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Book cover: Sci-Fi Film Fiesta: The Big Fat Book Of Sci-Fi Films Of The 1950sSci-Fi Film Fiesta: The Big Fat Book Of Sci-Fi Films Of The 1950s
by ,
The book is intended as a salute to the pioneering work of science fiction film makers. It features classics from the 1950s and consists of 12 volumes, each featuring particular films consisting of a different theme, genre or aspect of that decade.
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Book cover: Documentary Making for Digital HumanistsDocumentary Making for Digital Humanists
by - Open Book Publishers ,
Documentary Making for Digital Humanists sets out the fundamentals of filmmaking, explores academic discourse on digital documentaries and online distribution, and considers the place of this discourse in the evolving academic landscape.
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Book cover: Fairy Tale FilmsFairy Tale Films
by - Utah State University Press ,
Here, scholars from film, folklore, and cultural studies move discussion beyond the well-known Disney movies to the many other filmic adaptations of fairy tales and to the widespread use of fairy tale tropes, themes, and motifs in cinema.
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Book cover: European Cinema: Face to Face with HollywoodEuropean Cinema: Face to Face with Hollywood
by - Amsterdam University Press ,
In the face of renewed competition from Hollywood since the early 1980s, independent filmmaking in Europe has begun to re-invent itself. This book presents a broader framework for understanding the forces at work since the 1960s.
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Book cover: Memory and Popular FilmMemory and Popular Film
by - Manchester University Press ,
'Memory and popular film' uses memory as a specific framework for the cultural study of film. Taking Hollywood as its focus, this timely book provides a sustained, interdisciplinary perspective on memory and film from early cinema to the present.
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Book cover: The Last Great American Picture Show: New Hollywood Cinema in the 1970sThe Last Great American Picture Show: New Hollywood Cinema in the 1970s
by - Amsterdam University Press ,
Identified with directors such as Sam Peckinpah, Arthur Penn, Hal Ashby or Robert Altman, American cinema of the 1970s is long overdue for this re-evaluation. Many of the films have not only come back from oblivion, they have also become cult films.
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Book cover: Hitchcock's MotifsHitchcock's Motifs
by - Amsterdam University Press ,
Starting from recurring objects, settings, character-types and events, Michael Walker tracks some forty motifs, themes and clusters across the whole of Hitchcock's oeuvre, including not only all his films but also episodes from his TV series.
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Book cover: The Beatles on FilmThe Beatles on Film
by - Transcript-Verlag ,
This book provides the production history and a contextual interpretation of The Beatles' movies (A Hard Day's Night, Help!, Yellow Submarine, Let It Be) and describes their ability to project the group's image at different stages in their career.
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Book cover: True FilmsTrue Films
by - KK.org ,
In this book the author offers rave reviews of 150 great true films. He define these non-fiction films as true films -- documentaries, educational films, instructional how-to's, and what the British call factuals -- a non-fiction visual account.
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Book cover: Movie Making ManualMovie Making Manual
- Wikibooks ,
Filmmaking is the process of making a film. The nature of the film determines the size and type of crew required during filmmaking. This manual is intended as a complete guide to filmmaking, the emphasis is on the practical.
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