Films, cinema Books
Edinburgh University Press Women in the Western
Book SynopsisExplores the changing roles of women to the Western and offers new approaches to what has been a male-centred genre
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Oxford University Press Inc We Tried to Tell YAll
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£23.99
Oxford University Press Taiwan Cinema as Soft Power
Book SynopsisWhy has Taiwanese film been so appealing to film directors, critics, and audiences across the world? This book argues that because Taiwan is a nation without hard political and economic power, cinema becomes a form of soft power tool that Taiwan uses to attract global attention, to gain support, and to build allies. Author Song Hwee Lim shows how this goal has been achieved by Taiwanese directors whose films win the hearts and minds of foreign audiences to make Taiwan a major force in world cinema.The book maps Taiwan''s cinematic output in the twenty-first century through the three keywords in the book''s subtitle-authorship, transnationality, historiography. Its object of analysis is the legacy of Taiwan New Cinema, a movement that begun in the early 1980s that has had a lasting impact upon filmmakers and cinephiles worldwide for nearly forty years. By examining case studies that include Hou Hsiao-hsien, Ang Lee, and Tsai Ming-liang, this book suggests that authorship is central to Taiwan cinema''s ability to transcend borders to the extent that the historiographical writing of Taiwan cinema has to be reimagined. It also looks at the scaling down of soft power from the global to the regional via a cultural imaginary called little freshness, which describes films and cultural products from Taiwan that have become hugely popular in China and Hong Kong. In presenting Taiwan cinema''s significance as a case of a small nation with enormous soft power, this book hopes to recast the terms and stakes of both cinema studies and soft power studies in academia.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Notes on Chinese Romanization, translation, and citation List of Illustrations List of Tables Introduction Cinema as Soft Power, Soft Power as Method Chapter 1 The Historiographical Turn: Documenting Taiwan New Cinema as Cross-cultural Cinephilia Chapter 2 The Aural Turn: Hou Hsiao-hsien's Gendered and Material Voices Chapter 3 The Medial Turn: Tsai Ming-liang's Slow Walk to the Museum Chapter 4 The Industrial Turn: Ang Lee's Transpacific Crossings as Cultural Brokerage Chapter 5 The Affective Turn: "Little Freshness" as Regional Soft Power Epilogue Alien Resurrection or, the Afterlives of Taiwan New Cinema Filmography Glossary of Chinese Characters Works Cited Index
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Oxford University Press Inc Film Music
Book SynopsisThe rich and deeply moving sounds of film music are as old as cinema. The first projected moving images were accompanied by music through a variety of performers--from single piano players to small orchestras--that brought images to life. Film music has since become its own industry, an aesthetic platform for expressing creative visions, and a commercial vehicle for growing musical stars of all varieties.In this Very Short Introduction, Kathryn Kalinak takes readers behind the scenes to understand both the practical aspects of film music--what it is and how it is composed--and the theories that have been developed to explain why film music works. This accessible book not only entertains with the fascinating stories of the composers and performers who have shaped film music across the globe but also gives readers a broad sense of the key questions in film music studies today. The updated second edition includes the music from film industries in Africa, Asia and South Asia, and Latin AmeTable of ContentsPreface List of illustrations 1 What does film music do? 2 How does film music work? 3 Why does film music work? 4 A history of film music I: 1894--1927 5 A history of film music II: 1927--1970 6 A history of film music III: 1970--2021 7 Composers and their craft Conclusion References Further Reading Recommended Viewing Index
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Oxford University Press Inc Raising the Dead
Book SynopsisGeorge A. Romero never intended to become a master of horror, but Night of the Living Dead made him a legend of the genre. Raising the Dead dives into the expansive, extraordinary body of work found in Romero''s archive, going beyond his iconic zombie movies into a deep and varied collection of writings that never made it to the big screen. From the early 1960s until his death in 2017, Romero was a hugely prolific writer, producing scripts in every conceivable genre, from arty medieval allegories to wacky comedies to grand-scale science fiction epics. Though he had difficulty funding non-horror projects, he continued to write in whatever mode his imagination dictated, and he rarely abandoned his ideas. Themes, story ideas, and even characters were re-purposed for new scripts, evolving and transforming with each new iteration and, sometimes, finding a home in a horror film. But in order to accommodate ideas that began in such different contexts, Romero would have to change the horror ge
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Columbia University Press Classical Japanese
Book SynopsisWritten by a leading scholar in the field, Classical Japanese: A Grammar is an elegant, comprehensive, and practical guide to classical Japanese. Extensive notes and historical explanations make this volume useful as both a reference for advanced students and a textbook for beginning students.Trade ReviewThis comprehensive guide... includes in-depth explanations, exercises and literary excerpts useful to beginners as well as advanced speakers. Columbia College Today A significant contribution to the field of premodern Japanese language and literary studies. -- Stephen D. Miller Monumenta NipponicaTable of ContentsPreface Elements of the Book Grammatical Terms and Translations Major Historical Periods Romanization Source and Text Abbreviations Translations of Ranks and Titles Part I Inflected Forms 1. Basic Grammatical Terms and Concepts 1.1 Subject and Predicate 1.2 Sentence Structure 1.3 Autonomous and Dependent Forms 1.4 Inflected and Noninflected Forms 1.5 Inflected Autonomous Words 1.6 Inflected Dependent Forms 1.7 Noninflected Dependent Forms 1.8 Noninflected Autonomous Words 1.9 Modifying Words 1.10 Parts of Speech 2. Orthography and Pronunciation 2.1 Table of Fifty Sounds 2.2 Voiced Sounds 2.3 Sound Changes 2.4 Pronouncing Historical kana 2.4.1 w-Row Pronunciation 2.4.2 h-Row Pronunciation 2.5 Pronouncing Long Sounds 3. Verbs 3.1 The Six Inflected Forms 3.2 Regular Verbs 4. Irregular Verbs 4.2 Transitive and Intransitive Verbs 4.3 Supplementary Verbs 4.4 Sound Changes in Verbs 5. Adjectives and Adjectival Verbs 5.1 Adjectives 5.2 Adjectival Verbs 5.3 Two Modifying Functions 6. Negative and Recollective Auxiliary Verbs 6.1 Negative zu 6.2 Auxiliary Verbs ki and keri 7. Perfective and Continuative Auxiliary Verbs 7.1 Auxiliary Verbs nu and tsu 7.2 Resultative-Continuative Auxiliary Verbs tari and ri 8. Copular Auxiliary Verbs 9. Auxiliary Verbs of Speculation and Supposition 9.1 mu 9.2 muzu 9.3 kemu 9.4 ramu 9.5 rashi 9.6 mashi 9.7 beshi 9.8 meri 9.9 Hearsay nari 9.10 Summary of the Basic Functions of Speculative Auxiliary Verbs 10. Negative Speculative, Desirative, and Comparative Auxiliary Verbs 10.1 Negative Speculative Auxiliary Verbs ji and maji 10.2 Desirative Auxiliary Verbs tashi and mahoshi 10.3 Comparative Auxiliary Verb gotoshi 11. Passive-Causative Auxiliary Verbs 11.1 ru, raru 11.2 su, sasu, shimu 11.3 Summary of Auxiliary Verbs Part II Noninflected Forms 12. Case Particles 12.1 ga 12.2 no 12.3 o 12.3A o-ba 12.4 ni 12.5 e 12.6 to 12.7 yori 12.8 kara 12.8A kara-ni 12.9 shite 12.10 nite 13. Conjunctive Particles 13.1 ba 13.2 to, tomo 13.3 do, domo 13.4 ni, o 13.5 ga 13.6 te, shite 13.6A zu-te 13.6B te-wa 13.6C Conjunctive Particle te plus Supplementary Verb 13.7 de 13.8 tsutsu 13.9 nagara 13.10 mono-o, mono-kara, mono-no, mono-yue 13.11 Summary of Connections 14. Bound Particles 14.1 wa 14.2 mo 14.2A mo at the End of a Sentence 14.3 zo 14.3A zo at the End of a Sentence 14.4 namu (nan) 14.5 ya (yawa) 14.5A ya (yawa) at the End of a Sentence 14.6 ka (kawa) 14.6A ka (kawa) at the End of a Sentence 14.7 koso 14.7A A Bound Ending Without a Bound Particle 15. Adverbial Particles 15.1 sura 15.2 dani 15.3 sae 15.4 nomi 15.5 bakari 15.6 nado 15.7 made 15.8 shi, shimo 15.9 Note on Adverbial Particles Versus Adverbs 16. Final and Interjectory Particles 16.1 Final Particles 16.2 Interjectory Particles 16.3 Bound Particles at the Ends of Sentences 17. Nouns, Pronouns, Adverbs, Interjections, Conjunctions, and Attributive Words 17.1 Nouns 17.2 Pronouns 17.3 Adverbs 17.4 Interjections 17.5 Conjunctions 17.6 Attributive Words Part III Honorifics 18. Honorific Expressions 18.1 Noninflected Honorifics 18.2 Honorific Supplementary Verbs 18.3 Honorific Verbs 18.4 Honorific Auxiliary Verbs 19. Humble and Polite Expressions 19.1 Humble Verbs 19.1.1 tatematsuru 19.2 Mixing Honorific and Humble Forms 19.3 Summary of Key Honorific and Humble Verbs 19.4 Polite Verbs 20. Nara-Period Grammar 20.1 Auxiliary Verbs 20.2 Case Particles 20.3 Final Particles 20.3.1 kamo Part IV Appendixes Appendix 1. Review of the Six Inflections Appendix 2. Overview of Sound Changes Appendix 3. Prefixes and Suffixes Appendix 4. Supplementary Verbs Appendix 5. Rhetorical Techniques in Japanese Poetry Appendix 6. Easily Confused Elements Appendix 7. Auxiliary Verb Combinations Appendix 8. Conjugational Shifts A8.1 The Disappearance of Conjugation Types A8.2 The Growth of the Rentaikei Form A8.3 New Adjectival Forms Part V Grammar Exercises Tables of Grammatical Forms Table 1. Verb Conjugations Table 2. Adjectives and Adjectival Verb Forms Table 3. Sound Changes Table 4. Auxiliary Verb Conjugations Table 5. Auxiliary Verb Types and Functions Table 6. Auxiliary Verb Connections Table 7. Particles Table 8. Main Functions of Inflected Forms
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Random House Loving Garbo
Book SynopsisHugo Vickers' books include Alice, Princess Andrew of Greece; Gladys, Duchess of Marlborough; Cecil Beaton; Vivien Leigh; Loving Garbo; Royal Orders; The Private World of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor; and The Kiss, which won the 1996 Stern Silver Pen for Non-fiction.Trade ReviewHugely ambitious... Vickers's triumph has been to weave the lives of three bisexual, egotistical monsters into an utterly enthralling narrative. -- Sheridan Morley * Sunday Times *This enticing book... is wonderful. * Observer *Immensely entertaining. -- Alexander Walker * Evening Standard *
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Running Press Game of Thrones CrossStitch Kit
Book SynopsisConquer five cross-stitch designs from the world of Game of Thrones with this officially licensed, all-in-one mini craft kit!- Includes all materials: The kit contains 3 pieces of 4 x 4-inch 18-count cotton Aida cloth, a 3-inch embroidery hoop to stitch and display designs, 2 tapestry needles, and 4 skeins of embroidery floss- Book included: A 32-page, fully illustrated mini book with cross-stitch instructions and 5 patterns: the Stark direwolf sigil, a Daenerys Mother of Dragons design, Arya''s catspaw dagger and Not Today quote, Tyrion''s I drink and I know things quote, and the bell from Cersei''s walk of shame.- For any skill level: With basic cross-stitching instructions and simple patterns, this kit is perfect for beginners and advanced stitchers alike- Display or gift your masterpiece: The tiny embroidery hoop can serve as a frame for your finished work- Officially licensed: An authentic Game of Thrones
£8.97
Schiffer Publishing Ltd VHS Video Cover Art
Book SynopsisContains over 240 full-scale, complete video sleeves in the genres of action, comedy, horror, kids, sci-fi, and thriller films.Trade Review"We all know the power of good sleeve art. Very often its the first thing that tells you whether or not a film is worth giving a look; sometimes, it turns out to be considerably better than the film itself. But in these days of flagrant, unimaginative photoshopping, its a part of the film fan experience that has long been threatening to die out. Happily, many up-and-coming indie filmmakers, and a select few DVD/Blu-Ray labels notably the likes of Arrow and Scream Factory have been doing their bit to keep the spirit of the video shop alive with their original hand-painted cover art, and in that field one particular name always stands out: Tom Hodge, AKA The Dude Designs, whose lurid, expertly rendered visions have helped sell many a recent indie horror hit: Hobo With A Shotgun, Dear God No, Fathers Day, Almost Human, Wolfcop the list goes on. (And, in-keeping with the days of old, I would say in quite a few instances his cover art is indubitably better than the film its selling.) What better man to serve as our guide on a look back through the era that inspired his work? Thats just what were promised in VHS: Video Cover Art, the upcoming hardcover art book from Schiffer Publishing. Due to hit shelves in May, the fine folks at Schiffer have given us a sneak peek at the book including, as you might have gathered, the images you see in this article..." Ben Bussey, brutalashell.com Feb 2015 -"This is a weighty tome, but is a great conversation starter that should be left on your coffee table. Ah, the good old days........." - Starburst magazine, June 2015The Guardian carried a full-page feature about this title, headlined 'Can I get a rewind! The lost art of the VHS cover'. "They were loud and brash and full of ripped men, busty women and guns. But was there more to video covers? Chris Campion celebrates the heroes and villains of this lost art.""From the gaudy to the tawdry, the overblown to the downright tacky, this book has it all... Move geeks over 30 will flip for this." - ImagineFX Sept 2015"Last year we reviewed the first volume of this series here, and what glorious things we saw in those pages. Author Matthew Chojnacki has come back again with a second helping of varied artists interpretations of some very well know, and a few lesser known films. We could pretty much cut and paste the review from last time here. Its all great stuff. The pictures do the talking, a few words direct you to the artists and their websites (although over time these may change as we discovered when looking up artists from the first volume but then thats where google search comes in handy!). Youll be hard pressed to find another series that is this much fun to look at." - Filmwerk.co.uk Feb 2016
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Museum of Modern Art Weimar Cinema 19191933 Daydreams and Nightmares
Book SynopsisConsiders the broad spectrum of influential German films made between the world wars. This title investigates important themes in films from this period, including the portrayal of women and the role of sound.
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Crime Movie and TV Lovers Guide to London
Book SynopsisLondon has been a favourite city for film directors to shoot on location for decades, as it houses some of the most iconic British landmarks as well as beautiful historic buildings. With the constant regeneration of the city, there are also inevitably some shifty-looking derelict sites just perfect for despicable criminal activities to be shot. That is what this book is about. Have you ever wondered where Hatchet Harry's office was in Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, where Mitchel gets stabbed in London Boulevard, where the final fight took place between the Millwall and Chelsea gangs in the Football Factory, or where Poirot's flat was in the iconic TV series?You will be able to visit all of these locations using this book. You can also take a tour of your favourite movie's locations, go on a crime movie pub crawl (although be warned - there are a lot of pubs in crime movies), take a chilled walk through cemeteries and churches or even create your own tours based on postcode. In this book you will find more than 630 locations from 76 crime movies and 12 crime-related TV shows. The book also has more than 100 images taken around the city showing the locations as you will see them today to help you channel your inner Danny Dyer, Poirot or even Kingsman.
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Union Square & Co. StarCrossed Love
Book SynopsisThis humorous, snarky guide to dating and love, inspired by characters and authors from classic literature, will help you navigate the ins and outs of today's ever-more crazy dating scene with aplomb. Traversing the mystifying swampland that is today's dating scene requires a guide. Forget your BFFno one knows the ins and outs of love in all its star-crossed glory quite like characters from the great classics. The hopeless romantic in a Shakespeare play. The charming heroine in a Jane Austen novel. The ill-fated dreamer in pretty much anything by F. Scott Fitzgerald. You'll find sage advice and everything you need to know about romance and relationshipsfrom flirting to the honeymoon phase, rocky roads to domestic blisscourtesy of all the classic characters we know and love (and some we love to hate).
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Hodder & Stoughton The Irishman
Book SynopsisThe book behind the Oscar- and BAFTA-nominated Netflix film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci and Harvey Keitel''The movie event of the year'' - Rolling Stone''One of Martin Scorsese''s best films ever'' - Guardian~The Irishman is an epic saga of organised crime in post-war America told through the eyes of World War II veteran Frank Sheeran, a hustler and hitman who worked for legendary crime boss Russell Bufalino alongside some of the most notorious figures of the 20th Century.Spanning decades, Sheeran''s story chronicles one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in American history, the disappearance of legendary union boss Jimmy Hoffa, and it offers a monumental journey through the hidden corridors of organized crime: its inner workings, rivalries and connections to mainstream politics.Trade ReviewThe book Brandt has written gives new meaning to the term 'guilty pleasure.' It promises to clear up the mystery of Hoffa's demise, and appears to do so. Sheeran not only admits he was in on the hit, he says it was he who actually pulled the trigger - and not just on Hoffa but on dozens of other victims, including many, he alleges, dispatched on Hoffa's orders. This last seems likely to spur a reappraisal of Hoffa's career. * Bryan Burrough, author of Public Enemies, in The New York Times Book Review *My source in the Bufalino family . . . read I Heard You Paint Houses. All the Bufalino guys read it. This old-time Bufalino guy told me he was shocked. He couldn't believe Sheeran confessed all that stuff to [Brandt]. It's all true. * New York Police Department organized crime homicide detective Joseph Coffey *If the made men Brandt rubbed up against during his five years with Sheeran suspected what Sheeran was confessing to him on tape, they'd both have been promptly whacked. * Joe Pistone, retired FBI deep undercover agent and the author of Donnie Brasco *Told with such economy and chilling force as to make The Sopranos suddenly seem overwrought and theatrical. * New York Daily News *This is the greatest Mafia book I ever read, and I read them all. It is so authentic. * Steven Van Zandt, featured actor, ‘Silvio Dante,’ in The Sopranos and member of the E Street Band *Review quotes for the film:Exquisitely made, every detail carefully considered, every location perfectly picked... it feels utterly transporting. * Guardian *A monument is a complicated thing. This one is big and solid - and also surprisingly, surpassingly delicate. * New York Times *A coldly enthralling, long-form knockout - a majestic Mob epic with ice in its veins. * Variety *Scorsese knows his audience and reputation so well that the film constantly plays with, and defies, expectations. * BBC *One of his most satisfying films in decades. * New York Magazine *It runs a minute shy of three and a half hours, and I wouldn't wish it any shorter. * New Yorker *A sprawling gangland saga that's by turns flinty, amusing and richly nostalgic. * Hollywood Reporter *Masterful. * TIME Magazine *
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Pan Macmillan Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool: A True Story
Book SynopsisOn 29 September 1981, Peter Turner received a phone call that would change his life. His former lover, Hollywood actress Gloria Grahame, had collapsed in a Lancaster hotel and was refusing medical attention. He had no choice but to take her into his chaotic and often eccentric family's home in Liverpool. Liverpool born and bred, Turner had first set eyes on Grahame when he was a young actor, living in London. Best known for her portrayal of irresistible femme fatales in films such as The Big Heat, Oklahoma and The Bad and the Beautiful, for which she won an Oscar, Grahame electrified audiences with her steely expressions and heavy lidded eyes and the heroines she bought to life were often dark and dangerous. Turner and Grahame became firm friends and remained so ever after their love affair had ended. And it was to him she turned in her final hour of need.Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool is an affectionate, moving and wryly humorous memoir of friendship, love and stardom.
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Thirsty Books Exploring Cinema Memory
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Fantom Films Limited Too Happy a Face: The Authorised Biography of
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FAB Press Cinema Sewer Volume One: The Adults Only Guide to
Book SynopsisA mind-melting compilation of gonzo writing, illustration and comics about the most insane, sexy, awkward, cheesy, hilarious, upsetting and jaw-dropping movies in the history of film.
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Chester Academic Press Textual Revisions: Reading Literature and Film
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£13.49
Ad Lib Publishers Ltd Bombshell: The Night Bobby Kennedy Killed Marilyn
Book Synopsis‘Bobby called. He’s coming to California. He wants to see me.’ Drawing on secret police files, Marilyn Monroe’s private diary and never before published first-hand testimony, this book proves that Robert Kennedy was directly responsible for her death. It details the legendary star’s tumultuous personal involvement with him and his brother, President John Kennedy, and how they plotted to silence her. The new evidence and revelatory statements are provided by Mike Rothmiller who, as a detective of the Organized Crime Intelligence Division (OCID) of the LAPD, had direct personal access to hundreds of restricted LAPD files on exactly what happened at Marilyn Monroe’s Californian home on August 5, 1962. With his training and investigator’s knowledge, Rothmiller used that confidential information to get to the heart of the matter, to the people who were there the night Marilyn died – two of whom played major roles in the cover-up – and the wider conspiracy to protect the Kennedys whatever the collateral damage. There will be those with doubts, but to them, the lawman – who directed international intelligence operations targeting organized crime – says the printed, forensic and oral evidence are totally convincing. He insists: ‘If I presented my evidence in any court of law, I’d get a conviction.’
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Headpress The Satanic Screen
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HarperCollins Publishers India Shah Rukh Khan
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Insight Editions Labyrinth Vhs
£18.15
Penguin Random House India Changemakers
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Penguin Random House India Bachelor Dad
Book SynopsisTusshar Kapoor, a Bollywood celebrity, became India's first single dad via surrogacy. He shares his journey of raising his son Laksshya, navigating parenthood, and finding love in a candid and insightful narrative.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Production Management for Film and Video
Book SynopsisPacked with step by step information, hints and tips, this book provides all the basic information needed to production manage a film or video from beginning to end - from idea to delivery.Production Management for Film and Video gives all the basic information needed to production manage a film or video from beginning to end - from idea to delivery.Aspiring young film producers, programme makers and students of film or video production will find this an essential source of information, as indeed will anybody wishing to improve their knowledge and skills in the field. One is guided from the script or proposal, right through the various stages of production management to include: script breakdown crossplotting scheduling budgeting preparation the shoot editing and post-production deliveryNow in its tTable of ContentsThe production manager; The production processes; A feature script; A documentary proposal; Pre-production; Script breakdown; The cross plot; Scheduling a feature; Scheduling a documentary; Budgeting a feature; Budgeting a documentary; Controlling a budget; Preparing for the shoot; The shoot; Post production; Delivery; The business of production
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Vales Technique of Screen and Television Writing
Book SynopsisVale''s Technique of Screen and Television Writing is an updated and expanded edition of a valuable guide to writing for film and television. Mr. Vale takes the aspiring writer through every phase of a film''s development, from the original concept to the final shooting script. Teachers of the craft as well as writers and directors have acclaimed it as one of the best books ever written on how to write a screenplay.This book combines practical advice for the aspiring or established writer with a lucid overview of the unique features of this most contemporary art form, distinguishing film and video from other media and other kinds of storytelling. It teaches the reader to think in terms of the camera and gives practical advice on the realities of filmmaking. At the same time, Vale, who began his own career as a scriptwriter for the great French director Jean Renoir, provides a solid grounding in the history of drama from the Classical Greek theater through the greaTrade Review'Eugene Vale, who knows whereof he speaks, has summed up the screen writer's problems in a book that is brilliant, and loaded with common sense.'The New York Times Book Review'Extremely interesting, for the layman as well as for the professional.'Billy Wilder'The definitive book on this subject, and of immense value to anyone, amateur or professional.'Carl ForemanTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Exciting New Media* Part I: The Form* The Film and TV Language* The Sources of Information* Enlargement and Composition* The Scene* Selection of Information* Division of Knowledge* Three Types of Storytelling* Part II: The Story* Characterization* Transition of Action* Disturbance and Adjustment* Main Intentions and Subintentions* The Effect Upon the Audience* Television, Cable and Pay TV, Video, Satellite Broadcasts* Part III: The Dramatic Construction* From Idea to Final Form* How to Choose Story Material* Understandability, Probability, Identification* Story Content* The Writing of the Script* The Young Filmmakers* The Daring Conviction* Glossary* Appendix on Script Formatting
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd A to Zendaya
Book SynopsisSatu Hämeenaho-Fox is a writer and editor from London. A pop culture fan and theorist, she has written books on celebrities, fashion history, and nature. You can find her either in a museum gift shop or tending to her orchard.
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University of Illinois Press German Film After Germany Toward a Transnational
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Women in African Cinema
Book SynopsisWomen in African Cinema: Beyond the Body Politic showcases the very prolific but often marginalised presence of women in African cinema, both on the screen and behind the camera. This book provides the first in-depth and sustained examination of women in African cinema. Films by women from different geographical regions are discussed in case studies that are framed by feminist theoretical and historical themes, and seen through an anti-colonial, philosophical, political and socio-cultural cinematic lens. A historical and theoretical introduction provides the context for thematic chapters exploring topics ranging from female identities, female friendships, women in revolutionary cinema, motherhood and daughterhood, women's bodies, sexuality, and spirituality. Each chapter serves up a theoretical-historical discussion of the chosen theme, followed by two in-depth case studies that provide contextual and transnational readings of the films as well as outlining prodTable of Contents1. Women in African Cinema: Histories and Theories 2. The Multiplicity of Female Identities: Embracing Plurality 3. Female Friendships in Film: Affinities, Affiliations and Activism 4. Women in Revolution and Revolutionary Cinema 5. Daughters and Their Mothers: Between Conflict and Acceptance 6. African Women's Bodies: Journeys into Womanhood 7. (Re)defining Female Sexuality through Film 8. Spiritual Pathways to Emancipation
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Studio Television Production and Directing
Book SynopsisMaster the fundamentals of studio production procedure and become an effective leader on set. Gain fluency in essential studio terms and technology and acquire the skills you need to make it in the industry. Elegant, accessible, and to the point, the second edition of Andrew H. Utterbackâs Studio Television Production and Directing is your back-to-the-basics guide to studio-based lighting, set design, camera operations, floor direction, technical direction, audio capture, graphics, prompting, and assistant directing. Whether you are an established studio professional or a student looking to enter the field, this book provides you with the technical expertise you need to successfully coordinate live or taped studio television in the digital age. This new edition has been updated to include: A UK/Euro focused appendix, enhancing the bookâs accessibility to students and professionals of television production around the world Trade Review"As both a technical director/editor and as a consultant, I’ve seen the broadcast news industry reinvent itself many times over the past thirty years. Most textbooks either misread the technical end of the business or ignore it entirely. It’s refreshing to see a text that is not only relevant in today’s news environment, but accurately explains the business from both technical and journalistic viewpoints." - Mark Helman, Broadcast Consultant "Dr. Utterback's real world experience paired with his approach to teaching the fundamentals and essential techniques helped me hone my craft and transition from academic to the local TV market." - Grace Guerin, Production Technician, Fox CT "Dr. Utterback's knowledge of the production process gave me a greater appreciation for all members of the team tasked with putting a quality newscast on the air and that is something that helped me in my career as a producer." -Robby Messer, Former Utterback student and Emmy-winning producer Table of ContentsOverview of Equipment and Positions: The Studio and the Control Room; Audio Control and Technical Directing; Lighting and Set; Studio Cameras and Floor Directing; Prompter, Graphics, Tape; Rundowns, Scripts, Video Clip Information; Assistant Directing and Directing
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University of California Press The Sixties 1960 1969
Book SynopsisAmid the turbulence of political assassinations, the civil rights struggle, and antiwar protests, American society was experiencing growing affluence and profound cultural change during the 1960s. This text looks at the way in which the film industry interpreted the era.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Contributors Introduction 1 Hollywood Faces New Challenges 2 Changing Patterns of Production and the Arrival of the Conglomerates 3 The Runaway Audience and the Changing World of Movie Exhibition 4 The Waning Production Code and the Rise of the Ratings System 5 The Camera Eye 6 The Cutter's Room 7 Sound and Music 8 The Twilight of the Goddesses: Hollywood Actresses in the 1960s 9 Male Domination of the Hollywood Screen 10 The Establishment Judges: Academy Awards for Best Picture 11 Landmark Movies of the 196os and the Cinema of Sensation 12 The Nonfiction Film Richard M. Barsam 13 "What Went Wrong?": The American Avant-Garde Cinema of the 196os Walter Metz Conclusion Appendixes APPENDIX 1 NUMBER OF FEATURE FILMS RELEASED BY THE SEVEN MAJOR DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES, 1960-1968, 1970 APPENDIX 2 NUMBER AND FREQUENCY OF THEATRICAL AND MADE-FOR-TV FEATURE FILMS ON U.S. NETWORK TELEVISION, 1961/62-1970/71 APPENDIX 3 NUMBER OF MOTION PICTURE THEATERS IN THE UNITED STATES APPENDIX 4 CONSTRUCTION OF NEW MOTION PICTURE THEATERS IN THE UNITED STATES, BY TYPE APPENDIX 5 MOTION PICTURE BOX OFFICE RECEIPTS IN THE UNITED STATES APPENDIX 6 RELEASES IN WIDESCREEN PROCESSES, 1960-1968 APPENDIX 7 ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS AND WINNERS (IN BOLD) FOR BEST PICTURE, 1960-1969 APPENDIX 8 SELECTED AMERICAN AVANT-GARDE FILMS OF THE SIXTIES, BY YEAR Notes Bibliography Picture Sources General Index Index of Films
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Faber & Faber Alan Clarke
Book SynopsisAn unusually brilliant generation of film-makers emerged from British television drama in the 1960-70s - none more formidable than Alan Clarke. Yet Clarke enjoyed only a vague renown among the public, even though some of his most incendiary productions - Scum, The Firm, Made in Britain - attracted great controversy. But he was greatly admired by his fellow professionals: ''He became the best of all of us'', Stephen Frears observed after Clarke''s untimely death in 1990.In his work Clarke explored working-class lives and left-wing themes with unflinching directness and humour. He forged alliances with gifted writers and producers, and his facility for encouraging stunning performaces (from Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Ray Winstone) made him a hero amongst actors. As a man, Clarke''s wit, vigour and generosity were legendary. Yet he retained a privacy which made him enigmatic and imbued his work with much of its austere radiance. This volume is a tribute to Clar
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The History Press Ltd John Gielgud An Actors Life Centenary Edition
Book SynopsisJohn GielgudTrade Review‘A testimony to Gyles Brandreth’s talent … Avoiding the usual tedious cradle-to-grave narrative, Brandreth braids Gielgud’s own reminiscences with those from friends and colleagues. What sets this apart from the usual kind of puff is Brandreth’s own voice, directing our responses to Gielgud’s art.’ – Kathryn Hughes, Daily Telegraph‘Full of personal detail … a treasure trove of anecdote but also clear and informative … Brandreth’s immaculate, charming and deceptively modest book … fascinating.’ – Carole Woddis, Glasgow Herald‘Cometh the hour, cometh the biography.’ – Stratford-upon-Avon Herald
£6.39
McFarland and Company, Inc. Kay Francis A Passionate Life and Career
Book Synopsis Kay Francis came of age in the Roaring Twenties and relished the era''s hedonistic pursuits. Her career as an actress was launched at the same time, and before her death in 1968, she had appeared on many theater stages, in more than 60 films, on radio, in USO tours, as a model, and on television. The tall, stylish actress had a husky voice and dark beauty that was striking on film. Despite her financial success, relaxed morals, and life as a socialite, the millionaire actress shunned luxuries such as limousines and sprawling estates popular among Hollywood elite. The actress, who insisted she wanted to be forgotten, left behind scrapbooks, boxes of memorabilia and detailed diaries. These rich resources help provide an exhaustive look at the life of one of Hollywood''s most intriguing early stars. Francis'' biography is the heart of this book, beginning with her family background and her upbringing by a vaudevillian actress mother. The story of her extensive career and never-ending romantic pursuits is peppered with comments from the media and her own diaries, and supplemented with ample photographs. A chronology gives dates of theater openings, film releases, marriages, television and radio appearances, births and deaths. A filmography includes complete cast and credit lists.
£20.89
McFarland and Company, Inc. Found Footage Horror Films Fear and the
Book SynopsisAs the horror subgenre du jour, found footage horror's amateur filmmaking look has made it available to a range of budgets, allowing both major studios and independent productions to participate in the popular phenomenon. Found Footage Horror Films explores the subgenre's stylistic, historical and thematic development.
£20.89
Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S. Starstruck
Book SynopsisFor four decades film historian Ira M. Resnick has been amassing a superb collection of 2,000 vintage movie posters and 1,500 stills, which has never before been published. Starstruck: Vintage Movie Posters from Classic Hollywood features the best of Resnick's collection, with vivid reproductions of 250 posters and forty stills from the golden age of Hollywood, 1912 to 1962.In a moving introduction, Resnick relates how his love of vintage movie art translated into a career as a collector and the founder of the Motion Picture Arts Gallery, the first gallery devoted exclusively to the art of the movies. Resnick's first-hand account offers entertaining anecdotes about how he managed to acquire such stellar film artwork, as well as historical information about the stars and films shown on the pieces he collected.Guiding the reader through the best posters and stills of his collection, Resnick provides a tour of cinematic history, starting in the sTable of ContentsForeword Introduction 1 The Education of a Collector 2 Falling in Love Again (and Again): The Development of a Collection 3 The Silents, 1912--1929 4 The Golden Age of the Talkies: The Women, 1927--1941 5 The Golden Age of the Talkies: The Men, 1927--1941 6 From Citizen Kane to Breakfast at Tiffany's, 1941--1962 7 Great Directors 8 Classic Films 9 Little-Known Movies with Great Graphics My Fifty Favorite One-sheets A Guide for the Movie Poster Collector Acknowledgments Bibliography Index
£35.24
Rizzoli International Publications Movie Emojis 100 Cinematic Q and As 100 Cinematic
Book SynopsisA mashup of emojis and movie trivia that keeps film buffs, trivia geeks, and everyone who emojis guessing.Featuring 100 movie titles or plotlines, each described through a series of emojis that must be deciphered, Movie Emoji tests readers' movie and emoji IQ. Thinking Face and Hands in the Air!In Movie Emojis, Frying Pan with Egg with a Diamond Ring become a beloved film about a tiara-wearing free spirit set in New York City while Shushing Face and two Sheep can only be the one that pits an FBI agent and a psychopath against a serial killer. From classics to blockbusters, indie gems to fan-favorites, easy to challenging--guessing the titles behind the emojis is pure Face with Tears of Joy. Movie Emojis brings together the universal languages of emojis and movies to perfectly break Grimacing Face moments at parties, enliven Zzz car rides, and test anyone's movie and emoji Brain.
£10.76
Beacon Press Dance We Do A Poet Explores Black Dance
Book SynopsisIn her first posthumous work, the revered poet crafts a personal history of Black dance and captures the careers of legendary dancers along with her own rhythmic beginnings.Many learned of Ntozake Shange’s ability to blend movement with words when her acclaimed choreopoem for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf made its way to Broadway in 1976, eventually winning an Obie Award the following year. But before she found fame as a writer, poet, performer, dancer, and storyteller, she was an untrained student who found her footing in others’ classrooms. Dance We Do is a tribute to those who taught her and her passion for rhythm, movement, and dance.After 20 years of research, writing, and devotion, Ntozake Shange tells her history of Black dance through a series of portraits of the dancers who trained her, moved with her, and inspired her to share the power of the Black body with her audience. Shange celebrates
£17.99
University of Alberta Press North of Everything
Book SynopsisTrade Review"With its combination of histories, interviews and directorial profiles, North of Everything has a broad scope and accessible style that will appeal to film enthusiasts, students, and scholars alike." Diane Burgess, CinemaScope"Their edited collection has thirty-two contributors, several of which are major figures in Canadian film scholarship, including Kay Armatage.Seth Feldman.Geoff Pevere and Robin Wood. But what is particularly pleasing about this collection is its wide range of contributors, including Americans....[North of Everything] will help students of Canadian cinema understand a bi-national cinematic culture that is rich but unknown to most of the world." George Melnyk, The American Review of Canadian Studies, Spring 2005"What both [North of Everything and Canada's Best Features] overwhelmingly convey to me, however, is that new and often more comprehensive arguments about Canadian cinema are being constructed. I think one of the most important developments that these collections register, is that finally critics of Canadian cinema are no longer obliged to erect a unified front on a subject of method of analysis." Jean Bruce, Canadian Journal of Film Studies, Vol. 13, No.2, Autumn, 2004.
£38.69
Mage Publishers My Favorite Films
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£17.99
Mage Publishers My Favorite Films
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£30.15
Tomahawk Press Tod Brownings Dracula
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£18.00
Umbria Press Adventures in the Movie Biz
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£11.52
Bookbaby The Telenovela Method 2nd Edition
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£16.14
Film Desk Books The World Of Jia Zhangke
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£23.75
Headline Publishing Group A Life Worth Living
Book Synopsis''I can''t recommend it highly enough'' STEPHEN FRY ''Everyone needs to hear his voice'' MARK HADDONI''m a man on a mission to show that life with Down syndrome can be exciting and is worth living, so that other people understand and give us the chance to live life to the full and to be fulfilled.Tommy Jessop''s acting career spans Line of Duty, multi-award winning roles in short films, various roles on television and the stage. From his emotional role in the hit BBC series, to playing Hamlet on stage, and through his campaigning, Tommy has created real change. He has been at the vanguard of bringing awareness of the need for opportunities and the real potential of people living with Down syndrome to the media, the general public and to government.A Life Worth Living is Tommy''s story and Tommy''s philosophy in his own words. This uplifting read will resonate with anyone who is facing a challenge and has been especially highly praised by families and friends of people living with Down syndrome who find it immensely encouraging.
£18.00
A Rabbit's Foot A RABBITS FOOT ISSUE 14
£19.00
Cypress Hills Press The New Avengers
£28.49
