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Naked Screenwriting by Lew Hunter
SciFier: $52.25Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538137956Author Lew HunterFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint -
Avid Media Composer | First by Avid Technology
SciFier: $38.85Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538143827Author Avid TechnologyFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint -
The Reel World: Scoring for Pictures Jeff Rona 9781538137758
SciFier: $151.41Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538137758Author Jeff RonaFormat HardbackPage Count 360Imprint -
Best Pick: A Journey Through Film History and the Academy Awards John Dorney 9798881808662
SciFier: $25.78Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798881808662Author John DorneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 332Imprint -
The Films of Martin Scorsese: Gangsters, Greed, and Guilt Eric San Juan 9798881808884
SciFier: $24.44Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798881808884Author Eric San JuanFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint -
Creating Partnerships with Parents by Donald Lueder
SciFier: $90.44Are you wondering how to nurture a better relationship with the parents of your students? This book provides teachers with comprehensive methods to bridge the gap between school and home in order to... -
Film Stories Michael Roemer 9781442253490
SciFier: $90.44This volume contains three new screenplays (Bedrock, Old World and New, and Falling Angels) by the writer-director of the prize-winning films Nothing But a Man, The Plot against Harry, Vengeance Is... -
Last Summer at Mars Hill: And Other Short Stories Elizabeth Hand 9781684752751
RRP: $30.75SciFier: $24.51Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684752751Author Elizabeth HandFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint < -
Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition: Cultural Contexts in Monty Python Tomasz Dobrogoszcz 9781442237360
SciFier: $83.07Monty Python's Flying Circus was one of the most important and influential cultural phenomena of the 1970s. The British program was followed by albums, stage appearances, and several films, including... -
Cowboy Metaphysics: Ethics and Death in Westerns Peter A. French 9780847686711
SciFier: $69.67For many of us, the image of the cowboy hero facing off against the villain dominates our memories of the movies. Peter French examines the world of the western, one in which death is annihilation,... -
Critical Perspectives on the Western by Lee Broughton
SciFier: $117.91For decades, the Western film has been considered a dying breed of cinema, yet filmmakers from Quentin Tarantino to Ethan and Joel Coen find new ways to reinvigorate the genre. As Westerns continue... -
Heroines of Film and Television: Portrayals in Popular Culture Norma Jones 9781442231498
SciFier: $131.31As portrayals of heroic women gain ground in film, television, and other media, their depictions are breaking free of females as versions of male heroes or simple stereotypes of acutely weak or... -
Conversations with Gus Van Sant by Mario Falsetto
SciFier: $69.67One of the most talented and imaginative artists of independent cinema, Gus Van Sant established himself with a number of important movies of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Beginning with Mala... -
Virtual Ascendance: Video Games and the Remaking of Reality Devin C. Griffiths 9781442216952
SciFier: $47.42From school lunchrooms to the White House press room, video games are an integral part of our popular culture, and the industry behind them touches all aspects of our lives, gamer and non-gamer alike... -
Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek by Douglas Brode
SciFier: $117.91When it premiered on NBC in September 1966, Star Trek was described by its creator, Gene Roddenberry, as "Wagon Train to the stars." Featuring a racially diverse cast, trips to exotic planets, and... -
Cantinflas and the Chaos of Mexican Modernity Jeffrey M. Pilcher 9780842027717
SciFier: $65.91Cantinflas and the Chaos of Mexican Modernity is a revealing probe into the life and times of Mario Moreno, Latin America's most famous film star from the 1940s to the 1970s. This book helps to... -
Joss Whedon's Dollhouse by Sherry Ginn
SciFier: $131.31Although it lasted barely more than a season, Dollhouse continues to intrigue viewers as one of Joss Whedon's most provocative forays into television. The program centered on men and women who have... -
Black Lenses, Black Voices by Mark A. Reid
SciFier: $53.59Black Lenses, Black Voices is a provocative look at films directed and written_and sometimes produced_by African Americans, as well as black-oriented films whose directors or screenwriters are not... -
Max Steiner by Peter Wegele
SciFier: $131.31Max Steiner is one of the greatest-not to mention most prolific-composers of the Golden Age of Hollywood. The winner of three Academy Awards, Steiner's credits include King Kong, The Informer, Gone... -
Historical Dictionary of Polish Cinema by Marek Haltof
SciFier: $151.41In 1902, scientist and inventor Kazimierz Proszynski made the first Polish narrative film, The Return of a Merry Fellow. Since then, the Polish film industry has produced a diverse body of work,... -
Cantinflas and the Chaos of Mexican Modernity Jeffrey M. Pilcher 9780842027694
SciFier: $152.75Cantinflas and the Chaos of Mexican Modernity is a revealing probe into the life and times of Mario Moreno, Latin America's most famous film star from the 1940s to the 1970s. This book helps to... -
X-Men and the Mutant Metaphor by Joseph J. Darowski
RRP: $113.90SciFier: $97.11First appearing in 1963, The Uncanny X-Men had a rough start, lasting until 1970 when the comic book was canceled due to low sales. Following a relaunch in 1975, however, it found new popularity... -
Heroines of Film and Television: Portrayals in Popular Culture Norma Jones 9781442275645
SciFier: $50.91As portrayals of heroic women gain ground in film, television, and other media, their depictions are breaking free of females as versions of male heroes or simple stereotypes of acutely weak or... -
Reeling with Laughter by Michael V. Tueth
SciFier: $45.55Film comedy has been around as long as cinema itself. Over the years, particular forms of the genre have emerged, evolved, and spawned other branches of comedy. While these subgenres may vary in... -
Cinematic Quests for Identity by Maria Garcia
SciFier: $111.21Whether embodied in literature, theater, or film, an enduring theme of many artistic works has been the protagonist's search for identity. Such quests are typically psychological or spiritual... -
Red Aesthetics by Todd Cronan
SciFier: $111.21"WHAT'S NEEDED-IS NO REST," Aleksandr Rodchenko declared in the "Manifesto of the Constructivist Group." We must "go out into all kinds of production anywhere where there is an artistic need." This... -
Debating Disney by Douglas Brode
SciFier: $124.61With stakes in film, television, theme parks, and merchandising, Disney continues to be one of the most dominant forces of popular culture around the globe. Films produced by the studio are usually... -
Virtual Ascendance: Video Games and the Remaking of Reality Devin C. Griffiths 9781442216945
SciFier: $58.95From school lunchrooms to the White House press room, video games are an integral part of our popular culture, and the industry behind them touches all aspects of our lives, gamer and non-gamer alike... -
Selling Sex on Screen by Karen A. Ritzenhoff
SciFier: $117.91Whether in mainstream or independent films, depictions of female prostitution and promiscuity are complicated by their intersection with male fantasies. In such films, issues of exploitation,... -
Constructing the Coens by Allen Redmon
SciFier: $90.44The films of Ethan and Joel Coen have been embraced by mainstream audiences, but also have been subject to intense scrutiny by critics and cinema scholars. Movies such as Barton Fink, The Hudsucker... -
Upstairs and Downstairs by James Leggott
SciFier: $111.88The international success of Downton Abbey has led to a revived interest in period dramas, with older programs like The Forsyte Saga being rediscovered by a new generation of fans whose tastes also... -
The Coen Brothers Encyclopedia Lynnea Chapman King 9780810885769
SciFier: $125.28Joel and Ethan Coen have written and directed some of the most celebrated American films of the last thirty years. The output of their work has embraced a wide range of genres, including the... -
Hollywood Divas, Indie Queens, and TV Heroines by Susanne Kord
SciFier: $50.91Hollywood Divas, Indie Queens, and TV Heroines offers an entertaining and critical look at the representation of women in recent movies. Written in a refreshingly accessible style, the book analyzes... -
Building a New China in Cinema: The Chinese Left-Wing Cinema Movement, 1932-1937 Laikwan Pang 9780742509467
SciFier: $76.37Building a New China in Cinema introduces English readers for the first time to one of the most exciting left-wing cinema traditions in the world. This unique book explores the history, ideology, and... -
Now a Major Motion Picture: Film Adaptations of Literature and Drama Christine Geraghty 9780742538214
SciFier: $61.63Going beyond the process of adaptation, Geraghty is more interested in the films themselves and how they draw on our sense of recall. While a film reflects its literary source, it also invites... -
Native Americans in the Movies by Michael Hilger
SciFier: $153.42Since the early days of the silent era, Native Americans have been captured on film, often in unflattering ways. Over the decades, some filmmakers have tried to portray the Native American on screen... -
James Cagney Films of the 1930s by James L. Neibaur
SciFier: $124.61One of the biggest stars of the golden age of Hollywood, James Cagney appeared in more than sixty films throughout his career. In addition to starring in the classics White Heat, Mister Roberts, and... -
Cinematic Shakespeare Michael Anderegg 9780742510920
SciFier: $28.80Cinematic Shakespeare takes the reader inside the making of a number of significant adaptations to illustrate how cinema transforms and re-imagines the dramatic form and style central to... -
Hollywood Hybrids by Ira Jaffe
SciFier: $117.91'He wanted to move in and out of the various signature styles of all these genres_Western, melodrama, thriller, horror,' said cinematographer Robert Richardson of Quentin Tarantino's goals in making... -
Ethnic Dress in the United States by Annette Lynch
SciFier: $118.58The clothes we wear tell stories about us-and are often imbued with cultural meanings specific to our ethnic heritage. This concise A-to-Z encyclopedia explores 150 different and distinct items of...