Film Production: Technical & Background Skills

Spy-Fi Culture with a License to KillFrom Sean Connery to Daniel Craig, James Bond is the highest-grossing movie franchise of all time. Out-grossin...

GO BEHIND THE SCENES OF YOUR FAVORITE MARVEL STUDIOS FILMS TO SEE HOW THE MIGHTIEST HEROES AND DEADLIEST VILLAINS WERE BROUGHT TO LIFE!   When Iron...

Orry-Kelly created magic on screen, from Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon to Some Like It Hot. He won three Oscars for costume design. He dressed ...

Amateur film: Meaning and practice 1927-77 plunges readers into the world of home movies making and reveals that behind popular perceptions of clic...

The acclaimed follow-up to one of the most widely heralded special effects makeup tutorial books ever published. A Complete Guide to Special Effect...

Billy Wilder's work remains a masterful combination of incisive social commentary, skilled writing and directing, and unashamed entertainment va...

Telling a story is simple, right? You take a 'hero' and send them on a 'journey'. There's a beginning, middle and an end. But what if your story do...

This original collection fills a gap in the literature on Lav Diaz, and more broadly, on slow and durational cinema. The importance of the director...

John Richardson is an Oscar-winning special effects supervisor and designer, who has been involved in over 100 movies, including nine James Bond ad...

Sound Design for Film offers an in-depth study of one of cinemas most powerful storytelling tools, exploring the creative landscape and proposing a...

Learn first-rate techniques and tips from some of the best makeup artists in the business in the new edition of The Makeup Artist Handbook. Renown ...

Crowdfunding is a major source of funding for independent films and over $250 million has been raised for films just on Kickstarter alone. This boo...

Picasso apparently said, when critics get together, they talk about theory. When painters get together, they talk about turpentine.' That has been ...

These in-depth profiles illuminate the careers of ten motion picture crew members who worked during Hollywood's Independent Age of film and tele...

Oscar-winning production designer Peter Lamont worked behind the scenes on 18 lames Bond films, beginning with the 1960s classics starring Sean Con...