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Sweet and Lowdown
Woody Allen's Cinema of Regret
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
Over a career that has spanned more than six decades, Woody Allen has explored the emotion of regret as a response to the existentialist dilemma of not being someone else. Tracing this recurrent theme from his stand-up comedy routines and apprentice work through classics like Annie Hall, Manhattan,...
Ang Lee
Interviews
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2016
Taiwanese born, Ang Lee (b. 1954) has produced diverse films in his award-winning body of work. Sometimes working in the West, sometimes in the East, he creates films that defy easy categorization and continue to amaze audiences worldwide. Lee has won an Academy Award two times for Best Director--the...
The After Effects Illusionist
All the Effects in One Complete Guide
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2013
First published in 2012. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Mastering Multi-Camera Techniques
From Pre-Production to Editing to Deliverable Masters
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
From a basic two-camera interview to an elaborate 26 camera HD concert film, this comprehensive guide presents a platform-agnostic approach to the essential techniques required to set up and edit a multi-camera project. Actual case studies are used to examine specific usages of multi-camera editing...
by Drew Campbell
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2002
Technical Film and TV for Nontechnical People introduces film students, actors, producers and other nontechnical film people to the technical aspects that everyone working on a film set should know. Author Drew Campbell is a lighting and sound designer for Universal Studios who started out in theater...
A Family At War
The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to 'Till Death Us Do Part'
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2016
Look … Look … Listen! You might learn somefink. This is the story of Till Death Us Do Part, the most controversial, most influential sitcom ever made for television. It is the story of a family at war – with each other, with the world, with religion, with royalty, with politics, with the...
Sisters in the Life
A History of Out African American Lesbian Media-Making
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
From experimental shorts and web series to Hollywood blockbusters and feminist porn, the work of African American lesbian filmmakers has made a powerful contribution to film history. But despite its importance, this work has gone largely unacknowledged by cinema historians and cultural critics. Assembling...
Le Mal et ses masques
Théâtre, imaginaire, société
Language: French
Release Date: July 3, 2017
Le « mal », impensé collectif, prend corps au gré de diverses représentations mythiques, poétiques, graphiques, musicales. Sorcières, guérisseuses, Machiavels, Antéchrists, voire bestiaire infernal, incarnent au théâtre ou dans la littérature pamphlétaire des xvie et xviie siècles ces...
Final Cut Pro Workflows
The Independent Studio Handbook
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
Today's digital production tools empower the small team to produce multimedia projects that formerly required large teams. Orchestrating a production requires more than proficiency with the postproduction tools. Final Cut Pro Workflows: The Independent Studio Handbook offers a cookbook of postproduction...
by James J. McCluskey Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2014
The TV news business is all about authority, credibility, and professionalism: you must deliver the news with authority, strive to make it credible, and do everything in a professional manner. Everyone should always look and act in a professional manner, both on and off the camera, because you never...
The Long Take
Art Cinema and the Wondrous
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2017
In The Long Take, Lutz Koepnick posits extended shot durations as a powerful medium for exploring different modes of perception and attention in our fast-paced world of mediated stimulations. Grounding his inquiry in the long takes of international filmmakers such as Béla Tarr, Tsai Ming-liang, Abbas...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2008
Since the 1960s, British multi-media artist Peter Greenaway has shocked and intrigued audiences with his avant-garde approach to filmmaking and other artistic ventures. From early experimental films to provocative features, Greenaway has deployed strategies associated with structuralist cinema, only...
Location Filming in Arizona
The Screen Legacy of the Grand Canyon State
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
The scenic natural vistas of Arizona's deserts and mountains have made it a favorite backdrop of movies and television shows. Westerns such as silent-era pictures derived from Zane Grey fiction through the John Ford-John Wayne classics "Stagecoach "and "The Searchers "benefited from the beautiful and...
Ruth Maleczech at Mabou Mines
Woman's Work
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2016
Constituting the first comprehensive look at Ruth Maleczech's work, Jessica Brater's companion is a landmark study in innovative theatre practice, bringing together biography, critical analysis, and original interviews to establish a portrait of this Obie-award winning theatre artist.
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