Film Production: Technical & Background Skills

Screen Space Reconfigured is the first edited volume that critically and theoretically examines the many novel renderings of space brought to us by...

With machines mediating most of our cultural practices, and innovations, obsolescence and revivals constantly transforming our relation with images...

The 1979 film Alien has left an indelible mark on popular culture. Directed by Ridley Scott, at the time known primarily for making advertisements,...

Introduction to Cinematography offers a practical, stage-by-stage guide to the creative and technical foundations of cinematography. Building from ...

How did the introduction of recorded music affect the production, viewing experience, and global export of movies? In Movies, Songs, and Electric S...

Location shooting has always been a vital counterpart to soundstage production, and at times, the primary form of Hollywood filmmaking. But until n...

ÊA Quick Guide to Film DirectingÊ provides the reader with a concise and comprehensive overview of this creative and exciting occupation. Written i...

Digital Cinema considers how new technologies have revolutionized the medium, while investigating the continuities that might remain from filmmakin...

In The Long Take, Lutz Koepnick posits extended shot durations as a powerful medium for exploring different modes of perception and attention in ou...

Directing for the Screen is a collection of essays and interviews exploring the business of directing. This highly accessible guide to working in f...

Writing for the Screen is a collection of essays and interviews exploring the business of screenwriting. This highly accessible guide to working in...

Roman Polanski: Behind the Scenes of His Classic Early Films is a rare portrait of the artist in the act of creation. Journalist, film historian, a...

Almost as famous for the legendary excesses of his personal life as for his films, Sam Peckinpah (19251984) cemented his reputation as one of the g...

The first academic book to explore indie music and indie music cultures on screen Combines historical, cultural, aesthetic and industry analysis t...

George A. Romero is recognised as one of the most culturally significant horror auteurs in American cinema. From his debut Night of the Living Dead...

Examines the extensive and diverse oeuvre of American filmmaker William Wyler Explores Wyler's work in connection with current themes and topics i...

Hong Kong Cinema and Sinophone Transnationalisms explores the intricate complexity of selected films and film-making practices from 1930s Hong Kong...

Offers a novel, body-centric approach to Burton's films that provides a distinctive way to consider his filmmaking Explores unique technical perso...

Studies the dynamic industrial and cultural transformations that have produced a regional Asian cinema in the last three decades Includes case stu...

This work is a detailed portrait of one of the most important, bustling and absurd industries that cinema has ever known: colorful essays and ni...

Harun Farocki was one of the worlds most celebrated experimental filmmakers at the time of his death in 2014. In a career spanning over fifty years...

Harun Farocki was one of the worlds most celebrated experimental filmmakers at the time of his death in 2014. In a career spanning over fifty years...

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

Provides the first scholarly study of the films of William Friedkin Contextualizes the entire trajectory of Friedkin's work both historically and ...

This book is devoted to the critical study of the cinema of John Milius, filling a major gap in the literature by combining the examination of the ...

A grand panorama of race and civil unrest in Americas past and present Carrie Mae Weems has often confronted the uncomfortable truths of racism an...

How do we compare a Broadway musical to its Hollywood counterpart? A Fine Romance: Adapting Broadway to Hollywood in the Studio System Era answers ...

A Critical Companion to Robert Zemeckis offers a comprehensive, academic and detailed study of the works of Robert Zemeckis, whose films include su...