Documentary film can encompass anything from Robert Flaherty's pioneering ethnography Nanook of the North to Michael Moore's anti-Iraq War polemic Fahrenheit 9/11, from Dziga Vertov's artful Soviet propaganda piece Man with a Movie Camera to Luc Jacquet's heart-tugging wildlife epic March of the Penguins.
Sharing his own process honed over a decades-long career, Emmy-nominated director Dan Attias brings you into the actual experience of directing series television.
Based on a research project funded by the Swedish Research Council, this book analyses 40 years of post-war independent immigrant filmmaking in Sweden.
Cinema was the first, and is arguably still the greatest, of the industrialized art forms that came to dominate the cultural life of the twentieth century.
When she died in 1977, Joan Crawford was remembered as an icon of Hollywood's Golden Age-until publication the following year of her daughter's memoir, Mommie Dearest.
Gaston Leroux's 'The Phantom of the Opera' is a timeless Gothic classic that takes readers deep into the mysterious world beneath the Paris Opera House.
A fun, insightful insider's look at the nuts and bolts of writing action movies, from concept to completion, by a professional screenwriter and professor of screenwriting.
Production company Moon Studio has launched a new children's series called WILDLIFE JACK AND HIS ANIMAL ADVENTURES on the Disney channel this summer, narrated by Chris Packham.
Working from a writer's perspective, this book explores these Three Wells and helps you con-sciously draw from them to develop new scripts, or strengthen old ones.
Through a "e;Crazy"e; approach in writing the feature screenplay, the first half of the book guides the reader in how to create and develop: Story Idea, Characters, One Page Step Outline, and the solid script.
Director David Lynch is best known for films that channel the uncanny and the weird into a distinct "e;Lynchian"e; aesthetic, in which sound and music play a key role: Lynch not only writes his intended sounds into the script but also often takes on the role of creating the sounds himself.
For over six years, The Woman in the Story has been the go-to resource for writers who want to be gender-mindful when they figure how to create female characters.
This study of Jaws (1975) examines how Steven Spielberg's breakout film not only redefined the thriller but also pioneered the summer blockbuster, cementing his reputation as a master filmmaker.
Investigating the representation of artefacts, objects and 'things' in a range of predominantly Western archaeological fiction from the late Victorian period to the modern day, this book examines the narratives through which humanity represents its own material heritage in relation to notions of enchantment, exhibition, estrangement, adventure, tourism and waste.
Science fiction and fantasy movies of the 20th century feature many iconic figures and monsters, and the ability to create and own many of them in the form of models provides fans with an opportunity to mingle amongst the greats and not so greats.
From the sweet but asocial adolescent in Edward Scissorhands to Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, Johnny Depp has brought to life some of the most challenging, quirky and compelling characters in Hollywood history.
Robert Altmans Film GOSFORD PARK ist vieles gleichzeitig: ein Gesellschaftsdrama, eine Sozialstudie mit dokumentarischen Anklängen, ein Kriminalfilm und nicht zuletzt eine Familientragödie mit antiken Ausmaßen.
Este libro propone una serie de cuestionamientos originales que permiten entender otros planos narrativos, artísticos, visuales, sonoros, in-animados y performativos de la literatura, la estética y el cine.
Der Film ist Teil einer außergewöhnlich breiten Rezeption des biblischen Hiobbuches in Kultur und Religionskultur seit seiner Entstehung vor etwa 2500 Jahren.
Derek Jarman's place in the history of film is assured by virtue of his vibrant, defiant films that experiment with the very process of film-making and create new forms.
