Direction category: 829 books
by Ric Knowles
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2015
Concise and practical, Fundamentals of Directing is a distillation of Ric Knowles’s twenty-five years of experience as a director, teacher of directing, and dramaturge across Canada. Organized to reproduce the chronology of a play’s rehearsal, the book moves through the various stages of the directorial...
by Kristen Dabrowski
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
What do actors do? What is an audition like? Can I be an actor? Dive into this book and find out what it is like to be an actor and tips on how to begin. Told simply through words and pictures, this is a great introduction to the who, whats, and whys of show business. Perfect for kids and parents interested in knowing more, whether you are ready to try out acting or just curious.
Henry VI
Parts I, II, and III
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2012
Displaying the bold vision and growing skill of a young playwright, these are Shakespeare’s first three history plays, covering some sixty tumultuous years of English history. Their pageantry, violence, and stirring speeches excite audiences with action as well as character, and midway through the...
Peter Brook
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
Peter Brook is one of the world's legendary theater directors. His productions are a byword for imagination, energy, and innovation. From his ground-breaking production of Marat/Sade, to his "white box" A Midsummer Night's Dream, to his monumental staging of The Mahabharata and beyond, Brook...
Entertainment Rigging for the 21st Century
Compilation of Work on Rigging Practices, Safety, and Related Topics
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2014
From the basics of physical forces and mathematical formulas to performer flying and stage automation, Entertainment Rigging for the 21st Century provides you with insider information into rigging systems and the skills you need to safely operate them. Over the past decade, the entertainment industry...
Hitchcock's Stars
Alfred Hitchcock and the Hollywood Studio System
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2014
Although he was a visual stylist who once referred to actors as cattle, Alfred Hitchcock also had a remarkable talent for innovative and creative casting choices. The director launched the careers of several actors and completely changed the trajectory of others, many of whom created some of the most...
Make Your Own Damn Movie!
Secrets of a Renegade Director
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Lloyd Kaufman, the writer/producer/director of such cult-classic films as The Toxic Avenger, Class of Nuke 'Em High, and Tromeo and Juliet, offers a guide to movie-making unlike any other available anywhere. In 25 years, Kaufman, along with partner Michael Herz, has built Troma Studios up from a company...
Head of Drama
The Memoir of Sydney Newman
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
The memoir of the creator of Doctor Who and a legend in British and Canadian TV and film
A major influence on the BBC and independent television in Britain in the 1960s, as well as on CBC and the National Film Board in Canada, Sydney Newman acted as head of drama at a key period in the history...
The Silence of the Lambs
Critical Essays on a Cannibal, Clarice, and a Nice Chianti
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2016
One of only three films to-date to win Academy Awards in all five major categories, The Silence of the Lambs marked a sea change in horror films when it debuted, shifting the genre from teen slasher fare of the 1970s to the sophisticated psychological horror that characterizes acclaimed films today....
3D Cinema
Optical Illusions and Tactile Experiences
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2015
3D Cinema: Optical Illusions and Tactile Experiences questions the common frameworks used for discussing 3D cinema, realism and spectacle, in order to fully understand the embodied and sensory dimensions of 3D cinema's unique visuality.
All about Almodóvar
A Passion for Cinema
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2009
One of world cinema’s most exciting filmmakers, Pedro Almodóvar has been delighting, provoking, arousing, shocking, and—above all—entertaining audiences around the globe since he first burst on the international film scene in the early 1980s. All about Almodóvar offers new perspectives on...
On Sunset Boulevard
The Life and Times of Billy Wilder
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2017
On Sunset Boulevard, originally published in 1998, describes the life of acclaimed filmmaker Billy Wilder (1906-2002), director of such classics as Sunset Boulevard, The Lost Weekend, The Seven Year Itch, and Sabrina. This definitive biography takes the reader on a fast-paced journey from Billy Wilder's...
Understanding Machinima
Essays on Filmmaking in Virtual Worlds
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2013
In this groundbreaking collection, Dr. Jenna Ng brings together academics and award-winning artists and machinima makers to explore the fascinating combination of cinema, animation and games in machinima (the use of computer game engines to produce animated films in cost- and time-efficient ways)....
The Cinema of James Cameron
Bodies in Heroic Motion
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
This timely volume explores the massively popular cinema of writer-director James Cameron. It couches Cameron's films within the evolving generic traditions of science fiction, melodrama, and the cinema of spectacle. The book also considers Cameron's engagement with the aesthetic of visual effects...