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Content Rights for Creative Professionals is for professionals and students working in all areas of media (film/video, photography, multimedia, web, graphics, and broadcast) who need to know what the law requires and how they should properly utilize...

Entertainment tax incentives are one of the greatest tools in the arsenal of filmmaking. They pay a portion of production expenditures back to the filmmaker, while creating powerful economic engines for the states who implement them properly. They are...

This new edition of Latin American History Goes to the Movies uses a variety of feature films as a method of studying key historical themes in Latin America, from pre-Columbian cultures to contemporary debates.The book provides historical context as a...

Film Festivals, Ideology and Italian Art Cinema is the first systematic study of the role ideology plays in film festivals' construction of dominant ideas about art cinema. Film festivals are considered the driving force of the film industry outside...

An emerging interest in a British East and Southeast Asian identity after decades of political and social exclusion has coincided with periods of economic and political challenges in the UK. In Migration and Identity in British East and Southeast Asian...

Celluloid Mischief examines the portrayal of wrongdoing and "deviant" behavior in film. The premise is that films are material products of both individual and collective imagination that reflect the values and norms of the society that produce them. On...

Research has established that men are unlikely to report being victimised by sexual assault, often out of feelings of embarrassment, shame, fear, and emasculation. Critically examining how the rape of men and boys is represented in television and film,...

This book bridges the gap between film theory and filmmakers' thoughts and poetics, and proposes a new way to address and elaborate film theory. It brings together primary sources by filmmakers themselves, drawing on their films, interviews, books,...

Creator of the GoFaSt Model, author Greg Takoudes introduces a comprehensive study of the structural models of screenwriting and provides readers with an adaptive framework for writing successful scripts.With a new approach which reframes discussions and...

Drawing upon a combination of ethnographic research and media and communication theory this book offers pathways to building trust in a range of situations and communitiesAnn Feldman presents rich examples from her own life and social-impact journey with...

Film archives are fast spreading around the world, and with them issues surrounding archival digitisation, artistic appropriation, and academic reinterpretation of film material that demand scholarly attention. Exploring Past Images in a Digital Age:...

Starting out as a filmmaker comes with a host of limitations and restrictions leading to one key question: how do you channel your creativity past these daunting challenges to create compelling and impactful films? Authors William Pace and Ingrid Stobbe...

- Written by a celebrated screenwriter, editor and educator. - Offers a unique perspective on crafting the perfect screen play from the eye of an editor. - Includes before-and-after examples stemming from preproduction scripts to post production final...

This book presents a critical cultural study of the Trans New Wave as a cinematic genre and explores its emergence in the twenty-first century. Drawing on a diverse range of texts, the cultural, social, aesthetic and ethical implications of the genre are...

A necessary examination of temporality, ethics, and trauma in Israeli film and television since the turn of the millennium.Original analysis of contemporary issues in Israeli media and culture, using feminist theory, queer theory, as well as critical...

- An engaging pocket sized introduction to African cinema, suitable for students and film enthusiasts alike - There is no real competitor for this book, yet interest in black cinema is growing strongly - Case studies, suggestions for further reading, and...

Combines historical and contemporary approaches to film remakes in Europe Investigates, next to the textual, socio-cultural and political dimensions, the often neglected industrial, financial and production-related dynamics of European remake...

Against the long historical backdrop of 1492, Columbus, and the Conquest, Robert Stam's wide-ranging study traces a trajectory from the representation of indigenous peoples by others to self-representation by indigenous peoples, often as a form of...

The three-act structure is so last century! Unlike other screenwriting books, this unique storytelling guide pushes you to break free of tired, formulaic writing by bending or breaking the rules of storytelling as we know them. This new edition dives...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789357761369Author Bhaskar ChattopadhyayFormat PaperbackImprint Westland NonfictionPublisher Westland Publications Limited

Situated within an emerging academic interest in documentary film in the Middle East and North Africa, this book studies the development of diverse documentary forms in relation to revolutionary and emancipatory movements that took place across the...

This book explores a new character archetype that permeated Soviet film during what became known as the era of Stagnation, a stark period of loneliness, disappointment, and individual despair. This new type of character was neither negative nor positive,...

* Features over thirty contributors from a diverse range of backgrounds within the field of composing for film and TV from across the world. * Illustrates how students and aspiring professionals can break into the industry and apply the technical skills...

Demonstrates how to analyse a screenplay through a seven-steps method: character, story elements, story world and setting, main plot and subplots, structure, screenwriting tools, and genre, tone and style. Offers step by step guidance, case study...

Challenging the study of both celebrity and the cinema, Mandy Merck argues that modern fame and film melodrama are part of the same worldview, one that cannot resolve the relation of personal worth to social esteem. Tracing the history of this conundrum...

The story of Eastmancolor's arrival on the British filmmaking scene is one of intermittent trial and error, intense debate and speculation before gradual acceptance. This book traces the journey of its adoption in British Film and considers its lasting...

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. This book provides an alternative perspective into the audiovisual and media industries of eastern and central Europe,...

This book examines transformations in the production and domestic and international reception of Iranian cinema between 2000 and 2013 through the intersection of the political markers - the presidential terms of Reformist president Mohammad Khatami and...

This book brings together a host of internationally recognised scholars to provide an interdisciplinary perspective on the representation of the child in cinema. Individual chapters examine how children appear across a broad range of films, including...

This book investigates a group of exceptional films that single-mindedly consider one particular emotion - be it pity, lust, grief, or anxiety - to examine cinematic emotion in depth.Drawing on philosophical and psychological approaches, Fischer's unique...

Of Reels, Romance and Retakes carries the reader on a fascinating journey into the genesis, evolution and reception of Odia cinema. Telling the story of its quiet emergence in 1936, the book goes on to chronicle its unexpected triumphs in the coming...

Drawing upon a combination of ethnographic research and media and communication theory this book offers pathways to building trust in a range of situations and communitiesAnn Feldman presents rich examples from her own life and social-impact journey with...

In Feel-Bad Postfeminism, Catherine McDermott provides crucial insight into what growing up during empowerment postfeminism feels like, and outlines the continuing postfeminist legacy of resilience in girlhood coming-of-age narratives. McDermott's...

Film Authorship in Contemporary Transmedia Culture: The Paratextual Lives of Asian Auteurs examines film authorship in the transmedia era whereby film directors have become public figures through a wide range of textual, material, and performative...

In this volume, Hendershot provides both theoretical discussion of paranoia and close readings of Sci-Fi films in order to construct her argument.Book InformationISBN 9780879727994Author Cyndy HendershotFormat HardbackPage Count 163Imprint Bowling Green...

A critical examination of the films of Oscar Micheaux.One of the most original and successful filmmakers of all time, Oscar Micheaux was born into a rural, working-class, African-American family in mid-America in 1884, yet he created an impressive legacy...

Covering the silent era to the present, this wide-ranging collection of essays examines Greek cinema as an aesthetic, cultural, and political phenomenon with the potential to appeal to a diverse range of audiences. Using a range of methodological tools,...

Entertaining, well written, this is a succinct summary of the field, ideal for those studying film for the first time. A substantial glossary helps readers understand key terms and concepts. Fully updated to incorporate shifts in the discipline and...

Illustrates how filmmakers can implement aesthetic decision making by using the screenplay and translate this into a powerful film. Focuses on how films can be crafted stylistically from beat-to-beat and empowers filmmakers to do this. Covers all...

Nicolas Winding Refn has emerged as a uniquely talented international filmmaker with an eye for visceral, iconic images. A 21st century mythmaker from his cult Pusher trilogy to the award-winning Drive and Only God Forgives, Refn infuses a sophisticated...