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  • Independently Published Blue Moon True story

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  • Independently Published Spinal Tap II

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  • Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp After the Hunt Movie Insight

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  • Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp One Battle After Another

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  • Live Stronger Faster YouTube Content Machine

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  • Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Nobody 2 Movie Review

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  • Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Behind the Scenes of Ranger A Filmmakers Journey

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  • Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp I Want to Work in the TV and Film Biz

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  • Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Film Fundamentals for Beginners

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  • Independently Published Mickey 17 Movie Review

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  • Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Lights Camera Budget

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  • Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp David Ayer

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  • Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp La vuelta al mundo en corto

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  • Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Zero Budget

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  • Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp The Electric State

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  • Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Detailed Insight About the Movie Sinners

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  • Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Lights Camera MP

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  • Independently Published Oshkosh Phil and the Raiders of the Other Ark

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  • HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Archive of Magic

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  • The Nice and Accurate Good Omens TV Companion

    HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Nice and Accurate Good Omens TV Companion

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  • Video Storytelling Projects

    Pearson Education (US) Video Storytelling Projects

    Book SynopsisRC is an award-winning photographer, podcast host, educator, and the author of 15 best-selling books on photography, video, Photoshop, Lightroom, and HDR. He is an assistant teaching professor of visual communications at the Newhouse School for Visual Communications at Syracuse University. As an Adobe Certified Instructor in Photoshop, Illustrator, and Lightroom, RC has over 27 years of experience creating content in creative, information technology, and e-commerce industries and spends his days developing creative content for corporate clients, educational institutions, and students looking to take their creative vision further. As a Photoshop and Lightroom expert, RC also worked with Adobe to write the Adobe Certified Expert exam for Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4, and Lightroom 5. He has written the Lightroom and Photoshop books for the Adobe Press Classroom in a Book series. RC is a highly sought-after public speaker, presenting to corporations and creative studTable of ContentsCHAPTER 1 The Elements of Story CHAPTER 2 How to Structure Your Story CHAPTER 3 Previsualizing Your Idea CHAPTER 4 Working with Sound CHAPTER 5 Working with Video CHAPTER 6 The Importance of Dialogue CHAPTER 7 Everything in Its Place CHAPTER 8 Assembling Your Story in Adobe Premiere Pro CHAPTER 9 Basic Edits: Sharpening Your Point in Premiere Pro CHAPTER 10 Editing: Beyond the Basics CHAPTER 11 Mobile Journalism Project CHAPTER 12 Sharing Your Video Online CHAPTER 13 Project: Card Game

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  • The Ride of a Lifetime

    Random House USA Inc The Ride of a Lifetime

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    Book Synopsis#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER â? A memoir of leadership and success: The CEO of Disney shares the ideas and values he embraced while reinventing one of the world's most beloved companies and inspiring the people who bring the magic to life. AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEARRobert Iger became CEO of The Walt Disney Company in 2005, during a difficult time. Competition was more intense than ever 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. Today, Disney is the largest, most admired media company in the world, counting Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, and 21st Century Fox among its properties. Under Iger's leadership, Disney's value grew nearly five times what it was, making Iger one of th

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  • Production House Cinema Starting and Running Your

    Taylor & Francis Ltd Production House Cinema Starting and Running Your

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    Book SynopsisIn Production House Cinema: Starting and Running Your Own Cinematic Storytelling Business, renowned video storyteller Kurt Lancaster offers both students and professionals a practical guide to starting their own video production company and creating cinematic, client-based video content. Utilizing practical know-how along with in-depth analysis and interviews with successful independent production houses like Stillmotion and Zandrak, Lancaster follows the logistics and inspiration of creating production house cinema from the initial client pitch all the way through financing and distribution. The book includes: An examination of the cinematic and narrative style and how to create it; A discussion of the legal procedures and documents necessary for starting and operating a production house; Advice on crafting a portfolio, reel, and website that both demonstrates your unique style and vision and attracts clients; A guide to the finanTrade Review"Kurt Lancaster has done it again. He has identified a developing trend in the rapidly changing video landscape, talked to the right people, and asked all of the right questions. This book is a must read for any video student or professional considering starting their own production studio." —Wes Pope, co-director of the Multimedia Journalism master's program at the University of Oregon "Production House Cinema combines wonderfully detailed advice about the pragmatics of launching a professional filmmaking studio with insights into the aesthetic and formal approaches vital to strong cinematic storytelling. Building on his excellent body of work as an author and professional producer, Kurt Lancaster offers comprehensive and clear "how-to" guides that every filmmaker -- from the beginner to the veteran – will find useful. I plan to assign this book to my production students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, and to add it to my own collection of essential reading." —Jennifer Maytorena Taylor, Producer/Director, Specific Pictures, Assistant Professor of Social Documentation/Film and Digital Media at University of California, Santa Cruz "In his book Production House Cinema, Kurt Lancaster has created THE complete one-stop shop for building your own production company—top to bottom. His extensive experience as a filmmaker combined with an acute business sense infuse this book with advice and recommendations both practical and creative. If you want to have your own storytelling business, purchasing this book is your first, most important investment." —William McDonald, Professor & Chair, Department of Film, Television and Digital Media, UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television Table of ContentsForeword by Patrick Moreau Introduction: The Business of Cinematic Storytelling in a Video Production House PART I. CREATING AN INDEPENDENT VIDEO PRODUCTION HOUSE BUSINESS 1. Telling versus Showing: The Tools of Cinema in Client-Based Storytelling 2. Creating a Vision: The Cinematic Style Video Production House 3. Making it Legal: Filing an LLC, Writing Contracts, Using Music, and Getting Insurance 4. Building Presence: The Portfolio Reel and Website that Reflects Your Style and Vision Part II. RUNNING AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION HOUSE BUSINESS 5. Making Money: The Cost of Doing Business, Generating Income Streams, Setting Up Invoices, and Planning Your Taxes 6. Developing a Client’s Story: Making a Connection, Finding the Story, and Writing a Pitch, Proposal, and Budget 7. Cinematic Gear: What You Need and What it Does Part III. CRAFTING THE CINEMATIC STYLE CASE STUDIES 8. A Book Promotion Case Study: From Key Words to Storyboards in Stillmotion’s My Utopia 9. An App Promotion Case Study: Directing with Spontaneity in Zandrak’s Moodsnap 10. Side Projects: Finance and Distribute Your Passion Films Appendix: Sample Contract and Forms

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  • Mike Leigh British Film Makers British Film

    Manchester University Press Mike Leigh British Film Makers British Film

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    Book SynopsisMike Leigh may well be Britain’s greatest living film director; his worldview has permeated our national consciousness. Written with the co-operation of Leigh himself, this book gives detailed readings of the nine feature films he has made for the cinema, as well as an overview of his work for television.Table of ContentsIntroduction: ‘You’ve gotta laugh’1. ‘Really wants to direct’: formative years2. ‘A kind of language’: Bleak Moments3. ‘A long time in the womb’: the TV films4. ‘A different world’: High Hopes5. ‘So long as you’re happy’: Life is Sweet6. ‘The future is now’: Naked7. ‘Welcome to the family’: Secrets and Lies8. ‘All these memories’: Career Girls9. ‘Laughter – tears – curtain’: Topsy-Turvy10. ‘Life’s too short’: All or Nothing11. ‘Out of the kindness of her heart’: Vera DrakeConclusion: ‘The journey continues’Filmography

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  • Claude Chabrols Aesthetics of Opacity

    Edinburgh University Press Claude Chabrols Aesthetics of Opacity

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    Book SynopsisIn this first reappraisal of his filmography (1958-2009), readers are introduced to a new Chabrol, one influenced by Balzac, Magritte, Kubrick.

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  • From Film Practice to Data Process

    Edinburgh University Press From Film Practice to Data Process

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    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.

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  • Stars and Wars

    The History Press Ltd Stars and Wars

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    Book SynopsisA paperback edition of Oscar-nominated Alan Tomkins' film memoirs and photographs

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    £18.00

  • Paul Blaisdell Monster Maker A Biography of the B Movie Makeup and Special Effects Artist

    McFarland & Co Inc Paul Blaisdell Monster Maker A Biography of the B Movie Makeup and Special Effects Artist

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    Book Synopsis Paul Blaisdell was the man behind the monsters in such movies as The She Creature, Invasion of the Saucer Men, Not of This Earth, It! Terror from Beyond Space and many others. Working in primarily low-budget films, Blaisdell was forced to rely on greasepaint, guts and, most importantly, an unbounded imagination for his creations. From his inauspicious beginning through The Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow (1959), the construction of Blaisdell''s monsters and the making of the movies in which they appeared are fully detailed here. Blaisdell''s work in the early monster magazines of the 1960s is also covered.

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  • Ready for My Closeup Great Movie Monologues Great

    Limelight Editions Ready for My Closeup Great Movie Monologues Great

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    Book SynopsisREADY FOR MY CLOSE-UP!: GREAT MOVIE SPEECHES

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  • The Sense of Place in Contemporary Cinema

    Edinburgh University Press The Sense of Place in Contemporary Cinema

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    Book SynopsisExamines the purpose that place serves in films

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  • Edinburgh University Press Failed Masculinities

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    Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive study of men and masculinity in the cinema of Satyajit RayTrade Review"Sanyal draws some fascinating conclusions when reviewing the different kinds of ineffectual males populating Satyajit Ray's films from the 1950s to the early 1990s. Notions of modernity and nationhood intersect with masculinity to illuminate this historically contextualised study in which women whether strong or subjugated play a critical role too." -Martin Shingler, author of Diana Dors: Film Star and Actor

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  • Edinburgh University Press The Late and PostDictatorship Cinephilia Boom and

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  • Freak Scenes

    Edinburgh University Press Freak Scenes

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    Book SynopsisThe first academic book to explore indie music and indie music cultures on screen

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    £23.74

  • Get Started in Film Making

    John Murray Press Get Started in Film Making

    Book SynopsisThis is the go-to book for anyone wanting to unleash their creativity and start making films.Table of Contents : Introduction : 01 Getting ready : 02 Script writing : 03 Casting and rehearsals : 04 Cameras : 05 Using your camera : 06 Lights and lighting : 07 Sound : 08 Locations and obtaining support : 09 Financing your film : 10 Fine tuning your vision : 11 Silence on set ... and action : 12 Completing the moving jigsaw : 13 Showing your film : 14 Confessions of a film maker : Glossary : Taking it further : Index

    £14.24

  • Intermedial Dialogues

    Edinburgh University Press Intermedial Dialogues

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    Book SynopsisCasting fresh light on one of the most important movements in film history, Intermedial Dialogues is the first comprehensive study of the New Wave's relationship with the older arts.

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    £85.50

  • Hamlet Lives in Hollywood

    Edinburgh University Press Hamlet Lives in Hollywood

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    Book SynopsisThis book, a collection of fifteen original essays on the film performances and stardom of John Barrymore, redresses the lack of scholarship on Barrymore by offering a range of varied perspectives on the actor s work.

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    £85.50

  • Blood in the Streets

    Edinburgh University Press Blood in the Streets

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    Book SynopsisBlood in the Streets' investigates the various ways in which 1970s Italian crime films were embedded in their immediate cultural and political contexts.

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  • The New Soundtrack

    Edinburgh University Press The New Soundtrack

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    Book SynopsisThe New Soundtrack brings together leading edge academic and professional perspectives on the complex relationship between sound and moving images.

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    £18.99

  • The New Soundtrack

    Edinburgh University Press The New Soundtrack

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    Book SynopsisThe New Soundtrack is a biannual journal that brings together leading edge academic and professional perspectives on the complex relationship between sound and moving images.

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    £18.99

  • The Other Side of Glamour

    Edinburgh University Press The Other Side of Glamour

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    Book SynopsisHong Kong cinema has been a pre-eminent form of local entertainment and a site of ideological contentions propelled by colonial, national and international politics at different historical junctures. The Other Side of Glamour is a study of the historical development of the left-wing film establishment in Hong Kong.

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  • French and Spanish Queer Film

    Edinburgh University Press French and Spanish Queer Film

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    Book SynopsisAdvancing the current state of film audience research and of our knowledge of sexuality in transnational contexts, French and Spanish Queer Film analyses how French LGBTQ films are seen in Spain and Spanish ones in France.

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    £22.79

  • ComingOfAge Cinema in New Zealand

    Edinburgh University Press ComingOfAge Cinema in New Zealand

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    Book SynopsisThis is the first book to investigate the coming-of-age genre as a significant phenomenon in New Zealand s national cinema, tracing its development and elucidating its role in cultural change.

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    £85.50

  • British Music Videos 1966  2016

    Edinburgh University Press British Music Videos 1966 2016

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    Book SynopsisBased on new archival evidence and interviews, and setting out a new theoretical framework for music video analysis, Emily Caston presents a major new analysis of music videos from 1966-2016, identifying not only their distinctive British traits, but their parallels with British film genres and styles.

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  • Time Existential Presence and the Cinematic Image

    Edinburgh University Press Time Existential Presence and the Cinematic Image

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    Book SynopsisIn Time, Existential Presence and the Cinematic Image, Sam B. Girgus relates Laura Mulvey's theory of delayed cinema to ideas on time and the relationship to the other in the writings of Jean-Luc Nancy, Emmanuel Levinas and Julia Kristeva, among others.

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  • Greek Cinema and Migration 19912016

    Edinburgh University Press Greek Cinema and Migration 19912016

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    Book SynopsisThe book provides a response to urgent calls to comprehend the cultural impact of immigration in Greece, and to determine the capacity of contemporary Greek cinema to challenge the logic of Fortress Europe.

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    £19.94

  • ReFocus The Films of Elaine May

    Edinburgh University Press ReFocus The Films of Elaine May

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    Book SynopsisThis collection focuses both on the films Elaine May has directed, and also emphasises her work with other high profile collaborators such as John Cassavetes, Warren Beatty and Otto Preminger.

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    £90.25

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