Film Production: Technical & Background Skills

By examining three case studies of award-winning soundtracks from cult filmsBarton Fink (1991), Bram Stokers Dracula (1992), and The English Patien...

Film editing is part of the long process of formulating, acquiring and presenting the images and sounds that make a film. The film editor makes dec...

In the Harry Potter films, each wand is as unique as the witch or wizard who wields it. Whether talon-shaped like Bellatrix Lestranges or simple an...

Renowned for his masterful storytelling, Alan J. Pakula (19281998) left an indelible mark on cinema history. Alan J. Pakula: Interviews offers a co...

Covering everything from Hollywood films to Soviet cinema, Londons queer spaces to spaceships, horror architecture and action scenes, Screen Interi...

Born in San Antonio, Texas, in 1941, acclaimed filmmaker Severo Perez moved to Los Angeles in 1972 to pursue a career in the motion picture industr...

Critical wisdom has it that we said a long goodbye to film noir in the 1950s. Robert Miklitsch begs to differ. Pursuing leads down the back streets...

What purpose does place serve in films? When it is not just a background to actions, or indistinguishable from the landscape, or a simple space to ...

The nimble, creative spirit of Quebecois screenwriter and filmmaker, Denis Villeneuve, is reflected in his varied body of work. Villeneuve explores...

Originally conceived as a workbook for young directors ÊThe Little Blue Book for FilmmakersÊ has become a handbook for easy reference with all th...

ÊThe Complete Guide to Writing Producing and Directing a Low-Budget Short FilmÊ is a comprehensive step-by-step overview of how to complete and p...

Award-winning independent filmmaker Glenn Berggoetz shares all he knows about making a marketable feature film for $2 000. While most books on inde...

The seemingly effortless integration of sound, movement, and editing in films of the late 1930s stands in vivid contrast to the awkwardness of the ...

Freak Scenes explores the increased licensing of indie music and representation of indie music cultures within American independent cinema since th...

A lifetime of cinematic writing culminates in this breathtaking statement on films unique ability to move usCinema is commonly hailed as the univer...

A lifetime of cinematic writing culminates in this breathtaking statement on films unique ability to move usCinema is commonly hailed as the univer...

Designed for researchers seeking new ways to explore their field and media professionals aiming to extend their practice, this filmmaking handbook ...

From the moment Star Wars burst onto the screen in 1977, audiences have been in equal parts fascinated and appalled by the half-man/half-machine hy...

More than a makeup book, Beauty of the Beast is a transformation manual by special effects makeup artist Emily Schubert. It combines expertise from...

Films like The Eternal Daughter and the diptych The Souvenir and The Souvenir Part II have cemented Joanna Hoggs reputation as an original voice i...

Films like The Eternal Daughter and the diptych The Souvenir and The Souvenir Part II have cemented Joanna Hoggs reputation as an original voice i...

While the work of Sofia Coppola has often been dismissed as being stereotypically feminine and placing more focus on spectacle over substance, Sofi...

This is the first monograph-length work intended to enable readers with a humanities background and the general public to understand what the proce...