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Rubble, Ruins, and Romanticism by Martina Moeller
RRP: £44.99SciFier: £33.11Traditional criticism on German post-war cinema tends to define rubble films as simplistic texts of low artistic quality which serve to reaffirm the spectator's image of him or herself as "a good... -
Computers and Art by Stuart Mealing
SciFier: £30.16Computers and Art provides insightful perspectives on the use of the computer as a tool for artists. The approaches taken vary from its historical, philosophical and practical implications to the use... -
Game Audio Fundamentals: An Introduction to the Theory, Planning, and Practice of Soundscape Creation for Games Keith Zizza 9781032111957
SciFier: £42.86- Uniquely accessible guide to game audio, requiring no pre-existing knowledge from the reader, making it suitable for readers from a range of background, including game design, music technology and... -
Best Karate Volume 2 by Masatoshi Nakayama
RRP: £17.99SciFier: £12.56As well as setting forth the basic rules that must be put into practice when performing kata or applying techniques in kumite, this volume pinpoints the underlying physical and physiological... -
Practical Cinematography Paul Wheeler 9780240519623
SciFier: £46.86Filmmaking is an art, but, like so many art forms, there are basic underlying tools and techniques and a body theoretical knowledge that must be understood and mastered before artistic expression can... -
Introduction to Media Production: The Path to Digital Media Production Gorham Kindem (Professor of Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA) 9780240810829
SciFier: £62.31Introduction to Media Production began years ago as an alternative text that would cover ALL aspects of media production, not just film or just tv or just radio. Kindem and Musburger needed a book... -
Westminster Part I: The Art, Architecture and Archaeology of the Royal Abbey Warwick Rodwell 9781910887240
SciFier: £44.43The British Archaeological Association's 2013 conference was devoted to the study of Westminster Abbey and the Palace of Westminster. It also embraced Westminster School, which was founded at the... -
The Synergy of Film and Music: Sight and Sound in Five Hollywood Films Peter Rothbart 9780810887596
SciFier: £56.99Although writers on film music frequently allude to specific parts of scores, comprehensive examinations of entire scores are rare. In addition, most analyses of scores composed for the screen are... -
The Myth of the Superhero Marco Arnaudo (Indiana University, Bloomington) 9781421409535
SciFier: £29.33A refugee from his broken planet who saves earth (more than once), Superman was sent to America as his father's final act before dying. Does this make him the ultimate immigrant success story?... -
Composition for the 21st 1/2 century, Vol 2: Characters in Animation Thomas Paul Thesen 9781138740907
SciFier: £58.04Composition for the 21st 1/2 century: Characters in Animation focuses on characters and their application in animation, illustration, games, and films. It covers various technical aspects of... -
The Divers' Game Jesse Ball 9781783785872
RRP: £14.99SciFier: £11.31A pair of girls, Lethe and Lois, navigates the perimeters of a segregated city, armed with canisters of killing gas. Another child, Lessen, is at the centre of a bizarre cultural ritual that could be... -
Graffiti South Africa by Cale Waddacor
RRP: £40.99SciFier: £32.08In a visual feast, hundreds of vibrant images showcase the work of South Africa's most influential graffiti artists, which will entertain and inspire graffiti enthusiasts and art fanatics all over... -
Georgia Through Its Folktales - With translations by Ketevan Kalandadze illustrations by Miranda Gray by Michael Berman
RRP: £11.99SciFier: £8.59'Everything shifts in the Caucasus, blown by some of the strongest winds on earth. Even the ground moves, splintered by fault lines. In early Georgian myths, it is said that when the mountains were... -
Deluge by Sydney Fowler Wright
SciFier: £19.19First published in 1927, Deluge is one of the most famous of the English catastrophe novels. Beautifully written and action packed-RKO Radio Pictures even filmed this story-the novel depicts a flood... -
The Judging Eye R. Scott Bakker 9781590202920
RRP: £19.99SciFier: £12.39Now he returns to The Prince of Nothing universe with the long-awaited The Judging Eye, the first book in an all-new series. Set twenty years after the end of The Thousandfold Thought, Bakker... -
Cinematic Representations of Alzheimer's Disease by Raquel Medina
RRP: £109.99SciFier: £97.99This book offers a cross-cultural approach to cinematic representations of Alzheimer's disease in non-mainstream cinema. Even though Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia, is a global... -
Framing Pictures by Steven Jacobs
RRP: £23.99SciFier: £22.77Edinburgh Film Studies is a series of advanced textbooks which cover core aspects of film studies for undergraduate students while, at the same time, offering valuable material for the general reader... -
Cinematic Political Thought: Narrating Race, Nation and Gender Michael J. Shapiro 9780814797518
SciFier: £28.99In Cinematic Political Thought, Michael J. Shapiro investigates aspects of contemporary politics and articulates a critical philosophical perspective with politically disposed treatments of... -
Sustainable Textile Chemical Processing Javed N. Sheikh 9781032629919
RRP: £55.99SciFier: £51.36This book covers different aspects of efforts being put in making the textile chemical processing sustainable. Right from understanding the importance of sustainability, it covers various approaches... -
Magic in Theory by Peter Lamont
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.35A useful manual for any magician, or for anyone who wonders why the tricks seem so real, this guide examines the psychological aspects of a magician''s work. Exploring the ways in which human... -
Directory of World Cinema: Italy by Louis Bayman (University of Southampton)
SciFier: £56.85Italian cinema has proved very popular with international audiences, and yet a surprising unfamiliarity remains regarding the rich traditions from which its most fascinating moments arose. Directory... -
South African Cinema 1896-2010 by Martin Botha
SciFier: £36.85Taking an inclusive approach to South African film history, this volume represents an ambitious attempt to analyze and place in appropriate sociopolitical context the aesthetic highlights of South... -
Humphrey Jennings: Film-maker, Painter, Poet Marie-Louise Jennings 9781844578016
SciFier: £32.38Humphrey Jennings was one of Britain's greatest documentary film-makers, described by Lindsay Anderson in 1954 as 'the only real poet the British cinema has yet produced'. A member of the GPO Film... -
Man + Table by Nicholas Wadley
RRP: £11.99SciFier: £8.59Following his anthologies Man + Dog (2009) and Man + Doctor (2012), Nick Wadley has, with our encouragement, compiled this collection of drawings around the theme of Man + Table. Tracing origins in... -
The Sense of Film Narration Ian Garwood 9780748640720
SciFier: £93.01This book investigates the sensuous qualities of narration in the feature-length fiction film. Ian Garwood provides a comprehensive account of existing work on film narration and offers an overview... -
Breaking Bad and Dignity: Unity and Fragmentation in the Serial Television Drama Elliott Logan 9781349554904
SciFier: £46.99An ambitious interpretation of the critically celebrated and widely popular crime drama Breaking Bad , this book argues that not only should the series be understood as a show that revolves around... -
Al Pacino by William Schoell
RRP: £21.99SciFier: £19.21One of our most passionate and gifted actors, Al Pacino has been riveting audiences for decades with performances in everything from The Godfather to Angels in America to Danny Collins. He has also... -
Cinematic Political Thought: Narrating Race, Nation and Gender Michael J. Shapiro 9780814797501
SciFier: £92.99In Cinematic Political Thought, Michael J. Shapiro investigates aspects of contemporary politics and articulates a critical philosophical perspective with politically disposed treatments of... -
ReFocus: The Films of Alejandro Jodorowsky Michael Witte 9781399505956
RRP: £19.99SciFier: £17.87Known as the father of the "midnight cult movie" and co-founder of the avant-garde Panic movement in France, Alejandro Jodorowsky Prullansky defies all basic categorization. He is known as a... -
The Digital Gaming Handbook Roberto Dillon 9780367513764
SciFier: £59.34The Digital Gaming Handbook covers the state-of-the-art in video and digital game research and development, from traditional to emerging elements of gaming across multiple disciplines. Chapters are... -
Movie Acting, The Film Reader Pamela Robertson Wojcik 9780415310253
SciFier: £39.39Movie Acting: The Film Reader explores one of the most central but often overlooked aspects of cinema: film acting. Combining classic and recent essays, it examines key issues such as:What... -
Fifty Filmmakers: Conversations with Directors from Roger Avary to Steven Zaillian Andrew J. Rausch 9780786431496
RRP: £28.99SciFier: £24.81This book is an extensive collection of original interviews with 50 noted filmmakers. Conducted over a seven-year period expressly for this project, the interviews cover various aspects of film... -
Coming Soon: Film Trailers and the Selling of Hollywood Technology Keith M. Johnston 9780786444328
RRP: £28.99SciFier: £24.81The audience's first exposure to a new movie is often in the form of a "coming attraction" trailer, and short previews are also a vanguard for emerging technology and visual techniques. This book... -
Ingmar Bergman: An Enduring Legacy Erik Hedling 9789198557701
RRP: £25.00SciFier: £19.16This unique collection focuses on the work of legendary Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. Written in the wake of the centenary of Bergman's birth in 2018, the volume aims to combine new approaches to... -
Studying Comics and Graphic Novels by Karin Kukkonen (University of Turku, Finland)
RRP: £21.95SciFier: £21.15This introduction to studying comics and graphic novels is a structured guide to a popular topic. It deploys new cognitive methods of textual analysis and features activities and exercises throughout... -
Breaking Bad and Dignity: Unity and Fragmentation in the Serial Television Drama Elliott Logan 9781137513724
SciFier: £46.99An ambitious interpretation of the critically celebrated and widely popular crime drama Breaking Bad , this book argues that not only should the series be understood as a show that revolves around... -
Directing: Film Techniques and Aesthetics Michael Rabiger (Professor Emeritus, Columbia College, Chicago, IL, USA) 9780815394310
SciFier: £54.56Directing: Film Techniques and Aesthetics is a comprehensive exploration into the art and craft of directing for film and television. It's filled with practical advice, essential technical... -
Konohana Kitan, Volume 7 by Sakuya Amano
TokyopopRRP: £11.95SciFier: £8.44The foxes who work at Konohanatei come from many different places and many different families with different expectations. Although she once longed to be a shrine maiden like her sister Hiiragi,... -
Film Music in the Sound Era: A Research and Information Guide, Volume 1: Histories, Theories, and Genres Jonathan Rhodes Lee 9781032174310
SciFier: £43.73Film Music in the Sound Era: A Research and Information Guide offers a comprehensive bibliography of scholarship on music in sound film (1927-2017). Thematically organized sections cover historical... -
Indie Reframed by Linda Badley
SciFier: £93.01With the consolidation of 'indie' culture in the 21st century, female filmmakers face an increasingly indifferent climate. Within this sector, women work across all aspects of writing, direction,...