Film Production: Technical & Background Skills

In this three-part book-length study of the work of Gregg Toland, Philip Cowan explores approaches to co-authorship in collaborative filmmaking to ...

Werner Herzog's protean imagination has produced a filmography that is nothing less than a sustained meditation on the modern human condition. Thou...

Since the release of his breakout film Irréversible in 2002, Gaspar Noé (b. 1963) has been labeled the principal provocateur of twenty-first-centur...

In Violence in the Films of Stephen King, contributors analyze the theme of violence in the film adaptations of Stephen Kings workranging from the ...

Films like Welcome to the Dollhouse and Happiness established Todd Solondz as independent cinema's premier satirist. Blending a trademark black hum...

This wide-ranging and insightful collection of interviews with D. A. Pennebaker (19252019) spans the prolific career of this pioneer of observation...

If size counts for anything, Michael Bay towers over his contemporaries. His summer-defining event films involve extraordinary production costs and...

Revolutionary thinking around gender and race merged with new film technologies to usher in a wave of women's documentaries in the 1970s. Driven by...

This book presents a comprehensive history and analysis of Secret Cinema the leading producer of large-scale immersive experiences in the UK. It e...

This comprehensive and in-depth study delves into the life and works of the most famous director who has ever lived, Steven Spielberg. Spielberg is...

This edited volume offers a wide-ranging picture of Argentine women filmmakers contribution to the film industry from the 1980s to the present by b...

This is Halloween . . . and its all in one place! Count down to the most festive of holidays in Halloween Town with the gloriously ghastly gifts in...

The Disney Villains have come to haunt your holiday with mini books, mementos, decorations, and other tricks and treats! Why celebrate Halloween on...

This fully revised and updated fourth edition of Motion Picture and Video Lighting explores the technical, aesthetic, and practical aspects of ligh...

This exhilarating pop-up book invites you to relive the movie adventures of Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, and the Boy Who LivedHarry Potteras you ...

A guide to making movies at home with whatever equipment you have, learning the basics of cinematographic and storytelling techniques. Filmmaking,...