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Book Description Get ready for some of the best movie medicine ever made. The smash hit women's film guide Cinematherapy taught women that comfort, self-acceptance, inspiration, and humor were no farther away than the video store - and inspired the daily primetime show on the WE Network (Women's Entertainment). Now the authors are back with a Cinematherapy take on the Oscar canon and how these award-winning films serve not only as a celluloid pharmacy but also as a window into ourselves, our relationships, and our times. Starting with the present and working backward by decade, Cinematherapy Goes to the Oscars uncovers the grand themes of each decade's award-winning films, from the Father Issue films of the seventies, with their ambiguous father figures (Patton, Kramer vs. Kramer) to bad girls acting out for disapproving fathers' love (Klute, Cabaret), to the Unsung Hero films of the fifties (On the Waterfront, The African Queen). Along the way there is great dish on who...

Book DescriptionFilmmaking is an art, but, like so many art forms, there are basic underlying tools and techniques and a body theoretical knowledge that must be understood and mastered before artistic expression can flourish. This book is an invaluable resource for all aspiring DoPs. Practical Cinematography can be dipped into for quick reference - perhaps to answer a specific question or deal with practical problems relating to a shoot - or read from cover to cover. It discusses the principles of cinematography and the expertise which is unique to the Director of Photography (DoP). It deals with all the basic theory such as color temperature and sensitometry, and all the practical things a DoP needs to know, from the make-up of the crew to how to prepare an equipment list. * An accessible introduction to the principles of cinematography written by an award winning cinematographer * Illustrated with 150+ images * Includes a new section on DV

Book Description This widely praised text covers planning, shooting, editing, and distributing movies. The authors ensure that students understand why the planning process is essential. Gross and Ward over cameras, lights, and sound equipment with some chapters detailing operational skills and others dealing with aesthetics. The text features a chapter devoted to directing, and it covers the mechanics and aesthetics of editing and incorporating visual effects. Students are not only introduced to the concepts and mechanics of filmmaking but are also given ideas of what to do with their movies once they are completed.

Book Description A step-by-step instruction manual for aspiring Internet filmmakers of all levels of experience that is both informative and irreverent. Authors Ana Kronschnabl and Tomas Rawlings run an Internet site called www.plugincinema.com dedicated to showing, discussing and teaching about films made for the Internet. This book is intended for anyone with an interest in using the Internet as a showcase for their own films, regardless of their level of skill. In two sections, "Thinking (A CulturalGuide") and "Doing (A Practical Guide)," the authors show how to tackle filmmaking in an accessible style that is jargon free and easy to understand, as well as encourage new filmmakers to break the cinematic conventions so far dictated by the industry.

Book DescriptionFrom Richard Wagner and George Lucas to Alfred Hitchcock and Maria Callas, Schroeder provides a fascinating account of the entire absorbing history of the interdependence of opera and film, demonstrating how opera can be found lurking in the background of a wide range of films. The allure of opera to cinema early in the century held up through the silent era, into sound films, through the golden age of movies, and into the most recent approaches to moviemaking. Cinema's Illusions, Opera's Allure explores the numerous ways - some predictable, some unexpected, and some bizarre - that this has happened.

Book Description The world as we know it today began in California in the late 1800s, and Eadweard Muybridge had a lot to do with it. This striking assertion is at the heart of Rebecca Solnit?s new book, which weaves together biography, history, andfascinating insights into art and technology to create a boldly original portrait of America on the threshold of modernity. The story of Muybridge?who in 1872 succeeded in capturing high-speed motion photographically?becomes a lens for a largerstory about the acceleration and industrialization of everyday life. Solnit shows how the peculiar freedoms and opportunities of post?Civil War California led directly to the two industries?Hollywood and Silicon Valley?that have most powerfully defined contemporary society.

Book DescriptionIntroduction to Media Production, Third Edition, provides students with a practical framework for all aspects of media production by addressing the technological and aesthetic changes that have shaped the industry. Offering both hands-on instruction and theoretical information, it provides a sound basis for the techniques, operations, and philosophies of media production in the new digital environment. The new edition has been updated throughout with detailed information on how digital processes have changed everything from shooting to editing to finishing. It includes content on the Internet, writing for the Internet, Graphics and Animation. * Comprehensive introduction to media production, including video, audio, film, and graphics * Updated to reflect new digital techniques and workflow * Goes beyond the technical to cover aesthetics

Book Description A cinematographer's skill can make or break a film's overall look, and yet cinematographers are legendarily reticent to discuss their craft.New Cinematographers meets this challenge, featuring the the work of six major, young, contemporary cinematographers whose vision defines the way films look today. Extended studies of each cinemotagrapher's work -- fully illustrated with stills, lighting charts and storyboards -- help show the how each translates their aesthetic vision into the actual filmed work. The book includes a detailed resource section, an annotated bibliography and detailed technical glossary.

The Encyclopedia covers the genre from 1920 to 1994. The genre, however, can be very confusing: films often have several titles, and many of the stars have more than one pseudonym. In an effort to clarify some of the confusion, the authors have included all the information available to them on almost 3,300 films. Each entry includes a listing of the production company, the cast and crew, distributors, running times, reviews with star ratings whenever possible, and alternate film titles. A list of film series and one of the stars' pseudonyms, in addition to a 7,900 name index, are also included. Illustrated.