Film category: 7532 books
Gods and Monsters
A Queer Film Classic
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
“This series will be a significant, valuable contribution to the history and literature of gay cinema. Each of these works will be valuable additions for academic and popular students of film and gay culture.”—Library Journal
Gods and Monsters, one of three inaugural titles in Arsenal...
Cinema and Community
Progressivism, Exhibition, and Film Culture in Chicago, 1907-1917
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2013
Caught between the older model of short film and the emerging classic era, the transitional period of American cinema (1907-1917) has typically posed a problem for studies of early American film. Yet in Cinema and Community: Progressivism, Exhibition, and Film Culture in Chicago, 1907-1917, author Moya...
by Nicholas Christopher
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Film noir is more than a cinematic genre. It is an essential aspect of American culture. Along with the cowboy of the Wild West, the denizen of the film noir city is at the very center of our mythological iconography. Described as the style of an anxious victor, film noir began during the post-war...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
The essay—with its emphasis on the provisional and explorative rather than on definitive statements—has evolved from its literary beginnings and is now found in all mediums, including film. Today, the essay film is, arguably, one of the most widely acclaimed and critically discussed forms of filmmaking...
Film Lighting
Talks with Hollywood's Cinematographers and Gaffer
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2012
Newly revised and updated, Film Lighting is an indispensible sourcebook for the aspiring and practicing cinematographer, based on extensive interviews with leading cinematographers and gaffers in the film industry.
Film lighting is a living, dynamic art influenced by new technologies and the...
Disney's Most Notorious Film
Race, Convergence, and the Hidden Histories of Song of the South
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
The Walt Disney Company offers a vast universe of movies, television shows, theme parks, and merchandise, all carefully crafted to present an image of wholesome family entertainment. Yet Disney also produced one of the most infamous Hollywood films, Song of the South. Using cartoon characters and live...
The Solaris Effect
Art and Artifice in Contemporary American Film
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
What do contemporary American movies and directors have to say about the relationship between nature and art? How do science fiction films like Steven Spielberg's A.I. and Darren Aronofsky's represent the apparent oppositions between nature and culture, wild and tame? Steven Dillon's intriguing new volume...
Film Worlds
A Philosophical Aesthetics of Cinema
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2014
Film Worlds unpacks the significance of the "worlds" that narrative films create, offering an innovative perspective on cinema as art. Drawing on aesthetics and the philosophy of art in both the continental and analytic traditions, as well as classical and contemporary film theory, it weaves...
Independent Film Producing
How to Produce a Low-Budget Feature Film
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
The number of independent films produced each year has almost doubled in the past decade, yet only a fraction will succeed. If, like many filmmakers, you have no industry connections, little to no experience, and a low or ultra-low budget, this outsider’s guide will teach you what you need to know...
Independent Film Producing
The Craft of Low Budget Filmmaking
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2012
Indie Film Producing explains the simple, basic, clear cut role of the independent film producer. Raising funds to do your dream project, producing award-winning films with a low budget, putting name actors on your indie film-it's all doable, and this book guides you through the entire process of...
by Robert W. Pohle Jr., Douglas C. Hart, Rita Pohle Baldwin
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2017
In a career that spanned eight decades, Christopher Lee (1922–2015) appeared in more than 200 roles for film and television. Though he is best known for his portrayal of Dracula in films of the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s—as well as his appearances in the Lord of the Rings trilogy—Lee also appeared...
Australian Post-war Documentary Film
An Arc of Mirrors
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2008
The post-war period in Australian cultural history sparked critical debate over notions of nation-building, multiculturalism and internationalization. Australian Post-War Documentary Film tackles all these issues in a considered and wide-ranging analysis of government, institutional and also radical...
by Ian Cooper
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
Witchfinder General (1968), known as The Conqueror Worm in America, was directed by Michael Reeves and occupies a unique place in British cinema. Equally praised and vilified, the film fictionalizes the exploits of Matthew Hopkins, a prolific, real-life "witch hunter," during the English...
by Richard Gates
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2013
Packed with step by step information, hints and tips, this book provides all the basic information needed to production manage a film or video from beginning to end - from idea to delivery.
Production Management for Film and Video gives all the basic information needed to production manage...