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Sketching for Animation: Developing Ideas, Characters and Layouts in Your Sketchbook Professor Peter Parr (Arts University Bournemouth) 9781350087095
RRP: $72.18SciFier: $71.80Drawing and sketching are central to the art of animation and can be crucial tools in designing and developing original stories, characters and layouts. Sketching for Animation offers a wealth of... -
Ancient Greece and Rome in Videogames: Representation, Play, Transmedia Dr Ross Clare (University of Liverpool, UK) 9781350157194
SciFier: $195.68This volume presents an original framework for the study of video games that use visual materials and narrative conventions from ancient Greece and Rome. It focuses on the culturally rich continuum... -
'Guilty Pleasures': European Audiences and Contemporary Hollywood Romantic Comedy Dr Alice Guilluy (MetFilm School, UK) 9781350163034
SciFier: $174.72In Guilty Pleasures, Alice Guilluy examines the reception of contemporary Hollywood romantic comedy by European audiences. She offers a new look at the romantic comedy genre through a qualitative... -
Other Cinemas: Politics, Culture and Experimental Film in the 1970s Sue Clayton 9781350213128
SciFier: $69.90The innovations and debates in experimental film in the 1970s have had far-reaching and long-lasting influence, with a resurgence of interest in the decade revealed by new gallery events, film... -
African Lace-bark in the Caribbean: The Construction of Race, Class, and Gender Steeve O. Buckridge (Grand Valley State University, Michigan, USA) 9781350058507
SciFier: $72.18In Caribbean history, the European colonial plantocracy created a cultural diaspora in which African slaves were torn from their ancestral homeland. In order to maintain vital links to their... -
Fashion Journalism: History, Theory, and Practice Dr Sanda Miller (Southampton Solent University, UK) 9781472520173
SciFier: $195.68Fashion is all around us, and so too is fashion journalism. Discussions of fashion proliferate in an ever-increasing range of media, from newspapers and magazines to tweets and TV programs. Fashion... -
The Religious Life of Dress: Global Fashion and Faith Lynne Hume 9780857853615
SciFier: $61.67From clothing to the painted and scarified nude body, through overt, public display or esoteric symbols known only to the initiated, dress can convey information about beliefs, faith, identity,... -
Women Artists, Feminism and the Moving Image by Lucy Reynolds (University of Westminster, UK)
SciFier: $73.30A diverse range of leading scholars, activists, archivists and artists explore the histories, practices and concerns of women making film and video across the world, from the pioneering German... -
How to Write Everything by David Quantick
SciFier: $35.38How To Write Everything is the ultimate writer's handbook. It tells you about every aspect of writing, from having an idea to getting the idea out into the world and getting paid for it, too. It... -
Robert Redford and American Cinema by Dr Michael Allen (Birkbeck, University of London, UK)
SciFier: $195.68Michael Allen's insightful study explores the long and diverse career of the actor and director Robert Redford, from his early work in theatre and TV to his contemporary status as an iconic and... -
Film Noir: A Critical Introduction Dr Ian Brookes (University of Nottingham, UK) 9781780933269
SciFier: $196.63What is film noir? With its archetypal femme fatale and private eye, its darkly-lit scenes and even darker narratives, the answer can seem obvious enough. But as Ian Brookes shows in this new study,... -
Martin Scorsese's Divine Comedy: Movies and Religion Catherine O'Brien (Kingston University, UK) 9781350141605
SciFier: $70.28This book is open access and available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. It is funded by Knowledge Unlatched. Catherine O'Brien draws on the structure of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy to explore... -
Animation in the Middle East by Stefanie Van de Peer (Queen Margaret University, UK)
SciFier: $66.48The internationally acclaimed films Persepolis and Waltz with Bashir only hinted at the vibrant animation culture that exists within the Middle East and North Africa. In spite of censorship,... -
Portugal's Global Cinema by Dr. Mariana Liz (University of Lisbon, Portugal)
SciFier: $64.58Portuguese cinema has become increasingly prominent on the international film festival circuit, proving the country's size belies its cultural impact. From the prestige of directors Manoel de... -
Sportswomen in Cinema: Film and the Frailty Myth Nicholas Chare 9781350418998
SciFier: $60.78Sportswomen in Cinema considers both documentary and fiction films from a variety of periods and cultures, by directors including Kathryn Bigelow, Gurinder Chadha, Im Soon-rye, George Kukor, Ida... -
Once and Future Antiquities in Science Fiction and Fantasy Brett M. Rogers 9781350068940
SciFier: $167.18In 15 all-new essays, this volume explores how science fiction and fantasy draw on materials from ancient Greece and Rome, 'displacing' them from their original settings-in time and space, in points... -
Manga in America: Transnational Book Publishing and the Domestication of Japanese Comics Casey Brienza (Lecturer in Publishing and Digital Media, City University London, UK, City University London, UK) 9781472595874
SciFier: $61.67Japanese manga comic books have attracted a devoted global following. In the popular press manga is said to have "invaded" and "conquered" the United States, and its success is held up as a... -
The Cinema of Sofia Coppola: Fashion, Culture, Celebrity Professor Suzanne Ferriss (Nova Southeastern University, USA) 9781350176621
SciFier: $186.18The Cinema of Sofia Coppola provides the first comprehensive analysis of Coppola's oeuvre that situates her work broadly in relation to contemporary artistic, social and cultural currents. Suzanne... -
Bollypolitics by Ajay Gehlawat (Sonoma State University, USA)
SciFier: $194.05This book provides an in-depth exploration of the evolving landscape of Bollywood cinema in response to recent socio-political changes in India, including a surge in sectarian violence and the ascent... -
Fashioning Memory: Vintage Style and Youth Culture Heike Jenss (Parsons School of Design, The New School, USA) 9781350024366
SciFier: $55.08Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Based on in-depth ethnographic research, Fashioning Memory is a unique study into sartorial engagements with memory and time... -
Dress, Law and Naked Truth by Professor Gary Watt (University of Warwick, UK)
SciFier: $214.68This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Why are civil authorities in so-called liberal democracies... -
A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion in the Age of Empire Denise Amy Baxter (The University of North Texas, USA) 9780857856845
SciFier: $203.19During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the production of dress shifted dramatically from being predominantly hand-crafted in small quantities to machine-manufactured in bulk. The... -
Benjamin on Fashion Philipp Ekardt 9781350075993
SciFier: $214.68Benjamin on Fashion reconstructs and redefines Walter Benjamin's complex, fragmentary and yet influential fashion theory that he developed in the Arcades Project (1927-1940) and beyond, while... -
Therapeutic Aesthetics: Performative Encounters in Moving Image Artworks Maria Walsh (Chelsea College of Arts, University of the Arts London, UK) 9781350093157
SciFier: $214.68Therapeutic Aesthetics focuses on moving image artworks as expressive of social psychopathological symptoms that arise in a climate of neoliberal cognitive capitalism, such as anxiety, depression,... -
Bomber Boys on Screen by S. P. MacKenzie (University of South Carolina, USA)
SciFier: $66.48Since the Second World War, depictions of Royal Air Force operations in film and television drama have become so numerous that they make up a genre worthy of scholarly attention. In this illuminating... -
Bollypolitics: Popular Hindi Cinema and Hindutva Ajay Gehlawat (Sonoma State University, USA) 9781350401921
SciFier: $58.88Winner of Best Monograph at the 2025 BAFTSS Awards.This book provides an in-depth exploration of the evolving landscape of Bollywood cinema in response to recent socio-political changes in India,... -
Queer Horror Film and Television: Sexuality and Masculinity at the Margins Darren Elliott-Smith (University of Stirling, UK) 9781350259089
SciFier: $64.58In recent years, the representation of alternative sexuality in the horror film and television has "outed" itself from the shadows from which it once lurked, via the embrace of an outrageously queer... -
Video Game Level Design: How to Create Video Games with Emotion, Interaction, and Engagement Michael Salmond (Florida Gulf Coast University, USA) 9781350015722
RRP: $62.68SciFier: $58.35Level design connects the player to the game through challenges, experiences, and emotions. This book is an invaluable introduction to the evolving practices of Level Designers across the games... -
Cult TV Heroines by Catriona Miller (Glasgow Caledonian University, UK)
SciFier: $64.58From Mrs Peel to the first female Doctor Who, this book offers a timely focus on the popular phenomenon of the cult TV heroine. The enduring phenomenon of cult TV itself is carefully explored through... -
Textiles and Gender in Antiquity: From the Orient to the Mediterranean Professor Mary Harlow (University of Leicester, UK) 9781350189737
SciFier: $64.58This volume looks at how the issues of textiles and gender intertwine across three millennia in antiquity and examines continuities and differences across time and space - with surprising resonances... -
Ancient Violence in the Modern Imagination by Irene Berti (Karls Universitat, Germany)
SciFier: $64.58The collected essays in this volume focus on the presentation, representation and interpretation of ancient violence - from war to slavery, rape and murder - in the modern visual and performing arts,... -
Art in the Cinema by Dr Steven Jacobs (Ghent University and Antwerp University, Belgium)
RRP: $47.48SciFier: $45.62In the 1940s and 1950s, hundreds of art documentaries were produced, many of them being highly personal, poetic, reflexive and experimental films that offer a thrilling cinematic experience. With the... -
The Lost Worlds of John Ford: Beyond the Western Jeffrey Richards (Lancaster University, UK) 9781350194960
SciFier: $66.48The great director John Ford (1894-1973) is best known for classic westerns, but his body of work encompasses much more than this single genre. Jeffrey Richards develops and broadens our... -
The British Film Industry in 25 Careers: The Mavericks, Visionaries and Outsiders Who Shaped British Cinema Geoffrey Macnab (journalist and critic, London, UK) 9781350140684
RRP: $41.78SciFier: $40.72The British Film Industry in 25 Careers tells the history of the British film industry from an unusual perspective - that of various mavericks, visionaries and outsiders who, often against... -
Sound Design for Moving Image: From Concept to Realization Miss Kahra Scott-James 9781474235112
SciFier: $73.30Sound Design for Moving Image offers a clear introduction to sound design theory and practice to help you integrate sound ideas into your productions. Contemporary soundtracks are often made up of... -
A History of Video Art by Prof. Chris Meigh-Andrews
SciFier: $79.78A History of Video Art is a revised and expanded edition of the 2006 original, which extends the scope of the first edition, incorporating a wider range of artists and works from across the globe and... -
Dramatic Effects with a Movie Camera Dr. Gail Segal (Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, USA) 9781474285827
SciFier: $71.97The camera's capacity to organize space within a "frame" produces the fundamental unit of movie making: the shot. Dramatic Effects with a Movie Camera is a practical guide to the visual... -
Historical Film: A Critical Introduction Jonathan Stubbs (Cyprus International University, Cyprus) 9781847884978
SciFier: $64.58Although precise definitions have not been agreed on, historical cinema tends to cut across existing genre categories and establishes an intimidatingly large group of films. In recent years, a lively... -
Directing Screen Performances Robert Klenner 9781474249591
SciFier: $68.27The core goal of Directing Screen Performances is to teach aspiring directors how to prepare and work with actors. Through a practical exploration of the major approaches to contemporary screen... -
Stand-up Comedy and Contemporary Feminisms: Sexism, Stereotypes and Structural Inequalities Ellie Tomsett (Birmingham City University, UK) 9781350302280
SciFier: $176.68What are the barriers to women's participation in live comedy, and how are these barriers maintained in the digital era? In this book, Ellie Tomsett considers how the origins of stand-up comedy...