Film Production: Technical & Background Skills

Stanley Kubrick Produces provides the first comprehensive account of Stanley Kubricks role as a producer, and of the role of the producers he worke...

With this new edition of Special Makeup Effects for Stage and Screen, author Todd Debreceni presents the latest techniques and special effects in w...

Examines the ways in whichmoving imagescan help us better understand factual political tortureExamines role of images and film in (mis)understandin...

'Daniel Herbert and Constantine Verevis' Film Reboots is dedicated to a fundamental question of the form, namely why do reboots exist and what do t...

Based on new archival evidence and interviews, and setting out a new theoretical framework for music video analysis, Emily Caston presents a major ...

Michelangelo Antonioni's 1960s films are widely recognized as both exemplars of cinema and key texts in ushering in cinema's 'modern' incarnation. ...

This is the first English-language study of internationally acclaimed Portuguese filmmaker Pedro Costa, examining the cultural, production and exhi...

Explores Irving Thalberg's importance as not only a producer, but also a theorist of studio-era filmmakingOffers acritical reappraisal of Thalberg'...

This is the first book-length study to examine the enduring popularity of block-buster films based on DC or Marvel superhero comics properties. It ...

Whether we consider the digitally created and manipulated faces of Hollywood cinema or the social media filters, face apps, and surveillance softwa...

Lucrecia Martel has made only four feature films to date, but has nonetheless become one of the world's most admired directors. Her work is extraor...

An updated edition with completely new chapters of the most accessible and compelling history of the cinema yet published, and compl...

With the release of Star Trek Beyond in 2016, viewers were given a spectacular visual treat as a whole host of new aliens made their appearance for...

The next expert special effects makeup guide to all things gory, bloody, disgusting, and fantastic. Uncover the secrets of horror makeup in the t...

A Fans Look at the Back to the Future FranchiseBrad Gilmore's book not only offers new perspectives and a deeper understanding of Back to the Futur...

The official 10th anniversary making of book for the Duncan Jones directed sci-fi film Moon. Directed by Duncan Jones, and written by Nathan Parke...

Much more than a page-turner. It's the first essential work of cultural history of the new decade. -Charles Kaiser, The Guardian The Pulitzer Priz...

Horror cinema is a genre that is undergoing constant evolution, from the sub-genre of 'found footage' to post-cinematic new media forms such as You...

Casting fresh light on one of the most important movements in film history, Intermedial Dialogues: The French New Wave and the Other Arts is the fi...

Analyses the sonic environment mediated and crafted within the film and audiovisual media arts Defines the generally underexplored but well-used t...

Get Started in Film Making is the essential guide for all budding film makers, empowering and inspiring anyone to unleash their creative side. Comp...