Filmmaking and production: technical and background skills

The first major English-language study of Jarmusch At a time when gimmicky, action-driven blockbusters ruled Hollywood, Jim Jarmusch spearheaded a boom in independent cinema by making now-classic low-budget films like Stranger than Paradise, Down by Law, and Mystery Train.

For a director who has made a limited number of feature films over four-plus decades, Terrence Malick sustains an extraordinary reputation as one of America's most original and independent directors.

Nicole Brenez argues for Abel Ferrara's place in a line of grand inventors who have blurred distinctions between industry and avant-garde film, including Orson Welles, Monte Hellman, and Nicholas Ray.

A new take on an eclectic and controversial director James Morrison's critical study offers a comprehensive and critically engaged treatment on Roman Polanski's immense body of work.

South African film culture, like so much of its public life, has undergone a tremendous transformation during its first decade of democracy.

For well over a decade, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne have produced highly original and ethically charged films that immerse their audiences in an intense and embodied viewing experience.

Well known for his slapstick comedic style, Jerry Lewis has also delighted worldwide movie audiences with a directing career spanning five decades.

This survey of Sally Potter's work explores her cinematic development from the feminist reworking of La Boheme in Thriller to the provocative contemplation of romantic relationships after 9/11 in Yes.

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In this book, Peter Brunette analyzes the theatrical releases of Austrian film director Michael Haneke, including The White Ribbon, winner of the 2009 Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

This in-depth study of Mexican film director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu explores his role in moving Mexican filmmaking from a traditional nationalist agenda towards a more global focus.

With landmark films such as Fargo, O Brother Where art Thou?

Steven Spielberg's extraordinary career redefined Hollywood, but his achievement goes far beyond shattered box office records.

In the 1950s, the gangster movie and film noir crisscrossed to create gangster noir.

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

Films like Zama and The Headless Woman have made Lucrecia Martel a fixture on festival marquees and critic's best lists.

Films like Welcome to the Dollhouse and Happiness established Todd Solondz as independent cinema's premier satirist.

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

Before his death in 2016, Abbas Kiarostami wrote or directed more than thirty films in a career that mirrored Iranian cinema's rise as an international force.

If size counts for anything, Michael Bay towers over his contemporaries.

Jan Svankmajer enjoys a curious sort of anti-reputation: he is famous for being obscure.

Kelly Reichardt's 1994 debut River of Grass established her gift for a slow-paced realism that emphasizes the ongoing, everyday nature of emergency.

Mediating Presence: Immersive Experience Design Workbook for UX Designers, Filmmakers, Artists, and Content Creators provides the foundation for a broader understanding of the impact of XR as the next medium.

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Designed for people who want to tell a story their way, 'The Complete Idiot's Guide to Indpendent Filmmaking explains everything a budding auteur needs to know, from literary development and financial and organizational pre-production to principal photography production, post-production assembly, exhibition and distribution, and more.

The definitive collection of Star Wars incredible cross-sections - updated with brand new vehiclesStar Wars Complete Cross Sections of Vehicles is the complete guide to the spacecraft and vehicles of the Star Wars six-film saga.

"e;Brackett's diaries read like a funnier, better-paced version of Barton Fink.

Lighting performs essential functions in Hollywood films, enhancing the glamour, clarifying the action, and intensifying the mood.

The story of the music that accompanies the cinematic adventures of Ian Fleming's intrepid Agent 007 is one of surprising real-life drama.

The story of the music that accompanies the cinematic adventures of Ian Fleming's intrepid Agent 007 is one of surprising real-life drama.

Hollywood's conversion from silent to synchronized sound film production not only instigated the convergence of the film and music industries but also gave rise to an extraordinary period of songs in American cinema.

Beginning in the 1930s, men and a handful of women came from India's many communities-Marathi, Parsi, Goan, North Indian, and many others--to Mumbai to work in an industry that constituted in the words of some, "e;the original fusion music.

Film music is as old as cinema itself.

Music has been an integral part of film exhibition from its beginnings in the late nineteenth century.

The impact of significant loss has exerted a powerful influence on several American avant-garde filmmakers .

The impact of significant loss has exerted a powerful influence on several American avant-garde filmmakers .

Its unique ability to sway the masses has led many observers to consider cinema the artform with the greatest political force.

In Totally Truffaut, author Anne Gillain answers two complex riddles: How is experience imprinted into films?

In Totally Truffaut, author Anne Gillain answers two complex riddles: How is experience imprinted into films?

Robert Altman and the Elaboration of Hollywood Storytelling reveals an Altman barely glimpsed in previous critical accounts of the filmmaker.

Robert Altman and the Elaboration of Hollywood Storytelling reveals an Altman barely glimpsed in previous critical accounts of the filmmaker.

Only a few years after the 2013 Sundance Film Festival premiere of Blackfish - an independent documentary film that critiqued the treatment of orcas in captivity - visits to SeaWorld declined, major corporate sponsors pulled their support, and performing acts canceled appearances.

Only a few years after the 2013 Sundance Film Festival premiere of Blackfish - an independent documentary film that critiqued the treatment of orcas in captivity - visits to SeaWorld declined, major corporate sponsors pulled their support, and performing acts canceled appearances.

To many, the technological aspects of projection often go unnoticed, only brought to attention during moments of crisis or malfunction.

To many, the technological aspects of projection often go unnoticed, only brought to attention during moments of crisis or malfunction.

The chapters in The Oxford Handbook of Canadian Cinema present a rich, diverse overview of Canadian cinema.

In Person: Reenactment in Postwar and Contemporary Cinema delineates a new performative genre based on replay and self-awareness.

A refreshing new practical approach to documentary filmmaking, Get Close: Lean Team Documentary Filmmaking equips new and veteran filmmakers with the knowhow to make artistically rewarding documentaries for less money, less hassle, and less time.

A refreshing new practical approach to documentary filmmaking, Get Close: Lean Team Documentary Filmmaking equips new and veteran filmmakers with the knowhow to make artistically rewarding documentaries for less money, less hassle, and less time.

During the mid-1950s, when Hollywood found itself struggling to compete within an expanding entertainment media landscape, certain producers and studios saw an opportunity in making films that showcased performances by rock 'n' roll stars.