Film, TV and Radio industries Books
MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina Live from the Underground A History of College
Book SynopsisIn this first history of US college radio, Katherine Rye Jewell reveals that these eclectic stations in major cities and college towns across the United States owed their collective cultural power to the politics of higher education as much as they did to upstart bohemian music scenes coast to coast.Trade ReviewJewell . . . chronicles the rise, fall, and legacy of college radio in this sprawling and richly detailed account. . . . [Live from the Undeground] offers both an animated homage to college radio as a microcosm of American culture and reassurance for readers that the medium isn't dead. It's a fascinating deep dive."—Publishers Weekly An interesting and insightful look at how this nationwide phenomenon has sculpted American culture. . . . Live from the Underground teaches us the importance of listening to college broadcasters while supporting their experimental stations as sites of free speech and free expression critical to our Democracy."—Midwest Book Review
£73.50
MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina Live from the Underground A History of College
Book SynopsisIn this first history of US college radio, Katherine Rye Jewell reveals that these eclectic stations in major cities and college towns across the United States owed their collective cultural power to the politics of higher education as much as they did to upstart bohemian music scenes coast to coast.Trade ReviewJewell . . . chronicles the rise, fall, and legacy of college radio in this sprawling and richly detailed account. . . . [Live from the Undeground] offers both an animated homage to college radio as a microcosm of American culture and reassurance for readers that the medium isn't dead. It's a fascinating deep dive."—Publishers Weekly An interesting and insightful look at how this nationwide phenomenon has sculpted American culture. . . . Live from the Underground teaches us the importance of listening to college broadcasters while supporting their experimental stations as sites of free speech and free expression critical to our Democracy."—Midwest Book Review
£23.96
Headline Publishing Group MCU The Reign of Marvel Studios
Book Synopsis''Buoyed by an appealing and measured sense of affection. Whether you love Marvel 3000 or you''re a Scorsese sympathisers, MCU is worth your time, being a pacy, lively account of the single most important studio of the century... This account offers a wealth of insight.'' - EmpireMarvel Entertainment was a struggling toymaker not even twenty years ago. Today, Marvel Studios is the dominant player both in Hollywood and in global pop culture. But what accounts for its stunning rise? In MCU, beloved culture writers Joanna Robinson, Dave Gonzales, and Gavin Edwards draw on more than a hundred interviews with actors, producers, directors, and writers to present the definitive chronicle of Marvel Studios and its sole, ongoing production, the Marvel Cinematic Universe. As they delve into the studio''s key moments - from the contentious hiring of Robert Downey Jr. for Iron Man to the negotiations over Disney''s acquisition of Marvel to studio head Kevin Trade Review'A superb chronicle of how Marvel Studios conquered Hollywood.... This definitive account of the Hollywood juggernaut thrills.' * Publishers Weekly *'The book every MCU fan needs to read.' -- Alan Sepinwall * author of The Sopranos Sessions *'A gift. Comprehensive, accessible, and entertaining, MCU makes for a great primer on a modern pillar of Hollywood entertainment.' -- Nicholas Quah * Vulture and New York Magazine *'I watched all the movies. I devoured all the articles. I listened to all the pods. I thought I knew everything there was to know about the MCU . . . and then I read this magnificent book. For fans, by fans; hilarious, gripping, and emotional; no infinity stone is left unturned. I loved it three thousand.' -- Damon Lindelof * Emmy-winning screenwriter *'A riveting, deeply researched history of the collaborative wizardry and backstage showdowns behind Marvel Studios' popcorn-movie empire.' -- Douglas Wolk * author of All of the Marvels *'Robinson, Gonzales, and Edwards deliver the definitive chronicle of the greatest cinematic achievement of all time. An absolute treasure trove of depth and detail that will delight both new Marvel fans and Marvel zombies from way back, like me.' -- Jeff Cannata'I thought I was an authority on the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but I was wrong. This impeccably researched and reported tome is both a propulsive page turner and a real peek behind the curtain into how you build a cultural phenomenon, brick by obsessive brick.' -- Marc Bernardin * screenwriter and comic book author *'A deeply researched and engagingly written spin through Marvel history that gives credit where it's due, without papering over cracks. Even the biggest fan will find new revelations and new perspectives in the often first-hand accounts of the studio's climb to world dominance.' -- Helen O’Hara * Empire Magazine *'At some point, the movies based on the Avengers superhero group and its individual members ceased to be just comic-book entertainment; they became cultural touchstones. Robinson, Gonzales, and Edwards bring extensive knowledge to the task of determining how, and they obviously love the craft of cinema . . . Something important took place when the Avengers assembled, and this book provides the background for the sprawling canvas.' * Kirkus Reviews *
£16.14
Headline Publishing Group How to Fake it in Hollywood
Book Synopsis''Besides the deliciously well executed fake-dating, How to Fake it in Hollywood delivers a raw, character-driven and heart-touching read. I absolutely loved it'' ELENA ARMASA talented Hollywood starlet and a reclusive A-lister enter into a fake relationship . . . and discover that their feelings might be more than a PR stunt in this sexy chemistry-filled debut for fans of Beach Read and The Unhoneymooners.Early readers can''t get enough!''Super fun, spicy and has a core of overwhelming love. The banter is amazing, characters are brilliant and the ending is EVERYTHING!! (I cried)'' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ reader review''I''m giving this book all of the stars. I can''t believe that this is Ava Wilder''s debut novel, it''s really something''⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ reader review''Ava Wilder has a
£9.49
Headline Publishing Group Will They or Wont They
Book Synopsis''Wilder has created a gem of a novel with characters who unfold in complex and unexpected ways. The grounded Hollywood story utilizes a perfectly paced slow-burn romance, and at the end there''s a winking nod to the entire journey'' Library Journal ⭐ STARRED REVIEW ⭐Two co-stars with a complex history reunite to film the final season of a beloved paranormal drama in this tension-filled will they won''t they romance from the author of How to Fake It in Hollywood.................................Onscreen, they''re in love. Offscreen, they can''t stand each other. As the stars of a hit paranormal TV show, Lilah Hunter and Shane McCarthy spent years pining for each other onscreen . . . until Lilah ditched the show in the hopes of becoming a movie star. With no such luck, she''s back to film the much-hyped ninth and final season, in which Lilah and Shane''s characters will g
£10.44
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Running Up That Hill
Book SynopsisSHORTLISTED FOR THE TELEGRAPH SPORTS HEALTH & FITNESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2019RUNNING AWARDS 2019 TOP BOOKRunning Up That Hill is a celebration of endurance running. Of running ridiculous distances through cities, over mountains and across countries. Distances most people couldn''t even imagine. But sports presenter Vassos Alexander is hooked!Why else would he run an ultra in Paris, backwards, having missed the start? Why head to Wales for the world''s hardest mountain race with a badly sprained ankle? And why follow in some unforgiving, ancient footsteps and attempt the oldest and toughest footrace on earth, the 153-mile Spartathlon?There''s joy to be found here. Really there is. Vassos recalls his own assaults on these gruelling races, along with ultra-running legends including Scott Jurek, Jasmin Paris, Kilian Jornet, Mimi Anderson and Dean Karnazes. They all testify to the transformative power of endurance running.Trade ReviewThis quirky and entertaining book is a great gift for any runner or for anyone looking for inspiration to get started ... impressive and exciting. * Outdoor Fitness *An entertaining read that covers challenges including the 250km Spartathalon and the 100 mile SDW100, via the occasional missing toenail and having to temporarily use a zimmer frame. * The Scotsman *A witty, informative and authentic narrative about Alexander's experience of longer-distance running adventures! * Outdoor Fitness *An enjoyable love letter to the confidence and transformation to be found in long distance running. * Cotswold Life *Table of ContentsPrologue Foreword Start Line 1 Athens 2 Botolphs 3 Conwy 4 Keswick 5 Snowdon 6 Machynlleth 7 London 8 Corinth 9 Merthyr 10 Winchester 11 Eastbourne 12 Sangas 13 Paris 14 Frome 15 Tegea 16 Ryde 17 Wendover 18 Sparta 19 Alabama 20 Why Finishing Line
£10.44
John Murray Press Film Studies An Introduction Teach Yourself
Book Synopsis An unpretentious guide for all those who want to learn to analyse, understand and evaluate films.Film Studies: An Introduction provides an overview of the key areas in film studies, including aesthetics, narrative, genre, documentary films and the secrets of film reviewing. From Hitchcock and Tarantino to Spielberg and Bigelow, you will gain a critical understanding of legendary directors and the techniques and skills that are used to achieve cinematic effects. Whether you are a film studies student or just a film buff wanting to know more, this book will give you an invaluable insight into the exciting and incredibly fast-moving world of film.Understand Film Studies includes:Chapter 1: Film aesthetics: formalism and realismChapter 2: Film structure: narrative and narrationChapter 3: Film authorship: the director as auteurChapter 4: Film genres: defining the typical filmChapter 5: The non-fiction film: five types of documentaryChapTrade Review'Buckland's pocket-sized volume represents a breakthrough: it's genuinely pitched at novices and succeeds in maintaining a perfect balance between clarity and intellectual complexity' Sight and Sound
£11.69
John Murray Press Trumbo
Book SynopsisThe Oscar-winning screenwriter who broke the Hollywood blacklist. Soon to be a major motion picture starring BRYAN CRANSTON (Breaking Bad), DIANE LANE (Under The Tuscan Sun), ELLE FANNING (Maleficent), JOHN GOODMAN (Argo), LOUIS C.K. (Louie) and Academy Award winner HELEN MIRREN.Trade ReviewWhat a relief... to read Bruce Cook's Trumbo, a book of clarity, probing intelligence, and considerable grace. Trumbo was a true original. His life has the chronicler it merits. * Nat Hentoff *A gossipy, anecdotal narrative that is fascinating reading * Publishers Weekly *He wrote a brilliant novel and a number of very good movies, and he demolished the Hollywood blacklist almost single-handed, but his greatest achievement was just being the incomparable Trumbo. Bruce Cook has captured the wit, intelligence, and unpredictability that made him one of the truly original people of our time * Ring Lardner Jr, two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter (WOMAN OF THE YEAR and MASH) *As a study of life under the blacklist the book is superb... Essential reading for anyone interested in either the cinema or recent American history * Library Journal *PRAISE FOR THE FILM TRUMBO'a cracking good story, and Cranston does a great job portraying a man who made great sacrifices for his principles' * New York Post *the hugely entertaining, revealing and powerful portrait of this great screenwriter... an almost bigger-than-life colorful movie about the movies. A screen triumph for all involved, it is especially Bryan Cranston's magnificent work in the title role that towers over everything. * Deadline *Bryan Cranston finally translates his critical acclaim for Breaking Bad into an Oscar-caliber performance in darkly comic Trumbo, playing an eloquent, witty screenwriter who bucked the Hollywood blacklist and triumphed... a highly entertaining biopic... Director Jay Roach (Meet the Parents) may seem an unlikely fit for the material, but as Martin Ritt's blacklist comedy The Front (starring Woody Allen) showed and Trumbo reminds us, sometimes comedy can be the best weapon against demagogues * New York Post *Among movies about old moviemakers, Trumbo works better, and has more to say about the world at large, than My Week With Marilyn orHitchcock... Come for the smooth supporting turns by Louis C.K. and Alan Tudyk, the impersonations of icons like John Wayne and Douglas (played with chin-y gusto by Dean O'Gorman) and for Cranston, who fills the air with craggy, growly authority. Stay for the listless yet vital lesson in democracy. * Time *What makes the movie work are the lively performances, both from the supporting cast and from Cranston * Hollywood Reporter *a powerhouse Bryan Cranston... Cranston plays the hell out of Dalton Trumbo... Kudos to director Jay Roach for not wallowing in misery. His movie is bracing and buoyant when Trumbo takes on gossip gorgon Hedda Hopper (a wicked Helen Mirren) and writes cheapies for the King brothers (Stephen Root and a hilarious John Goodman). When Kirk Douglas hired Trumbo to write Spartacus in 1960, the Commie witch hunt was exposed as the sham it was. Witch hunts haven't gone, they've gone global (ask the folks at Charlie Hebdo). Cranston shows us there's nothing retro about watching Trumbo in his glory, speaking truth to power. * Rolling Stone *a timely tale of political paranoia and personal pain... Mirren, in Hopper's extravagant wardrobe, proves once and for all that she is the best at a truly underappreciated, classic Hollywood skill: wearing a hat. * Los Angeles Times *Bryan Cranston owns Trumbo, both character and film, from first word to last. The picture is an incredibly fun leap into a time-machine back into old-fashioned Hollywood, whose good and bad characteristics are twisted to be both endearing and entertaining. But more than this, its fiery central character is a big symbol of something that's missing in present-day Hollywood. Where are the Dalton Trumbos of today? * IndieWire *an important reminder of how democracy can fail ... and the strength of character it takes to fight the system * Variety *Come for Bryan Cranston, stay for Dalton Trumbo * Chicago Reader *A good-spirited, provocative and satisfying look at the great Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo... Bryan Cranston is terrific as the left-wing activist with the right ideas at the wrong time. * Film Journal *Bryan Cranston gives a performance as compelling and complex as the man himself must have been. Cranston's Trumbo is eminently interesting, from his rounded posture and curious eyes to his distinct cadence and diction. Appearing in nearly every frame of the film, Cranston infuses John McNamara's clever screenplay with even more life. * Las Vegas Sun *Bryan Cranston shines as the titular character of Trumbo. Transforming into the role with the old school panache of a seasoned character actor. Armed with his usual quick witted style and knack for bringing those he has played to life, Cranston doesn't pull any punches. Few thespians, save for example Jonnny Depp as Hunter S. Thomson, Philip Seymour Hoffman as Capote or Daniel Day Lewis in any role he undertakes, are we graced with talent which truly transforms into the person they have set out to personify. This is one of those films. * Digital Journal *
£12.34
Hodder & Stoughton Till the Cows Come Home
Book SynopsisTHE UPLIFTING AND HEARTWARMING LOVE LETTER TO FAMILY AND THE GREAT OUTDOORS''Cox is a natural storyteller... she brings that authentic voice to bear in her memoir. The tone is so intimate, chatty and friendly, so you feel as though she could be sitting next to you'' Hannah Beckerman, Daily Express''endearing, engaging and very funny'' Mirror''Coxy''s memoir about growing up on a farm is as funny as you''d expect, genuinely touching and has some excellent 80s and 90s details. Her love of animals is infectious'' Alexandra Heminsley, Grazia''The book is like a big warm hug, full of local characters and misadventures'' Sophie Heawood, Observer''Made me laugh out loud...I loved it!'' Lynda La Plante''Glorious springtime, haystacks and a herd of cows can all be found in this'' Sunday Times Bestseller ''Warm and witty'' - ExpressA funny and heart-warming love leTrade ReviewCox is a natural storyteller... she brings that authentic voice to bear in her memoir. The tone is so intimate, chatty and friendly, so you feel as though she could be sitting next to you, in a café or a pub, as she regales you with stories of her youth. * Daily Express *An endearing, engaging and very funny coming-of-age memoir. * Mirror *I loved it! * Lynda La Plante *Coxy's memoir about growing up on a farm is as funny as you'd expect, genuinely touching and has some excellent 80s and 90s details. Her love of animals is infectious and her story goes beyond just her pony Gus, with tales of cows, rats and even a maggot farm. -- Alexandra Heminsley * Grazia *
£10.44
Edinburgh University Press From Film Practice to Data Process
Book SynopsisWith an in-depth case study of Sally Potter's 2012 film Ginger & Rosa, and drawing upon interviews with international film industry practitioners, From Film Practice to Data Process is a groundbreaking examination of film production in its totality, in a moment of profound change.
£25.64
Edinburgh University Press Hollywood and the Great Depression
Book SynopsisThis volume examines how the political, economic and social changes of the Great Depression impacted on Hollywood and how it responded to them.
£26.09
Edinburgh University Press Working Title Films
Book SynopsisDrawing on over 30 interviews with key personnel from Working Title, Polygram and Universal, the author examines not only how this remarkable company has evolved but also why it has evolved in the way that it has by situating its history within the ever-changing landscape of the British and Hollywood film industries.Trade Review"Essential reading for anyone engaged in the serious study of contemporary British cinema, Nathan Townsend's book provides a long overdue full critical analysis of Working Title's operations and outputs since its inception four decades ago. It traces the company's complex history and surveys the full range of its transnational endeavours, from Oscar-winning highs to critic infuriating lows, and is nourished throughout by Townsend's conceptual sophistication and granular attention to detail." -Melanie Williams, University of East Anglia
£19.94
McFarland & Co Inc The Independent Filmmakers Guide to the New
Book Synopsis Netflix and its competitors like Disney+, Amazon Prime and Hulu have brought unprecedented levels of entertainment to consumers everywhere, providing the richest, most abundant aggregate of motion pictures and cinematic television the world has ever seen. Behind the facade, however, things are not as pleasant. A very costly paradigm shift is underway, altering not only conventional business and finance models, but also threatening long-established avenues of entertainment such as movie theaters, traditional television, and home video, and wreaking havoc on independent filmmakers and veteran producers alike. This book attempts to make sense of ongoing economic and creative shifts of infrastructure and intellectual property, to understand where the industry is headed, and to distinguish which business models should be maintained and which ones should be left behind. Featuring exclusive interviews with some of the industry''s most prolific filmmakers and executives, it diveTable of Contents Acknowledgments vii Foreword 1 Preface 5 Introduction 9 In the Eye of the Storm 9 The Sparks That Lit the Fire 10 The Here and the Now 12 New Strategies 13 The Endurance of Entertainment 14 Part One 1. Understanding Hollywood 16 The Birth of an Icon 16 It's a Business 17 A Word of Caution 18 It's Technology 19 The Same for Television 22 Tools of the Trade 24 It's Communication 25 It's Entertainment 27 The Quintessential Quaternity 29 2. The Traditional Paradigm 30 Keep Your Eye on the Prize 30 VOD: Show Me the Money 31 Business as Usual 33 Lasting Financial Practices 34 The Realities of Risk 35 The Best Offense Is a Good Defense 37 3. Risk Management 40 Fiscal Safety Nets 40 A Tale of Tomb Raiders 49 4. The Tides of Change 52 The Power of Innovation 52 Out with the Old 53 The Collective Conscience 55 Follow the Leader 57 Seeing Triple 57 Movies 61 Television 62 Piece of the Pie 62 5. The Blame Game 64 Who Takes the Credit? 64 Too Small for the Big Screen? 65 Timing and Fleeting Trends 67 A Perfect Example: COVID-19 67 Understanding Timing and Audience Response 68 When Opportunity Knocks 72 Taking Charge 72 Real-World Consequences 75 6. New Realities 78 A New Way of Doing Business 78 Transparency 80 An Existential Battle 80 Never-Ending Storms 81 The Keys to the Kingdom 82 When Business Means War 83 Industry Response and Counterstrike 85 A Perpetual Campaign of Attrition 86 Redefining Entertainment Media 87 Short-Form Content 88 The New World of Media Distinction 89 New Phrases and Language 91 7. Moving Forward 95 The Human Element 95 There Are Only Two Kinds of Stories 96 Breaking in Today 97 Think Outside the Box 99 Final Words 100 Part Two 8. Interviews with the Industry Pros 104 Val Hill 106 Nicholas Tabarrok 110 David Rimawi 114 Dominique Telson 121 Joel Soisson 127 Larry Kasanoff 133 Leigh Scott 139 Dete Meserve 142 Brad Wyman 150 Tiffany Boyle 156 David Michael Latt 160 James Dudelson 166 Morris Ruskin 169 Patrick Lussier 174 Pen Densham 178 Appendix: The Hollywood Business Paradigms 195 Bibliography 199 Index 207
£14.24
McFarland & Co Inc In Theaters Everywhere
Book Synopsis Conflicts among Hollywood studios and exhibitors have been going on for years. At their heart are questions about how films should be released--where, when and at what speed. Both sides of this disagreement are losers, with exhibitors using the law via various Consent Decrees and studios retaliating by tightly controlling output. In the Silent Era, movies were not released nearly as widely as they are now. This book tells the story of how the few became the many. It explores the contraction of the release cycle, the maximization of the marketing dollar, and the democratization of consumer access. It also offers a comprehensive list of wide releases and rebuts much of what previous scholars have found.Trade ReviewBrian Hannan's In Theaters Everywhere, examines movie-releasing patterns from the Silent Era to today’s Internet/Streaming Age, and should become one of those essential industry browses for its background. Crammed full of useful substance, the book homes in on the heart of the exhibitor-distributor relationship concerning particularly the wide release." - Screentrade Magazine
£57.46
McFarland & Co Inc Astor Pictures
Book Synopsis Founded by Robert M. Savini in 1933, Astor Pictures Corporation distributed hundreds of films in its 32 years of operation. The company distributed over 150 first run features in addition to the numerous re-releases for which it became famous. Astor had great success in the fields of horror and western movies and was a pioneer in African-American film productions. While under Savini''s management, Astor and its subsidiaries were highly successful, but after his death in 1956 the company was sold, leading to eventual bankruptcy and closure. This volume provides the first in-depth look at Astor Pictures Corporation with thorough coverage of its releases, including diverse titles like La Dolce Vita and Frankenstein''s Daughter.
£38.69
McFarland & Co Inc The CW Comes of Age
Book Synopsis Often overlooked in the history of broadcast television, The CW became a top-rated cable network in primetime during the mid-2000s, at a moment when many critics predicted the death of the medium. Launched as a joint venture and successor to The WB and UPN, The CW focused programming on an 18 to 34-year-old, predominantly female audience and soon won over viewers with shows like Gossip Girl, Jane the Virgin and the DC Arrowverse franchise. Nimbly adapting to the streaming services era, the network has strengthened new series development and its innovative distribution system. This collection of new essays examines The CW''s business model, marketing strategies and most popular series. Table of ContentsIntroductionAshley Lynn Carlson and Lisa K. PerdigaoPart I. "TV to Talk About": Network Identity and TheA "Bridge-to-Nowhere": Media Rights Capital and the Network's Decade-Long Hiatus from Sunday Night ProgrammingKimberly A. OwczarskiColor by The CW: How Blackness Has FaredPhillip Lamarr CunninghamThe Lowest Ratings on Prime Time: The CW's Business ModelCaryn MurphyThe Cultural Value of Jane the Virgin and Crazy Ex-GirlfriendPaola BrembillaPart II. "TV Now": The CW in the Post-Network and Post-FeministFrom Late Childhood to Emerging Adulthood: Representations of Teenagers on The WB and TheAshley Lynn CarlsonIt's the Ladies' Choice: Female Agency on Supergirl, Jane the Virgin, Beauty & the Beast, and ReignMarian R. Hjelmgren"There's no place like home": Supernatural's Domestic CrisisLisa K. PerdigaoDare to Define: The Arrowverse and the New Television SuperheroMichael G. Robinson and Kenneth Wagner#Clexa and #Sanvers Fandom: Questions of Representation, Reception, and Fans' ReactionsMélanie BourdaaPart III. "Dare to Defy": Adapting and Expanding The CW-VerseThe Hybrid Identities of The Vampire DiariesAngela Tenga and Lisa K. PerdigaoThe Superhero Crossover Event: An Effective Staple of The CW's ProgrammingJames F. IaccinoDeconstructing The CW's Culture: iZombie and Serial HybridizationCharles JosephHow Do You Build a Problem Like Riverdale? Constructing the Imagined Community of the Archie UniverseBrenna Clarke Gray and Peter WilkinsAbout the ContributorsIndex
£35.99
McFarland & Co Inc The Limits of MeToo in Hollywood
Book Synopsis In October 2017, actress Alyssa Milano sparked the #MeToo movement. The ensuing protests quickly encompassed far more than Harvey Weinstein and the entertainment industry. They expressed women''s outrage at male workplace behavior in every sector and social class and even helped elect a new generation of women leaders in 2018. But what has been the effect of #MeToo in the entertainment industry itself? This book traces the movement''s influence on the stories being told, on changing representations of women''s lives and bodies, and on the slow changes among the producers who shape the stories. Analyzing a wide set of TV and film genres--including crime, legal and medical dramas, comedies, horror and reality programming--this book covers the complex ways that media respond to social movements: They sometimes give voice to brand-new or previously silenced stories, but just as often make facile references that can blunt the potential for change, or even fuel cultur
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McFarland & Co Inc Hammer Complete
Book Synopsis Think you know everything there is to know about Hammer Films, the fabled Studio that Dripped Blood? The lowdown on all the imperishable classics of horror, like The Curse of Frankenstein, Horror of Dracula and The Devil Rides Out? What about the company''s less blood-curdling back catalog? What about the musicals, comedies and travelogues, the fantasies and historical epics--not to mention the pirate adventures? This lavishly illustrated encyclopedia covers every Hammer film and television production in thorough detail, including budgets, shooting schedules, publicity and more, along with all the actors, supporting players, writers, directors, producers, composers and technicians. Packed with quotes, behind-the-scenes anecdotes, credit lists and production specifics, this all-inclusive reference work is the last word on this cherished cinematic institution.Trade ReviewThis tome contains everything anyone would want to know about the British company...[Maxford's] love for his subject is palpable. Numerous black-and-white photographs provide a sense of the period and people involved...a hefty read. The ultimate resource for die-hard fans of Hammer Film Productions."--Library Journal"This superb encyclopedia is likely the definitive work on Britain's most celebrated genre film producer...this book covers the entirety of the studio's filmography, not neglecting its forays into crime films and comedies. Although Maxford is obviously a big fan, he doesn't pull any punches about Hammer's missteps and Hammer Complete functions as a guide to film quality as well as a purely factual work...tons of illustrations, including rare foreign-market posters. A major achievement"--Booklist"A towering achievement...Maxford provides much info that appears to be original, exclusive and fresh...belongs in every horror aficionado's library"--Horror News"Highly recommended"--ARBA"Ultimate A to Z of everything Hammer...excellent Hammer Historical Tome"--Little Shoppe of Horrors"Hammer Complete is every bit the monster as the vampire adorning it's cover.... It's thorough as hell...more thorough than thorough"--Flick Attack"A true labour of love. The level of detail is quite astounding...an invaluable go-to reservoir of information...it's unlikely this one will ever be surpassed. Deserves immense praise...there is plenty of new and insightful material here...a huge, well-researched reference book that no Hammer aficionado should be without"--Cinema Retro"Maxford is a superb writer, his book is well researched, entertaining, and good-humoured. It's also an invaluable book: if you purchase it, you will never part with it. Kudos to McFarland for producing such a well-bound and presented book. Well done! No disposable download compare to a thing of beauty and joy forever as Hammer Complete"--Hellbound"It is really hard to be not excited when a book comes out on one of your favorite studios that is just a few pages shy of a 1000! Sure, some of you that ask, do we really need another book on Hammer Films? Well if it is as massive and thorough as this one, then that would be a definite yes! I have been waiting on this book to come out since McFarland announced it well over a a year ago, but had no idea how colossal of a tome this would be. Buy this book. If you are any kind of Hammer fan that craves information about the studio that dripped blood, then you must own this. It will be a never ending source of not only is a few minutes to browse through this before you come across a few titles that is going to make you want to go watch them again. That is a sign of a great book. I know I will be pulling this out each and every time I do any research on Hammer."--Kitley's Krypt"It's thorough as hell...more thorough than thorough"--Bookgasm"Massive volume...a true treasure trove of information about all things Hammer...valuable"--ICv2Table of Contents My Life with Hammer—A Rather Rambling Introduction The Encyclopedia Appendix Notes Bibliography Index
£97.58
University of Texas Press The Television Code
Book SynopsisThe broadcasting industry's trade association, the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), sought to sanitize television content via its self-regulatory document, the Television Code. The Code covered everything from the stories, images, and sounds of TV programs (no profanity, illicit sex and drinking, negative portrayals of family life and law enforcement officials, or irreverence for God and religion) to the allowable number of commercial minutes per hour of programming. It mandated that broadcasters make time for religious programming and discouraged them from charging for it. And it called for tasteful and accurate coverage of news, public events, and controversial issues. Using archival documents from the Federal Communications Commission, NBC, the NAB, and a television reformer, Senator William Benton, this book explores the run-up to the adoption of the 1952 Television Code from the perspectives of the government, TV viewers, local broadcasters, national networks, and the industry's trade association. Deborah L. Jaramillo analyzes the competing motives and agendas of each of these groups as she builds a convincing case that the NAB actually developed the Television Code to protect commercial television from reformers who wanted more educational programming, as well as from advocates of subscription television, an alternative distribution model to the commercial system. By agreeing to self-censor content that viewers, local stations, and politicians found objectionable, Jaramillo concludes, the NAB helped to ensure that commercial broadcast television would remain the dominant model for decades to come.Trade Review[A] valuable resource for media scholars and graduate students. * Choice *Jaramillo has authored a work with applications across many disciplines, especially history, media law, and even political science. Her search for primary sources in both the development of the code and the short life of the [Television Broadcasters Association] is a valuable insight into the origins of U.S. television. * Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media *[The Television Code] is a strong intellectual contribution to debates about what television is and who it serves which will no doubt become a staple in reading lists of television history and regulation...The Television Code is an engaging, well-written, and thought-provoking study on the key role played by regulation in the early negotiations about television’s identity. * Critical Studies in Television *An essential account of a transitional period in television’s rise, The Television Code establishes the [National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters'] role in crafting the industry’s master narratives and would interest scholars and students of US broadcast history, media policy, and censorship... Jaramillo’s careful attention to the voices of the various players involved in the Code further enriches the complicated history of commercial broadcasting and provides a model for rigorous archival research. * Television & New Media *[The Television Code] is a well-researched, articulate, and sound book that would contribute toward thinking of popular culture studies in ways that intersect with overlooked subfields such as media policy, and, perhaps, political sociology. This book effectively maps out the road to the Television Code, along with the detours and back roads that led to its ultimate implementation. * Popular Culture Studies Journal *Table of Contents Illustrations Abbreviations Acknowledgments Introduction: The Television Code and the Trade Association 1. Regulatory Precedents before Television: The Government and the NAB Experiment with Radio 2. Distinguishing Television from Radio via the Trade Association: The Rise and Fall of the Television Broadcasters Association 3. The Industry Talks about a Television Code: Discourses of Decency, Self-Regulation, and Medium Specificity 4. The Television Audience Speaks Out: Viewer Complaints and the Demand for Government Intervention 5. The Federal Communications Commission: Impotent Bureaucrats, Underhanded Censors, or Exasperated Intermediaries? 6. Senator William Benton Challenges the Commercial Television Paradigm Conclusion: After the Code Appendix A. The Television Code: Section on “Acceptability of Program Material” Appendix B. The Television Code: Section on “Decency and Decorum in Production” Notes Bibliography Index
£70.30
University of Texas Press The Television Code
Book SynopsisRevisiting early debates about TV content and censorship from industry and government perspectives, this book recounts the development of the Television Code, the TV counterpart to the Hays Motion Picture Production Code.Trade Review[A] valuable resource for media scholars and graduate students. * Choice *Jaramillo has authored a work with applications across many disciplines, especially history, media law, and even political science. Her search for primary sources in both the development of the code and the short life of the [Television Broadcasters Association] is a valuable insight into the origins of U.S. television. * Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media *[The Television Code] is a strong intellectual contribution to debates about what television is and who it serves which will no doubt become a staple in reading lists of television history and regulation...The Television Code is an engaging, well-written, and thought-provoking study on the key role played by regulation in the early negotiations about television’s identity. * Critical Studies in Television *An essential account of a transitional period in television’s rise, The Television Code establishes the [National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters'] role in crafting the industry’s master narratives and would interest scholars and students of US broadcast history, media policy, and censorship... Jaramillo’s careful attention to the voices of the various players involved in the Code further enriches the complicated history of commercial broadcasting and provides a model for rigorous archival research. * Television & New Media *[The Television Code] is a well-researched, articulate, and sound book that would contribute toward thinking of popular culture studies in ways that intersect with overlooked subfields such as media policy, and, perhaps, political sociology. This book effectively maps out the road to the Television Code, along with the detours and back roads that led to its ultimate implementation. * Popular Culture Studies Journal *Table of Contents Illustrations Abbreviations Acknowledgments Introduction: The Television Code and the Trade Association 1. Regulatory Precedents before Television: The Government and the NAB Experiment with Radio 2. Distinguishing Television from Radio via the Trade Association: The Rise and Fall of the Television Broadcasters Association 3. The Industry Talks about a Television Code: Discourses of Decency, Self-Regulation, and Medium Specificity 4. The Television Audience Speaks Out: Viewer Complaints and the Demand for Government Intervention 5. The Federal Communications Commission: Impotent Bureaucrats, Underhanded Censors, or Exasperated Intermediaries? 6. Senator William Benton Challenges the Commercial Television Paradigm Conclusion: After the Code Appendix A. The Television Code: Section on “Acceptability of Program Material” Appendix B. The Television Code: Section on “Decency and Decorum in Production” Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Texas Press Television Rewired
Book SynopsisFrom Twin Peaks (including the 2017 return) to Girls, a veteran critic and scholar draws on decades of industry expertise and exclusive interviews with renowned creators to examine the rise of art television.Trade ReviewNochimson's book is well worth reading not only for its insights but for the dialogue and reflection it opens up among readers. * Lost in the Movies *Television Rewired is an essential contribution to the still-crystallizing critical definition of auteur television…from the unique perspective of a critic who has engaged with the medium in profound ways. * 25 Years Later *This book details the creative process of each of the series [that developed the concept of the television auteur], based on interviews and detailed research by the author…Recommended. * CHOICE *A lively and fascinating book...Throughout Nochimson is thoroughly consumed by the question of what constitutes television art, and what plausibly counts as a defense of its achievements; her prose is utterly compelling in its gentle unfolding of such complex and challenging questions. * New Review of Film and Television Studies *[Nochimson provides] solid, but accessible, insights into the process of auteur television expression....After reading Television Rewired, I learned a new vocabulary for television viewing. The book is not a judgment of what is good or bad. Nochimson expanded my appreciation for television by explaining exactly what it is I am watching. * Popular Culture Studies Journal *Table of Contents Introduction: The David Effect The Founding Titans: Men without Formula Chapter 1. David Lynch, Twin Peaks Chapter 2. David Chase, The Sopranos Chapter 3. David Simon, The Wire The Legacy: New Options, New Questions, Retooled Formulas Chapter 4. David Simon and Eric Overmyer, Treme Chapter 5. Matt Weiner, Mad Men Chapter 6. Lena Dunham, Girls Chapter 7. Backlash! Formula 2.0 Coda: The Return of David Lynch Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
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New York University Press The Television Will Be Revolutionized Second
Book SynopsisGo behind the TV screen to explore what is changing, why it is changing, and why the changes mattersMany proclaimed the end of television in the early years of the twenty-first century, as capabilities and features of the boxes that occupied a central space in American living rooms for the preceding fifty years were radically remade. In this revised, second edition of her definitive book, Amanda D. Lotz proves that rumors of the death of television were greatly exaggerated and explores how new distribution and viewing technologies have resurrected the medium. Shifts in the basic practices of making and distributing television have not been hastening its demise, but are redefining what we can do with television, what we expect from it, how we use itin short, revolutionizing it.Television, as both a technology and a tool for cultural storytelling, remains as important today as ever, but it has changed in fundamental ways. The Television Will Be Revolutionized providTrade Review"In thissecond edition, Lotz not only updates us on developments over the past seven years; she digs deeper and thinks harder about the revolutionary changes taking place in the television today. An outstanding contribution to television studies and an invaluable guide for students, scholars, and professionals." -- Michael Curtin,co-director, Media Industries Project"Television is anything but dead, but we are now fully into the post-network era that Amanda D. Lotz projected when this book was first published. An incredibly prescient book, setting many of the terms through which television studies has understood these changes, the revised edition updates its account to reflect an age when Hulu, Netflix, and Amazon are now competing for Emmy and Peabody Awards, when television content is being funded through Kickstarter, and where web series are diversifying whose stories get told." -- Henry Jenkins,co-author of Spreadable Media: Creating Meaning and Value in a Networked CultureTable of ContentsContents Preface ix Acknowledgments xv Introduction 1 1 Understanding Television at the Beginning of the Post-Network Era 21 2 Television Outside the Box: The Technological Revolution of Television 53 3 Making Television: Changes in the Practices of Creating Television 95 4 Revolutionizing Distribution: Breaking Open the Network Bottleneck 131 5 The New Economics of Television 167 6 Recounting the Audience: Measurement in the Age of Broadband 207 7 Television Storytelling Possibilities at the Beginning of the PostNetwork Era: Five Cases 233 Conclusion: Still Watching Television 263 Notes 279 Selected Bibliography 307 Index 321 About the Author 331
£23.74
New York University Press The Television Will Be Revolutionized Second
Book SynopsisTelevision, as both a technology and a tool for cultural storytelling, remains as important today as ever, but it has changed in fundamental ways. This edition addresses adjustments throughout the industry wrought by broadband delivered television such as Netflix, YouTube, and cross-platform initiatives like TV Everywhere.Trade ReviewIn thissecond edition, Lotz not only updates us on developments over the past seven years; she digs deeper and thinks harder about the revolutionary changes taking place in the television today. An outstanding contribution to television studies and an invaluable guide for students, scholars, and professionals. -- Michael Curtin,co-director, Media Industries ProjectTelevision is anything but dead, but we are now fully into the post-network era that Amanda D. Lotz projected when this book was first published. An incredibly prescient book, setting many of the terms through which television studies has understood these changes, the revised edition updates its account to reflect an age when Hulu, Netflix, and Amazon are now competing for Emmy and Peabody Awards, when television content is being funded through Kickstarter, and where web series are diversifying whose stories get told. -- Henry Jenkins,co-author of Spreadable Media: Creating Meaning and Value in a Networked CultureTable of ContentsContents Preface ix Acknowledgments xv Introduction 1 1 Understanding Television at the Beginning of the Post-Network Era 21 2 Television Outside the Box: The Technological Revolution of Television 53 3 Making Television: Changes in the Practices of Creating Television 95 4 Revolutionizing Distribution: Breaking Open the Network Bottleneck 131 5 The New Economics of Television 167 6 Recounting the Audience: Measurement in the Age of Broadband 207 7 Television Storytelling Possibilities at the Beginning of the PostNetwork Era: Five Cases 233 Conclusion: Still Watching Television 263 Notes 279 Selected Bibliography 307 Index 321 About the Author 331
£55.25
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc The Mad Max Effect
Book SynopsisThe Mad Max Effect provides an in-depth analysis of the Mad Max series, and how it began as an inventive concoction ofa number of influences from a range of exploitation genres (including the biker movie, the revenge film, and the car chasecinema of the 1970s), to eventually inspiring a fresh cycle of international low budget road warrior' movies that appeared on home video in the 1980s.The Mad Max Effect is the first detailed academic study of the most famous and celebrated post-apocalypse film series, andexamines how a humble Australian action movie came from the cultural margins of exploitation cinema to have a profound impact on the broader media landscape.Trade ReviewThe Mad Max Effect stands as an engaging exploration of perhaps the most (in)famous post-apocalyptic action film series and its enduring legacy and influence. Detailing the wider impact of the initial film series, the book addresses examples of international ‘MadMaxploitation’ cinema, 21st century Road Warrior fan productions and the enduring aesthetic influence of ‘Diesel Punk’ in contemporary media. Newton is able to navigate the tarnished steel, burnt out tyres and ignited engine oil to examine the broader contexts of national cinema and cultural identity, transnational cinematic flows, and developments in screen media technology (all of which are central to the ongoing study of global exploitation cinema). * Thomas Joseph Watson, Lecturer in Media Studies, Teesside University, UK *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction Chapter One: Origins of the Road Warrior Chapter Two: The Death Race Lineage Chapter Three: Contextualising Mad Max Chapter Four: The Politics of Mad Max Chapter Five: MadMaxploitation! Transnational Road Warriors Chapter Six: Fury Road and the Imitation of Exploitation Chapter Seven: Mad Max and the metatext: Fan Engagement and Online Culture Conclusion: A Few Years From Now List of Films Reference List Index
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University Press of New England Lookout America The Secret Hollywood Studio at
Book SynopsisThe history of the Cold War film studio Lookout Mountain Laboratory
£44.72
Manchester University Press Watching Game of Thrones: How Audiences Engage
Book SynopsisGame of Thrones was an international sensation, and has been looked at from many different angles. But to date there has been little research into its audiences: who they were, how they engaged with and responded to it. This book presents the findings of a major international research project that garnered more than 10,000 responses to an innovative 'qualiquantitative' questionnaire. Among its findings are: a new way of understanding the place and role of favourite characters in audiences’ responses; new insights into the role of fantasy in encouraging thinking about our own world; and an account of two combined emotions – relish and anguish – which structure audiences’ reactions to controversial elements in the series.Table of Contents1 The remarkable phenomenon that is Game of Thrones2 Generating a ‘richly structured combination of data and discourses’3 Distinguishing different kinds of audience4 Favourite characters, favourite survivors5 The significance of favourite character choices6 Winter is coming…7 Conflicts and controversies8 Making predictions for an unpredictable worldPostscript: ‘If you think this has a happy ending, you haven’t been paying attention’Index
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Manchester University Press Watching Game of Thrones: How Audiences Engage
Book SynopsisGame of Thrones was an international sensation, and has been looked at from many different angles. But to date there has been little research into its audiences: who they were, how they engaged with and responded to it. This book presents the findings of a major international research project that garnered more than 10,000 responses to an innovative 'qualiquantitative' questionnaire. Among its findings are: a new way of understanding the place and role of favourite characters in audiences’ responses; new insights into the role of fantasy in encouraging thinking about our own world; and an account of two combined emotions – relish and anguish – which structure audiences’ reactions to controversial elements in the series.Trade Review'Watching Game of Thrones offers a valuable contribution to large-scale audience research projects and to Game of Thrones scholarship.'Critical Studies on Television -- .Table of Contents1 The remarkable phenomenon that is Game of Thrones2 Generating a ‘richly structured combination of data and discourses’3 Distinguishing different kinds of audience4 Favourite characters, favourite survivors5 The significance of favourite character choices6 Winter is coming…7 Conflicts and controversies8 Making predictions for an unpredictable worldPostscript: ‘If you think this has a happy ending, you haven’t been paying attention’Index
£19.00
Cornerstone Visions from the Upside Down: A Stranger Things
Book SynopsisOver 200 artists present their own unique visions of Stranger Things in a stunning, full-color celebration of the runaway hit Netflix series.In honor of Stranger Things, the innovative pop culture enthusiasts at Printed In Bloodare proud to present the latest release in their ongoing series of artbooks. More than two hundred artists, drawn from the earthly dimensions of comics, illustration, fine art, videogames, and animation, have come together to bring us a unique vision of the world of Hawkins, Indiana. Come dig into this collection of more than two hundred brand-new images and see what new worlds you might discover lurking just beneath the surface.Includes art by: ORLANDO AROCENA MATT BUSCH BUTCHER BILLY RIAN HUGHES JOHN McCREA MATT NEEDLE GARY PULLIN BILL SIENKIEWICZ EILEEN STEINBACH & MORE!
£22.50
RLPG Sound and Look Professional on Television and the
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Minority Broadcast Ownership
Book SynopsisThis book presents information on minority commercial radio and television ownership in the United States. It reviews the history of such ownership and the role of viewpoint diversity in a changing industry. It also continues the data collection efforts, examining the current status of minority commercial broadcast ownership.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Digital Television: An Overview
Book SynopsisAmerica, sometimes criticised as a nation of couch potatoes, takes its recreation seriously. Since its debut in the first half of the 20th century, television has held sway over the hearts, minds, and imaginations of billions. The technological advances in recent years have certainly not neglected the TV, and digital television can be seen as the most significant advance sine the introduction of colour television in the 1950s. DTV provides sharper pictures, CD-quality sound, and better colour images. In order to facilitate nation-wide use of this cutting-edge development, several developments have to take place including the production of compelling digital programming, creation of digital carrier systems and consumer adoption of the technology. To this end, the federal government, led by the Federal Communications Commission, has set 2006 as the date for broadcasters to cease analogue broadcasts and convert to digital signals. While no congressional legislation has yet to address DTV specifically, the issue is under constant monitoring, particularly given the stakes involved. Television is too key a component of contemporary American life to overlook. The book provides an overview and analysis of the current state of digital television and its regulatory status. Understanding the topics presented here are important to anyone interested in technology and the advances about to sweep the entertainment industry.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Security & Routing in Wireless Networks: Wireless
Book SynopsisWith the advance of wireless networks, building reliable and secured network connections is becoming extremely important. On the other hand, ad hoc networks become especially important and have many useful applications. The primary focus of this book is to present these two hot and rapidly evolving areas in wireless networks. Security and scheduling/routing in wireless networks remain challenging research problems due to the complexity involved. How to develop more efficient and reliable wireless networks remains a hot research area. It is this realisation that has motivated the editing of this book. The goal of the book is to serve as a reference for both security in wireless networks and channel access, scheduling, and routing in ad hoc networks. In this book, the authors review important developments and new strategies for these topics. Important features and limitations of methods and models are identified. Consequently, this book can serve as a useful reference for researchers, educators, graduate students, and practitioners in the field of wireless networks. This book contains 14 invited chapters from prominent researchers working in this area around the world. All of the chapters not only provide novel ideas, new analytical models, simulation and experimental results and handful experience in this field, but also stimulate the future research activities in the area of design and analysis of wireless networks.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Local Programming on Broadcast, Cable & Satellite
Book SynopsisMost broadcast television stations'' viewing areas extend far beyond the borders of their city of license, and in many cases extend beyond state borders. Under existing FCC rules, which are intended to foster "localism," the licensee''s explicit public interest obligation is limited to serving the needs and interests of viewers within the city of license. Yet, in many cases, the population residing in the city of license is only a small proportion of the total population receiving the station''s signal. Hundreds of thousands of television households in New Jersey (outside New York City and Philadelphia), Delaware (outside Philadelphia), western Connecticut (outside New York City), New Hampshire (outside Boston), Kansas (outside Kansas City, Missouri), Indiana (outside Chicago), Illinois (outside St. Louis), and Kentucky (outside Cincinnati) have little or no access to broadcast television stations with city of license in their own state. The same holds true for several rural states ? including Idaho, Arkansas, and especially Wyoming, where 54.55% of television households are located in television markets outside the state. Although market forces often provide broadcasters the incentive to be responsive to their entire serving area, that is not always the case. This report provides, for each state, detailed county-by-county data on the percentage of television households located in television markets outside the state and whether there are any in-state stations serving those households. The Nielsen Designated Market Areas ("DMAs") also often extend beyond state borders. Local cable operators are required to carry the broadcast signals of television stations located in their DMA. If they are located in a DMA for which the primary city is in another state, and most or all of the television stations in that DMA have city of license in the other state, then the broadcast television signals they must carry will be primarily or entirely from out of state. In some cases, they may not be allowed to carry signals from within the state but outside the DMA to provide news or sports programming of special interest in their state because of network non-duplication, syndicated exclusivity, or sports programming blackout rules or because of private network affiliation contract agreements, or may be discouraged to do so because these signals do not qualify for the royalty-free permanent compulsory copyright license for local broadcast signals. The Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004 expanded the scope of in-state television signals that satellite operators are permitted (and in some cases required) to offer subscribers. In addition to the signals of those broadcast television stations with city of license within the DMA in which the subscriber is located ("local-into-local" service), satellite operators may offer (subject to certain restrictions) signals from outside the DMA if those signals are "significantly viewed" by those households in the subscriber''s geographic area that only receive their broadcast signals over-the-air (not via cable or satellite). In addition, satellite operators may offer certain subscribers located in New Hampshire, Vermont, Mississippi, and Oregon certain in-state signals from outside the subscribers'' DMA and must offer subscribers in Alaska and Hawaii certain in-state signals.
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Denpa Books The Men Who Created Gundam
Book SynopsisIn 1978 animation director Yoshiyuki Tomino set forth to change the Japanese animation industry. For decades prior, Japanese science fiction had churned out numerous tales of semi-autonomous robots that would often come to the aide of humanity, but as someone who worked on a number of those works, Tomino came to the realization that he wanted to see a more realistic robot narrative. His vision was one where the robot while just slightly more human in appearance, was utilized more as a tool manipulated by man. With renowned artist Yoshikazu Yasuhiko by his side, and occasionally as his artistic rival, Tomino would change the way the whole world came to see Japanese animation and the broader toy and comics industries built around it. This evolution would be a war in its own right! Battles were fought in the offices of the animation studio! Conflicts were equally as heated in the recording booth!
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BenBella Books A Touch of the Madness: How to Be More Innovative
Book SynopsisLegendary movie producer Larry Kasanoff knows firsthand that massive success requires taking big risks. It means embracing your crazy side: the most unique, boldest, and bravest part of you, and your greatest asset when it comes to creating something truly original. In A Touch of The Madness, Larry uses behind-the-scenes stories of some of Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters, including Terminator 2 Judgment Day, Platoon, True Lies, Dirty Dancing, and the Mortal Kombat film series, to show you the three principles that form the foundation of a thriving career in any industry: Create a great idea that will excite your audience Ask as many times (and as many people) as it takes to get a “yes” Play while you work - don’t forget to have fun with it The current of the river of life will always try to pull you towards the middle, towards complacency and mediocrity. Other companies or competitors that don’t give into that current will eclipse you. The best tool you have for swimming against that current of mediocrity is innovation.
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Transworld Publishers Ltd Auntie's War: The BBC during the Second World War
Book Synopsis"An engaging, balanced and thoroughly researched history. It is often a moving and amusing tale containing plenty of mavericks and colourful episodes." (Lawrence James, The Times)Auntie's War is a love letter to radio. The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British institution unlike any other, and its story during the Second World War is also our story. This was Britain’s first total war, engaging the whole nation, and the wireless played a crucial role in it. For the first time, news of the conflict reached every living room – sometimes almost as it happened; and at key moments:- Chamberlain’s announcement of war- The Blitz- The D-Day landings - De Gaulle's broadcasts from exile- Churchill's fighting speechesRadio offered an incomparable tool for propaganda; it was how coded messages, both political and personal, were sent across Europe, and it was a means of sending less than truthful information to the enemy. Edward Stourton is a sharp-eyed, wry and affectionate companion on the BBC’s wartime journey, investigating archives, diaries, letters and memoirs to examine what the BBC was and what it stood for. Auntie’s War is an incomparable insight into why we have the broadcast culture we do today.A BBC RADIO 4: BOOK OF THE WEEKTrade ReviewAn engaging, balanced and thoroughly researched history.It is often a moving and amusing tale containing plenty of mavericks and colourful episodes. -- Lawrence James * The Times *Fascinating, complex and exhaustively researched ... This is a book that travels far beyond the bomb-scarred walls of Broadcasting House, bringing the reader as it did the 1940s listening public, the drama and immediacy of the war, and eventually the reality of a post-Nazi world, where Dimbleby's pared down description of the liberation of Belsen must be one of the most shattering pieces of ever broadcast. -- Juliet Nicolson * Spectator *This book captures how and why the BBC came to be trusted around the world so much that people like my grandparents - refugees from the Nazis - would hide in a cupboard every day with their short wave radio just to hear the truth as reported by the BBC. -- Nick RobinsonThe story of the BBC during the war has hardly been told though it is both fascinating and important. Edward Stourton's book is an engrossing account of this important time for one of our great institutions, perhaps to be read along side Penelope Fitzgerald's brilliant novel Human Voices. -- Chris Patten, Lord Patten of BarnesThis engaging book about the BBC is full of astonishing incidents, truth versus propaganda and the unspoken heroism of correspondents. It tells how eyewitness reports gave a voice to everyone for the first time. * CHOICE *
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Icon Books Black Sunset: Hollywood Sex, Lies, Glamour,
Book SynopsisFor me it begins in such an ordinary way ... with a gorilla, a blonde,and a gun ...Mid- 20th century Hollywood; 'RaymondChandler's LA before Pilates and cell phones'. Clancy Sigal (who would later bethe inspiration for Doris Lessing's 'Saul Green') is just back fromfighting in the Second World War and an abortive solo attempt to assassinate HermannGoering at the Nurenburg trials. Charming his way into a job as anagent with the Sam Jaffe agency, Sigal plunges into a chaotic Hollywood peopled by fastwomen, washed-up screenwriters, wily directors, and starstruck FBI agentstrailing 'subversives'. He parties with the likes of Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck, TonyCurtis and an anxious Peter Lorre, who becomes a drinking buddy.But this is the era of the Hollywood Blacklistand Sigal, like many of his contemporaries, is subpoenaed to testify before theHUAC. Will he give up the list of nine names, burning a hole in his pocket, tosave his own skin? Hilarious, touching, intimate and revealing: Sigal'smemoir reads like a forgotten hardboiled detective novel and has all the makings of aninstant classic.Trade ReviewBuzzes with gossip and scandal....This is one of the best Hollywood memoirs ever. -- The Jewish ChronicleSuperblyevokes the Cold War fears of communist subversion, the hidden FBImicrophones, subpoenas, and the naming of names ... What stands revealedis a hypocritical culture and society ... Sigal'sprose style is that of the secret agent in the macho gun-toting sense,with a side-of-the-mouth, shoulder-holster private-eye delivery out ofRaymond Chandler or Dashiell Hammett. -- Mail on SundayThe beauty of Black Sunset, for most readers, will be found in the details, lovingly or painfully described, page after page ... Sigal brings the innocent and guilty back, once more, at close range, and proves himself the liveliest of literary nonagenarians in the process. -- LA Review of BooksSigal stumbles into Hollywood [...] lands the most reviled job in the biz - talent agent - and this milieu is where most of Black Sunset takes place, haunted by the Wink and by a conspiracy of accidents.Black Sunset moves with the express swagger of a Hawks or Wellman picture, although it feels like an Ozu once it's all over and the characters linger in silhouette as if they were a fixture of the freeway system at night. -- CounterpunchGripping ... a great tale of survival. [Sigal is] a terrific writer. -- Literary ReviewHis scapegrace adventures are described with so much vitality and scabrous wit you feel as charmed as one of his serial conquests...[a] marvellous book. -- The SpectatorThis true story of life as a theatrical agent is as good as any Chandler novel, full of intrigue, betrayal and incredible stories of the hard-boiled and hard-drinking seediness behind the glamour. A fantastic read -- Virginia Ironside, author of No Thanks! I'm Quite Happy Standing
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Biteback Publishing 20 Things That Would Make the News Better
Book SynopsisWe are at a defining point in the history of news. Following a surge of fake news, clickbait and conspiracy theories, the 2020s have ushered in a welter of existential threats for public service broadcasting. So, where do we go from here? Former Today editor and head of BBC television news Roger Mosey thinks public service broadcasters must buck the trends and in this incisive book he offers twenty core ways in which the news can save itself by getting smarter, sharper, more diverse, more nuanced and less exposed to pummelling by politicians. Mosey sees two possible futures: one in which the incitements of populist demagogues and the passions of social media are ever dominant - or one where we fight hard to retain media that has an interest in the public good and preserves truth, fairness and evidence-based judgements. From one of British broadcasting's most experienced voices comes the definitive exploration of Britain's news output and what must change if we are to avoid a future of uninspiring news, uninformed decision-making and accountability-dodging politicians.
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Ebury Publishing The Round Britain Quiz Book: 250 challenging
Book Synopsis‘The nerdiest and longest-running quiz around’ The SpectatorHave you got what it takes to tackle Radio 4's most fiendish quiz?Question: A fictional criminal psychologist, a former Conservative minister, and the eponymous protagonist of a Peter Hedges novel, might all serve on the board alongside some big cheeses. Can you explain?*The Round Britain Quiz is the oldest broadcast quiz anywhere in the world. Created in 1947 it has built and maintained a cult following from across the generations. Each series sees six teams from around the UK competing against each other to solve a series of seriously cryptic clues, with a chairman giving a steer on how to get to the answer.Compiled by long-serving series producer, Paul Bajoria, and with an introduction from the Chairman, BBC journalist Tom Sutcliffe, The Round Britain Quiz Book features 250 of the toughest and most challenging questions from the last 70 years as well as many new and exclusive conundrums, drawing on unpredictable fields of knowledge, to truly test the nation. *Answer: They might all be found on a cheeseboard, as accompaniments to the cheese. The psychologist referred to is ‘Fitz’ in the TV series Cracker, the former MP is Eric Pickles, and Gilbert Grape is Peter Hedges’ creation.
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Ebury Publishing Doctor Who: The Monster Vault
Book SynopsisYou're going to need a bigger sofa...Doctor Who's biggest and most comprehensive monster guide yet, The Monster Vault takes you on the ultimate tour of the Whoniverse, discovering and cataloguing every wonderful and terrifying creature the Doctor has ever encountered.From the notorious Daleks, to evil Stenza warrior Tzim-Sha and the ancient Thijarians, The Monster Vault features in-depth profiles on each monster, showing the Doctor's most dangerous enemies in their natural habitat and unveiling their secret histories. You will also discover how monsters were created and designed, behind-the-scenes secrets, unseen details from the original scripts, case studies and rare artwork.This lavish and visually stunning book provides an unrivalled wealth of information, allowing you to explore the rich history of Doctor Who and expand your knowledge and understanding of characters old and new.
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Oneworld Publications War and Peacekeeping: Personal Reflections on
Book SynopsisThere are no winners in war, only losers. We have so far avoided a third world war, but across the globe regional conflicts flare up in a seemingly unstoppable cycle. Who can stand between the armed camps? Over six decades, Martin Bell has stood in eighteen war zones – as a soldier, a reporter and a UNICEF ambassador. Now he looks back on our efforts to keep the peace since the end of the Second World War and the birth of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the new State of Israel. From the failures of Bosnia, Rwanda and South Sudan to nationalism’s resurgence and the distribution of alternative facts across a darkening political landscape, Bell calls for us to learn from past mistakes – before it’s too late.Trade Review‘Martin Bell is the finest foreign correspondent of his generation.’ -- John Laurence, author of The Cat from Hué: A Vietnam War Story‘When I was a young reporter Martin Bell was the TV journalist we all wanted to turn into one day: brave, ferociously principled, unshowy, beautifully spare and articulate, and always uncompromising in preferring what was true to what was spuriously ‘balanced’. These qualities leap off the pages of this powerful and penetrating memoir-come-manifesto. His is a voice of clarity, compassion and towering authority. When I was young I wanted to be just like him. I still do.’ -- Allan Little‘In my view and without doubt Martin Bell was the finest war reporter of his generation. Martin’s personal reflections on not just Bosnia but so many other hotspots of the world flow easily, are hugely perceptive and simply get it. He is a master of emotive depiction and his words bring every situation he describes to life. I have not been able to put this book down since I received it.’ -- Colonel Bob Stewart MP‘Bell writes well and he has witnessed many interesting things in his long career… Martin Bell is clearly and transparently a decent and, in some respects, heroic man.’ -- Adrian Weale, Literary Review
£17.00
Transworld Publishers Ltd The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons in Creative
Book Synopsis'One of the best business books I've read in years.' BILL GATES THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019 _____________________________The CEO of Disney, one of Time's most influential people of 2019, shares the ideas and values he embraced to reinvent one of the most beloved companies in the world and inspire the people who bring the magic to life.Robert Iger became CEO of The Walt Disney Company in 2005, during a difficult time. Morale had deteriorated, competition was intense, and technology was changing faster than at any time in the company's history. His vision came down to three clear ideas: Recommit to the concept that quality matters, embrace technology instead of fighting it, and think bigger-think global-and turn Disney into a stronger brand in international markets.Fourteen years later, Disney is the largest, most respected media company in the world, counting Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm and 21st Century Fox among its properties. Its value is nearly five times what it was when Iger took over, and he is recognized as one of the most innovative and successful CEOs of our era.In The Ride of a Lifetime, Robert Iger shares the lessons he's learned while running Disney and leading its 200,000 employees, and he explores the principles that are necessary for true leadership, including:Optimism. Even in the face of difficulty, an optimistic leader will find the path toward the best possible outcome and focus on that, rather than give in to pessimism and blaming. Courage. Leaders have to be willing to take risks and place big bets. Fear of failure destroys creativity. Decisiveness. All decisions, no matter how difficult, can be made on a timely basis. Indecisiveness is both wasteful and destructive to morale. Fairness. Treat people decently, with empathy, and be accessible to them.'Bob Iger has not only lived up to ninety-six years of groundbreaking history but has moved the Disney brand far beyond anyone's expectations, and he has done it with grace and audacity. This books shows you how that happened.' STEVEN SPIELBERGTrade ReviewOne of the best business books I’ve read in years. Unlike most books on leadership, this one is worth your time. * Bill Gates *The story of life at the top of Disney is a thoughtful tale of surviving disruption. * Financial Times *Iger’s tenure as the leader of the world’s most lucrative dream factory has been one long CEO highlight reel. Iger is unassailable. He’s transformed his company from a stuffy media doyen into a sexy cultural force. * TIME - Businessperson of the Year 2019 *Nurturing creativity is less a skill than an art—especially at a company where the brand alone is synonymous with creativity. That’s a lot to live up to. Bob Iger has not only lived up to ninety-six years of groundbreaking history but has moved the Disney brand far beyond anyone’s expectations, and he has done it with grace and audacity. This book shows you how that’s happened. * Stephen Spielberg *The Ride of a Lifetime is an entertaining example of a business memoir whose author does not pretend to be a superhero. Iger’s book works as an argument for the importance of emotional intelligence in business. * New Statesman *
£18.00
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Stairways to Heaven: Rebuilding the British Film
Book SynopsisWhat has brought about the transformation of the British film industry over the last few decades, to the beginnings of what is arguably a new golden era? In the mid-1980s the industry was in a parlous state. The number of films produced in the UK was tiny. Cinema attendance had dipped to an all-time low, cinema buildings were in a state of disrepair and home video had yet to flourish. Since then, while many business challenges - especially for independent producers and distributors - remain, the industry overall has developed beyond recognition. In recent years, as British films have won Oscars, Cannes Palms and Venice Golden Lions, releases such as Love Actually, Billy Elliot, Skyfall, Paddington and the Harry Potter series have found enormous commercial as well as critical success. The UK industry has encouraged, and benefitted from, a huge amount of inward investment, much of it from the Hollywood studios, but also from the National Lottery via the UK Film Council and BFI. This book portrays the visionaries and officials who were at the helm as a digital media revolution began to reshape the industry. Through vivid accounts based on first-hand interviews of what was happening behind the scenes, film commentator and critic Geoffrey Macnab provides in-depth analysis of how and why the British film industry has risen like a phoenix from the ashes.
£14.99
Berghahn Books Cinema of Collaboration: DEFA Coproductions and
Book Synopsis From their very inception, European cinemas undertook collaborative ventures in an attempt to cultivate a transnational “Film-Europe.” In the postwar era, it was DEFA, the state cinema of East Germany, that emerged as a key site for cooperative practices. Despite the significant challenges that the Cold War created for collaboration, DEFA sought international prestige through various initiatives. These ranged from film exchange in occupied Germany to partnerships with Western producers, and from coproductions with Eastern European studios to strategies for film co-authorship. Uniquely positioned between East and West, DEFA proved a crucial mediator among European cinemas during a period of profound political division.Trade Review “Ivanova demonstrates [in this refreshing volume] that in the 20th century there was a common language of European film, a language that transcended ideology and the Cold War… Highly Recommended.” • Choice “Mariana Ivanova's book is being published at a time when the history of producers and cinematic exchange is increasingly coming into the focus of research in different subjects and countries... [Her] study can also give important impulses to current research in this extended context; its reading is therefore highly recommended.” • Filmblatt “Ivanova's study is groundbreaking in many respects, as it succeeds in demonstrating the international networking of DEFA film heritage using concrete examples. Not to look at the cultural development in the GDR in isolation, but to understand it as part of a pan-European tradition, is an important concern of future DEFA research in order to better assess the significance of East German culture.” • Connections “Cinema of Collaboration marks a crucial moment in English-language scholarship on East German cinema. Mariana Ivanova’s study opens up a nuanced and multi-layered engagement with DEFA films beyond the cultural sphere.” • Sebastian Heiduschke, Oregon State University “This is a very well-written and thoroughly researched study that offers interesting new insights into the transnational connections of producers and artists. In its transnational perspective, the book outlines new trajectories of cultural politics that will change how scholars think, write, and teach about DEFA.” • Maria Stehle, University of TennesseeTable of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1. The Legacy of ‘Film Europe’: DEFA’s Coproductions with France Chapter 2. Film Exchange beyond the Bans: Erich Mehl’s Partnership with DEFA Chapter 3. Competing with the West, Running with the East: Creating Utopia in DEFA Artistic Production Units Chapter 4. Writing Together: DEFA’s Biopics in the Context of European Cinema Epilogue: Heritage, Continuity, and Collaboration Select Bibliography
£89.10
Intellect Books Contemporary British and Italian Sound Docudrama:
Book SynopsisThe book focuses on radio and sound docufiction and docudrama through comparative analysis of the British and the Italian output from post war years to the 2010s, from both a historical and formal point of view. It sheds light on a rather neglected area of study providing a systematic survey of the development of the form and of its current status and perspectives, and at the same time constructing viable analytical tools that can be used to investigate individual productions. Considering the different docudramatic output in formats and quantity in the two countries, the book explores case studies from BBC Radio, which continue to air a high number of programmes with a great variety of formats and subgenres, and Italian case studies from both independent bodies and the Radio RAI, whose docudramatic production has declined since the late 1980s. Specifically, the study seeks to explain how radio language in its purely acoustic dimension allows access to unpredictable layers of truth often complementary, when not overtly alternative, to the documental truth of declaredly journalistic or scientific programmes. A well-researched resource for university students, scholars, researchers and educators in media, sociology of media and history. In-depth analysis of an original topic.Table of ContentsIntroduction Preface 1. The Formation of Trends in Radio Docudrama: Case Studies from Italy between Documentary Urge and Postmodern Paradoxes 2. The Development of Continuities in Radio Documentary: Ideology, Biography and Collective Creation in British Programmes 3. The Warping Action of Sound on Facts in BBC Broadcasts: Documentary Intent and Fictional Deviations 4. Modalities of Sound’s Action in Italian Productions: The Bellaria Film Festival 5. Storytelling, Narration and Symbolic Resonances in Docudrama Notes Bibliography
£89.96
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Content, Impact, and Regulation of Streaming
Book SynopsisAlong with its interrelated companion volume, The Technology, Business, and Economics of Streaming Video, this book examines the next generation of TV-online video. It reviews the elements that lead to online platforms and video clouds and analyzes the software and hardware elements of content creation and interaction, and how these elements lead to different styles of video content.What are the models of this new content? What kind of cultural and societal acceleration can we expect? What are the societal implications of the next-generation media system? What problems are emerging? What kind of market power is emerging in media industries, around the world? And how can one deal with them? The author addresses these questions with facts and figures, ranging across technology, economics, communications studies, business, policy, and law. He reviews the regulatory options, and recommends a new approach for video media. Media professionals in academia, management, technology, policy and creative production will value the approachable yet thorough information presented in The Content, Impact, and Regulation of Streaming Video.Trade Review'In this two-volume tour-de-force on video, Noam nails the multi-dimensional answers to what is consumed and how it is consumed. The passage of video through programmable devices invites unconstrained transformation.' -- - Vint Cerf, VP and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google'These books show how the world's most impactful medium for entertainment, information, education and marketing will evolve -- and why. No one is more qualified to project and describe the future of the media business, technology and regulation than Eli Noam. Numerous authors have chronicled the media industry's past and present, but this is the first description I’ve seen of where it is going and what it will look like in the future.' -- Bob Zitter, Media Technology Advisor and former HBO Chief Technology Officer'Professor Noam sees technical advances driving dramatic change in such areas as digital video infrastructures and services, particular business models, and the reshaping of the media industry, such as around the market power of cloud video services. These developments raise major social and economic issues for regulators, such as around greater concentration. Professor Noam's insights will enable students, media scholars, practitioners and the policy community to anticipate these transformations and shape policy and practice in ways that will better serve the increasingly diverse interests of the public but also the vitality of digital age media.' -- - Emeritus Professor William H. Dutton, University of Southern California, US and Oxford University, UK‘Changing media consumers’ behaviors, further advances in digital technologies and a dramatic health and economic crisis, combine to transform the media and telecommunications industries. Eli Noam’s new books present us with current, comprehensive,in-depth, analyses of unprecedented dimensions. The Columbia Professor offers essential present and future industry perspectives to readers, scholars, students, managers and policy makers.’ -- - Gerard Pogorel, Professor of Economics Emeritus, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Telecom Paris, CNRS Interdisciplinary Innovation Institute I3, France‘The Internet, now 50 years old, was not built for video, but today video is most of what it carries. Professor Noam does it for us again with his two volumes about the content of streaming video, in the broadest context, as next-generation television.’ -- - Bob Metcalfe, Internet Pioneer, now UTAustin Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: The Impending Revolution in Video Technology and its Impact on Media Content and Regulation 2. The Three Generations of TV 3. The Dynamics of Content 4. New-Style Content 5. Market Power in Cloud Video 6. Societal Impacts 7. Regulating Online Video Content: Models and Issues 8. Regulating Online Video Infrastructure: Issues and Institutions 9. Dealing with the Market Power of Video 10, Observations and Conclusions Index
£123.50
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Technology, Business, and Economics of
Book SynopsisAlong with its interrelated companion volume, The Content, Impact, and Regulation of Streaming Video, this book covers the next generation of TV-streaming online video, with details about its present and a broad perspective on the future. It reviews the new technical elements that are emerging, both in hardware and software, their long-term trend, and the implications, and discusses the emerging ''media cloud'' of video and infrastructure platforms, and the organizational form of such TV.What kind of companies? What kind of business models? What kind of industries? What kind of impact on existing media? And what kind of market power in media industries, around the world? The author addresses these questions with facts and figures, ranging across technology, economics, communications studies, business, policy, and law.Media professionals in academia, management, technology, policy and creative production will appreciate the non-jargony yet thorough exploration of streaming online video in The Technology, Business, and Economics of Streaming Video.Trade Review‘This book is crucial reference material for any library or media economics collection. Highly recommended.’ -- N D Bowman, CHOICE‘In the not-too-distant future all television will stream from the cloud to many devices. Everyone who wants to benefit from this epiphany needs to take Eli Noam’s guidance. This particular vision of the future needs the most visionary person in the field and that is Professor Noam.’ -- Reed Hundt, Former FCC Chairman, US‘Eli Noam gets to the heart of the underlying causes of some of the most dramatic and important changes in our world. His focus on underlying the economics as well as the technology enriches our understanding and provides an excellent guide. This work is essential to anyone seeking a full understanding of the changes being wrought around us and how we might approach the critical policy and commercial questions that they raise.’ -- Ed Richards, Managing Partner/Founder, Flint Global Ltd and former CEO of Ofcom, the UK communications regulator‘In this two-volume tour-de-force on video, Noam nails the multi-dimensional answers to what is consumed and how it is consumed.’ -- Vint Cerf, A ‘Father of the Internet’ and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google‘The Internet, now 50 years old, was not built for video, but today video is most of what it carries. Professor Noam does it for us again with his two volumes about the content of streaming video, in the broadest context, as next-generation television.’ -- Bob Metcalfe, Internet Pioneer and Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Texas, US‘Professor Eli Noam, one of the world’s leading media economists, identifies key technical advances shaping media, policy and regulation for the digital age. His two volumes are must reading for anyone seriously interested in the future of the media—its business models, creative content, industry structure, and implications for policy and regulation.’ -- William H. Dutton, Emeritus Professor, University of Southern California, USA, and Oxford Martin Fellow and Founding Director, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, UK‘Changing media consumers behaviors, further advances in digital technologies and a dramatic health and economic crisis, combine to transform the media and telecommunications industries. Eli Noam’s new books present us with current, comprehensive,in-depth, analyses of unprecedented dimensions. The Columbia Professor offers its readers, scholars, students, managers, policy makers, essential present and future industry perspectives.’ -- Gerard Pogorel, Professor of Economics Emeritus, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Telecom Paris, CNRS Interdisciplinary Innovation Institute I3, France‘These books show how the world’s most impactful medium for entertainment, information, education and marketing will evolve—and why. No one is more qualified to project and describe the future of the media business, technology and regulation than Eli Noam. Numerous authors have chronicled the media industry’s past and present, but this is the first description I’ve seen of where it is going and what it will look like in the future.’ -- Bob Zitter, Former HBO Chief Technology OfficerTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: The Impending Media Revolution in Video Technology and its Impacts on Today’s and Tomorrow’s Media Industries 2. The Past Generations of TV Technology 3. Technology Innovation: Hardware 4. Infrastructure Platforms and Data Operations 5. Video Platforms 6. Market Power in Cloud Video 7. Business Models for Video Clouds 8. Interoperability and Integration Among Clouds and Other Providers 9. The Impact of Next-Generation Video on Traditional Media Companies and Industries 10. Observations and Conclusions Index
£125.00
Berghahn Books Cinema of Collaboration: DEFA Coproductions and
Book Synopsis From their very inception, European cinemas undertook collaborative ventures in an attempt to cultivate a transnational “Film-Europe.” In the postwar era, it was DEFA, the state cinema of East Germany, that emerged as a key site for cooperative practices. Despite the significant challenges that the Cold War created for collaboration, DEFA sought international prestige through various initiatives. These ranged from film exchange in occupied Germany to partnerships with Western producers, and from coproductions with Eastern European studios to strategies for film co-authorship. Uniquely positioned between East and West, DEFA proved a crucial mediator among European cinemas during a period of profound political division.Trade Review “Ivanova demonstrates [in this refreshing volume] that in the 20th century there was a common language of European film, a language that transcended ideology and the Cold War… Highly Recommended.” • Choice “Mariana Ivanova's book is being published at a time when the history of producers and cinematic exchange is increasingly coming into the focus of research in different subjects and countries... [Her] study can also give important impulses to current research in this extended context; its reading is therefore highly recommended.” • Filmblatt “Ivanova's study is groundbreaking in many respects, as it succeeds in demonstrating the international networking of DEFA film heritage using concrete examples. Not to look at the cultural development in the GDR in isolation, but to understand it as part of a pan-European tradition, is an important concern of future DEFA research in order to better assess the significance of East German culture.” • Connections “Cinema of Collaboration marks a crucial moment in English-language scholarship on East German cinema. Mariana Ivanova’s study opens up a nuanced and multi-layered engagement with DEFA films beyond the cultural sphere.” • Sebastian Heiduschke, Oregon State University “This is a very well-written and thoroughly researched study that offers interesting new insights into the transnational connections of producers and artists. In its transnational perspective, the book outlines new trajectories of cultural politics that will change how scholars think, write, and teach about DEFA.” • Maria Stehle, University of TennesseeTable of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1. The Legacy of ‘Film Europe’: DEFA’s Coproductions with France Chapter 2. Film Exchange beyond the Bans: Erich Mehl’s Partnership with DEFA Chapter 3. Competing with the West, Running with the East: Creating Utopia in DEFA Artistic Production Units Chapter 4. Writing Together: DEFA’s Biopics in the Context of European Cinema Epilogue: Heritage, Continuity, and Collaboration Select Bibliography
£26.55