guide Joseph Hacker (University of Southern California, USA) 9780415619028
RRP: $105.98SciFier: $72.91To win a screen role, an actor must learn to contend with an on-camera audition. Understanding how to make the crucial adjustments to one's craft that this kind of audition requires is vital to the... -
Duchamp Versus Einstein by Christopher Hinz
RRP: $10.58SciFier: $8.97"A luminous game of chess between art and science that is played across the page with lethal precision." - John W. Campbell Award-winning Lavie Tidhar Inspired by Marcel Duchamp's archived... -
Jamie and Angus Together by Anne Fine
RRP: $12.70SciFier: $10.30A delightful collection of stories about friendship from the award-winning former Children's Laureate Anne Fine.Once best friends, always best friends. Nothing can come between Jamie and Angus - a... -
Theatre, Performance and Analogue Technology: Historical Interfaces and Intermedialities Kara Reilly 9781349457427
SciFier: $199.45This trans-historical collection explores analogue performance technologies from Ancient Greece to pre-Second World War. From ancient mechanical elephants to early modern automata, Enlightenment... -
Italian Cinema Mary Wood 9781845201623
SciFier: $72.06Italian Cinema presents an overview and analysis of one of the most prolific and influential of national cinemas.Italian film has always drawn on a wide range of popular themes - from ancient history... -
Writing for TV and Radio by Sue Teddern (Writer)
SciFier: $58.49This essential companion offers invaluable insights and solid, practical guidance to those keen to write for TV and radio. PART 1 explores the nature of the media. It looks at the history of... -
Things Invisible to See by Nancy Willard
RRP: $46.53SciFier: $36.02The first novel by Newbery Award-winning author Nancy Willard: A stunning story of magic and miracles, and a testament to the enduring power of faith and love Ben and Willie Harkissian are twin... -
World War I on Film by Paul M. Edwards
RRP: $61.46SciFier: $52.60One of the central events of modern history, World War I has been poorly presented in English language films. Torn between the powerful isolationist movement in the U.S. and a growing hatred of... -
The Slapstick Camera: Hollywood and the Comedy of Self-Reference Burke Hilsabeck 9781438477312
SciFier: $152.30Demonstrates that slapstick film comedies display a canny and sometimes profound understanding of their medium.Slapstick film comedy may be grounded in idiocy and failure, but the genre is far more... -
The Domino Pattern by Timothy Zahn
RRP: $42.29SciFier: $28.60Ex-government agent Frank Compton must halt a murderous plague that threatens to turn the galaxy-spanning Quadrail into a ghost train in the fourth installment of Hugo Award-winning author Timothy... -
Dark Fang Volume 1: Earth Calling Miles Gunter 9781534306547
Image ComicsRRP: $19.06SciFier: $14.25Her name is Valla. She is a vampire who has resided on the bottom of the ocean for a century. When her aquatic paradise is destroyed by a dark liquid plague, she travels to the surface in search of... -
The Magic Bookcase by Robert Ingpen
RRP: $38.14SciFier: $37.91Hans Christian Andersen Medalist Robert Ingpen brings classic stories to life in a collection that serves as his magnum opus to the imagination. Featured in New York Times Book Review "8 Picture... -
Theatre, Performance and Analogue Technology: Historical Interfaces and Intermedialities Kara Reilly 9781137319661
SciFier: $197.14This trans-historical collection explores analogue performance technologies from Ancient Greece to pre-Second World War. From ancient mechanical elephants to early modern automata, Enlightenment...