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This book provides a complete description of the development of Italian film and cinema from its beginnings in 1895 until today. Special emphasis is placed on those periods in which Italian film history became aesthetically decisive for world...

This book, written by a leading expert in the field of visual effects, demystifies the complex subject of color science and how it should be managed from project ideation to completion.Readers will not only learn how things work, their capabilities and...

With new forms of production, distribution and viewing growing steadily over the last two decades, it is the anthology film form that will prevail in the age of new technologies and growing world cinema. This book shows how film theory could be...

Evaluating the existing position of film as research, Practice-based Research for Filmmakers offers clear guidance and practical advice from the planning and conception of research films to the making, evaluation, dissemination and impact of...

Combining essays and interviews with editors from film and television, this collection explores the business side of editing. Over 30 industry professionals dispel myths about the industry and provide practical advice on the business of film and TV...

The 1970s: that magical era betwixt the swinging '60s and the decadent '80s, the epoch of leisure suits and Afros, the age of disco music and platform shoes. As war raged on in Vietnam and the Cold War continued to escalate, Hollywood began to heat up,...

This book guides the reader through the process of using your phone to create different kinds of video and audio for TV, theaters, YouTube, TikTok, and podcasts.Drawing from the author's experience teaching classes on mobile filmmaking, this resource...

With new forms of production, distribution and viewing growing steadily over the last two decades, it is the anthology film form that will prevail in the age of new technologies and growing world cinema. This book shows how film theory could be...

Focusing on an integral aspect of screenplays, this book takes students and writers at all levels through the process of understanding and writing better scenes. It interrogates the functions of a scene and how writers can then apply this knowledge to...

From the early stages of script writing to the final cut, We Have Some Notes... provides a detailed overview of the script editing and development process, emphasising the impact of critical feedback, or 'notes', in the creation of successful films and...

Positioned precariously between the uptight ’50s and the freewheeling ’70s, the 1960s marked a transitional decade in the film industry. As art, mass market, and pop culture merged and collided in true pop art style, cinema swirled with psychedelic...

Celebrate the 40th anniversary of those heroes in a half-shell with this updated edition of the bestselling Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Ultimate Visual History, featuring a wealth of additional content, including new chapters on Rise of the Teenage...

Fighting Stars provides a rich and diverse account of the emergence and legacies of Hong Kong martial arts cinema stars. Tracing the meanings and influence of stars such as Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Michelle Yeoh, Jet Li, Zhang Ziyi , and Donnie Yen...

Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 1997 psychological horror, Cure, follows a detective (played by Koji Yakusho) as he investigates a string of gruesome murders in Tokyo, where each victim has an 'X' carved into their neck. Dominic Lash provides an in-depth analysis...

How did a low-key prison drama which was considered a box-office flop on its original release become one of the most popular movies of all time? Mark Kermode traces the history of this unexpected audience favourite, from its source in Stephen King's...

This is the second volume of the widely acclaimed Art of the Cut book published in 2017. This follow-up text expands on its predecessor with more than 360 interviews from the world's best editors (including nearly every Oscar-winner from the last 30...

Directly addressing how filmmakers can craft visually powerful films through practical skills that can be used throughout the filmmaking process, author Blain Brown explores how we use space, color, camera angles, composition, motion, POV and all the...

This is the second volume of the widely acclaimed Art of the Cut book published in 2017. This follow-up text expands on its predecessor with more than 360 interviews from the world's best editors (including nearly every Oscar-winner from the last 30...

This book guides the reader through the process of using your phone to create different kinds of video and audio for TV, theaters, YouTube, TikTok, and podcasts.Drawing from the author's experience teaching classes on mobile filmmaking, this resource...

With over 160 artifacts of Hollywood marketing excess and ingenuity, For Promotional Use Only celebrates the boom-era of movie promo from 1975-2005. Featuring a foreword by Roger Corman, an essay by Lindsay Zoladz, and an oral history by Caroline Golum...

Meet us On the Dance Floor, a visual and literary compendium of nightclub revelries and sweat-soaked gymnasiums on-screen and off. Featuring deep dives into cinema's most iconic dance moments and contributions from dance world legends, On the Dance Floor...

John Hamrick's Blue Mouse Cinemas offers a unique, in-depth case study of regional independent film exhibition in the American Pacific Northwest. Focusing on the silent and early sound periods, this book provides important evidence of the ways an...

The first book in the Screenplay Collection features Alex Garland's riveting sci-fi script, essays by queer theorist Jack Halberstam and AI research scientist Murray Shanahan, and concept art by Jock.Book InformationISBN 9781733992008Author Alex...

This book, written by a leading expert in the field of visual effects, demystifies the complex subject of color science and how it should be managed from project ideation to completion.Readers will not only learn how things work, their capabilities and...

Of all world cinemas, Hollywood excepted, France has had the most consistent record of production and popularity. French cinema is, as Ginette Vincendeau argues and demonstrates in this book, a popular art, combining audience appeal with art house and...

This book offers a theory of ekphrasis-the literary description of an artwork-from the perspective of Visual Culture studies. A theory of ekphrasis must take into account not only the rhetorical strategies articulated in the description of artworks, but...

Australian International Pictures examines the concept and definition of Australian film in relation to a range of local, international and global practices and trends that blur neat categorisations of national cinema. Although international...

A collection of late-night, last-ditch recipes and ingenious back-of-the-pantry meals straight from movies.Scrounging includes an introduction by Matty Matheson and scrappy concoctions from 54 films, including The Breakfast Club's Pixy Stix sandwich, The...

With a foreword by Frank Ocean, Barry Jenkins's and Tarell Alvin McCraney's Academy Award-winning screenplay is accompanied by an essay by Hilton Als and acceptance speeches from Moonlight's historic Oscars night.Book InformationISBN 9781733992022Author...

Combining essays and interviews with editors from film and television, this collection explores the business side of editing. Over 30 industry professionals dispel myths about the industry and provide practical advice on the business of film and TV...

Icons of Cinema: Baz Luhrmann explores the fascinating and flamboyant career of one of the world's best-loved movie directors. Famous for his lavish style and his stunning portrayal of tragedy and love, Luhrmann is known as Australia's gem and his iconic...

Drawing from author Tim Palmer's twenty-seven years of experience working as a cinematographer for award-winning drama series including Killing Eve and Line of Duty, this book is the go-to guide on how to light just about any scene a cinematographer may...

Focusing on an integral aspect of screenplays, this book takes students and writers at all levels through the process of understanding and writing better scenes. It interrogates the functions of a scene and how writers can then apply this knowledge to...