Direction category: 829 books
Shooting Women
Behind the Camera, Around the World
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Shooting Women takes readers around the world to explore the lives of camerawomen working in features, TV news, and documentaries. From first world pioneers like African American camerawoman Jessie Maple Patton who got her job only after suing the union – to China’s first camerawomen –...
by Joel Coen And Ethan Coen
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
Hail, Caesar! is the story of Eddie Mannix, tireless pursuer of the interests of fictional Capitol Pictures, circa 1951. He is the ultimate studio fixer and---since the studio is his world---the ultimate earthly one. There is no star scandal he cannot cover up, no studio misstep he cannot repair,...
Deathwatch
American Film, Technology, and the End of Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
The first book to unpack American cinema's long history of representing death, this work considers movie sequences in which the process of dying becomes an exercise in legibility and exploration for the camera. Reading attractions-based cinema, narrative films, early sound cinema, and films using...
by Jamie Sexton
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
A low-budget breakout film that wowed critics and audiences on its initial release, Stranger Than Paradise would prove to be a seminal film in the new American independent cinema movement and establish its director, Jim Jarmusch, as a hip, cult auteur. Taking inspiration from 1960s underground filmmaking,...
Indie
An American Film Culture
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2011
America's independent films often seem to defy classification. Their strategies of storytelling and representation range from raw, no-budget projects to more polished releases of Hollywood's "specialty" divisions. Yet understanding American indies involves more than just considering films....
Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth
Inside the Creation of a Modern Fairy Tale
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2017
Discover the dark secrets of Guillermo del Toro’s masterpiece, Pan's Labyrinth, in this thrilling exploration of the film’s creation.
Released in 2006, Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth was hailed as a dark, thrilling masterpiece and announced the filmmaker as a major creative force,...
Reclaiming the Archive
Feminism and Film History
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2010
Reclaiming the Archive: Feminism and Film History brings together a diverse group of international feminist scholars to examine the intersections of feminism, history, and feminist theory in film. Editor Vicki Callahan has assembled essays that reflect a range of methodological approaches—including...
Time in Television Narrative
Exploring Temporality in Twenty-First Century Programming
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
This collection analyzes twenty-first-century American television programs that employ temporal and narrative experimentation. These shows play with time, slowing it down to unfold narrative through time retardation and compression. They disrupt the chronological flow of time itself, using flashbacks...
The Healthy Edit
Creative Editing Techniques for Perfecting Your Movie
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
This updated and revised new edition of The Healthy Edit provides aspiring and working editors with creative editing strategies they can employ to enhance a film, while also overcoming common production problems. With decades of experience editing and film doctoring Hollywood features, author John...
Create Documentary Films, Videos and Multimedia
A Comprehensive Guide to Using Documentary Storytelling Techniques for Film, Video, the Internet and Digital Media Projects.
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
How to use documentary visual storytelling concepts and production techniques to make documentaries of all types and formats. Producing, Writing, Directing, Camera, Editing and Distribution covered including actual case studies of all types of documentaries, with Pre-production, Production and Post-production. Fully Illustrated. Interactive Links—New updated Third Edition.
Film Directing Cinematic Motion
A Workshop for Staging Scenes
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2011
The book uses extensive illustrations to explain how to create extended sequence shots, elaborate moving camera choreography, and tracking shots with multiple story points.
Storytelling Techniques for Digital Filmmakers
Plot Structure, Camera Movement, Lens Selection, and More
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2013
The key elements of creating an effective film narrative-which involves a significant shift in mindset from still photography to motion capture-are detailed in this guide to becoming a standout digital videographer. Through teaching classic cinematic techniques for storytelling while addressing contemporary...
Post Sound Design
The Art and Craft of Audio Post Production for the Moving Image
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2017
Post Sound Design provides a practical introduction to the fascinating craft of editing and replacing dialog, creating Foley and sound effects, editing music, and balancing these elements to a final mix. Based on years of experience and teaching this material to students at Drexel University, award-winning...
Directing Feature Films
The Creative Collaborarion Between Director, Writers, and Actors
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2011
The Creative Collaborarion Between Director, Writers, and Actors