Helps to create custom sound effects that are the mainstay of soundtracks for films, broadcast, animation and games. This title also demonstrates how Foley is designed, crafted and edited for any project - right down to the nuts and bolts of spotting, cueing, and performing sounds.
'Fifty Contemporary Film Directors' examines the work of some of today's most popular and influential cinematic figures. It provides an overview of each director's contribution to cinema, incorporating a discussion of their career, major works and impact. Featured directors include Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg and Jackie Chan
The Ad-Makers looks at the cinematic form where commerce and creativity collide most dramatically: the TV commercial. Featuring interviews from top professionals in the field, the book provides the kind of behind-the-scenes expertise that it usually takes a lifetime of professional practice to acquire. Gathered from the disciplines of cinematography, directing, producing and editing, the filmma…
Released in 2012, in conjunction with the 75th anniversary of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, this book tells the fascinating story of the making of Walt Disney's groundbreaking animated classic. More than 250 artworks, including rarely seen concept sketches, background paintings, and cels illustrate the genius of Walt Disney and the creative vision of the artists who produced a beloved milest…
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Film is an art form with a language and an aesthetic all its own. In this new edition, the authors provide an introduction to the fundamentals of serious film study, with images throughout the text collected from actual film frames, not from production stills or advertising photos.
This title concentrates on the elements that combined, against all odds, to make 'The Godfather' so successful when it appeared in 1972.
"Between 2002 and 2007 Belgian photographer Jean-Paul Deridder, who was born in Brussels in 1963, visited movie theaters in Germany and Belgium with a large-format camera. "Everybody should be aware that this will no longer exist in twenty year's time, as films will by then be played from a hard disk," prophesies film projectionist Marc Knoll of the Odeon in Cologne. "The multiplexes are depart…
Since first publication in 2006, Robert A. Rosenstone's History on Film/Film on History has established itself as a classic treatise on the historical film and its role in bringing history to life. In this updated version of his ground-breaking and widely-acclaimed text, Robert Rosenstone argues that to leave history films out of the discussion of the meaning of the past is to ignore a major fa…
Written for actors everywhere, Secrets of Screen Acting reveals what insiders already know: the camera and the stage demand different things. Secrets of Screen Acting is filled with tips that explain what acting for the camera is all about. Patrick Tucker tells what you need to know about reaction time, character type, and the "size" of expression, along with dozens of other essential details o…
Previously titled Audio Post-production in Video and Film, this third edition has been completely revised and restructured to provide a step-by-step guide to the professional techniques used to shape a soundtrack through the production process. Covering sound for both film and television, this edition includes many of the practical techniques and shortcuts used by experienced editors and mixers…
Showing filmmakers and video producers on a budget how to make their digital video project sound as good as it looks, this work includes hundreds of professional, real-world techniques that readers can employ from pre-production through the final mix. The audio CD includes diagnostics, demos, and tutorial tracks.
The continuity supervisor, also known as script supervisor, performs a key role in motion picture and television production. As liaison between the director and editor, this person ensures the impeccable continuity required for the flawless progression of a film. Script Supervising and Film Continuity, written by a leading expert, instructs on all the essential functions of the continuity super…
Fictional films tell true historical stories... Film and History is a compelling and unique overview of the cinema and its relationship with history, ranging from the ancient world to the modern day. This is the first book of its kind to offer such a broad historical and theoretical portrayal of the rapidly-growing sub field of history and film. Rosenstone introduces the varieties, types and tr…
A fully revised, comprehensive guide offers an in-depth exploration of today's recent technological advances, such as digital age filmmaking, while reviewing a collection of new methods and techniques in relation to various film formats and offering suggestions on the business aspects of financing and producing films. Original.
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This is a comprehensive textbook for students of cinema. It provides a guide to the main concepts used to analyse the film industry and film texts, and also introduces some of the world's key national cinemas.