Direction Production category: 829 books
Stage Money
The Business of the Professional Theater
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2012
Stage Money is a groundbreaking guide to understanding professional theater finances today through the use of the tools and metaphors of the business world at large. This approach results in a comprehensive picture of the economic realities of theater production that is radically different from the...
The Comic Book Film Adaptation
Exploring Modern Hollywood’s Leading Genre
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2015
"There is no better, smarter examination of the relationship between comics and film."
--Mark Waid, Eisner Award-winning writer of Kingdom Come and Daredevil
In the summer of 2000 X-Men surpassed all box office expectations and ushered in an era of unprecedented production...
by Chris Astoyan
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
In this educational book, I’m going to talk about what you should do and what you should avoid, when you consider making a movie on a very low budget. I will thoroughly explain to you how I made my feature film with just a few hundred dollars, and how I avoided the huge headache of production costs....
by Peter Lee-Wright
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2009
'The Documentary Handbook is mandatory reading for those who want a critical understanding of the place of factual formats in today’s exploding television and media industry, as well as expert guidance in complex craft skills in order to fully participate. The practical advice and wisdom here is...
VIE Festival 14 - 22 october 2017
Modena Bologna Carpi Vignola
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
VIE Festival inaugurated in 2005 as an attempt to experience contemporary times, discover new identities and individuals in the world of live performance. It is an annual event held in the month of October in some cities of Emilia Romagna Region. Organizer and founder is ERT Fondazione Teatro Nazionale...
by Arthur Laurents
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2009
From Arthur Laurents, playwright, screenwriter, director—a mesmerizing book about theater, the art, the artist, the insider, the outsider—and the making of two of the greatest musicals of the American stage, West Side Story and Gypsy. It is a book profoundly enriched by the author’s two loves,...
Marco Bellocchio
The Cinematic I in the Political Sphere
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2010
Marco Bellocchio is one of Italy's most important and prolific directors, with a career spanning five decades. In this book, Clodagh J. Brook explores the boundaries between the public and the private, the political and the personal, and the collective and the individual as they appear in Bellocchio's...
Peter Brook
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
Peter Brook is one of the world's legendary theater directors. His productions are a byword for imagination, energy, and innovation. From his ground-breaking production of Marat/Sade, to his "white box" A Midsummer Night's Dream, to his monumental staging of The Mahabharata and beyond, Brook...
by rodney cannon
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2013
On Low Budget Film Making is a book that contains interviews with many young and upcoming digital film makers. Most of these interviews were conducted while they were in the middle of production. This book was written to aid those who wish to become film makers by someone who believed that the best...
The 'Doctor Who' Handbook Vol 2
The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to the Production of 'Doctor Who'
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2016
Everything you ever wanted to know about the cult BBC Television series Doctor Who (1963-1996).
On their first publication, the Doctor Who Handbooks were hailed as the best look behind the scenes of the BBC’s cult science fiction show Doctor Who. Now collected in two revised and updated...
Interstellar
Beyond Time and Space
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2014
In his sci-fi epic Interstellar, Christopher Nolan takes on the infinite canvas of space to deliver a cutting-edge, emotionally charged adventure that will amaze audiences of all ages. Interstellar: Beyond Time and Space documents the making of Nolan's latest masterpiece in fascinating detail and...
Studies of Video Practices
Video at Work
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2014
The last two decades have seen a rapid increase in the production and consumption of video by both professionals and amateurs. The near ubiquity of devices with video cameras and the rise of sites like YouTube have lead to the growth and transformation of the practices of producing, circulating, and...
VIE FESTIVAL 13-25 ottobre 2015 - English version
Modena/Bologna/Carpi/Vignola Theatre/Dance/Music
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015
VIE Festival was founded in 2005 with the goal of crossing the contemporary world, of intercepting new identities and subjectivities which stand out in the field of live performance. It takes place yearly every October in Emilia-Romagna Region, and it is organized by Emilia Romagna Teatro Fondazione,...
Post Sound Design
The Art and Craft of Audio Post Production for the Moving Image
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2017
Post Sound Design provides a practical introduction to the fascinating craft of editing and replacing dialog, creating Foley and sound effects, editing music, and balancing these elements to a final mix. Based on years of experience and teaching this material to students at Drexel University, award-winning...