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Paperback. With guidance on moviemaking for the low budget director, this text is a candid look at the technical aspects of how directors work on a set. It includes practical knowledge on shooting, staging, camera style, rehearsing, editing and how to get a job directing with a studio or production company. Num Pages: 274 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ANH; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780028638195
- ISBN
- 9780028638195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.38
€ 23.99
€ 19.38
Hardcover. Focuses on the terrifying notion of murder committed against one's will in silent cinema and contemporaneous literature in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This book helps readers understand anxieties about the onslaught of visual media and the reach of vast corporations that seem to absorb our own identities. Series: Cinema and Modernity Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226020549
- ISBN
- 9780226020549
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.39
€ 52.99
€ 41.39
Hardcover. Offers an account of Dickens and early American film by tracing the unexpected history and intricate strategies of the sentimental mode and showing how it has been reimagined over the past three centuries. This title begins with a look at Frank Capra and the Capraesque in American public life. Num Pages: 392 pages, 68 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; APFA; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226034959
- ISBN
- 9780226034959
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 43.30
€ 54.99
€ 43.30
Paperback. Presents a selection from over three hundred essays on genre movies, art films, animation, and the business of Hollywood that have graced Bordwell and Thompson's blog. This title offers ideas sure to set film lovers thinking - and keep them returning to the silver screen. Num Pages: 304 pages, 75 halftones. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 149 x 24. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226066998
- ISBN
- 9780226066998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
€ 32.99
€ 26.09
Paperback. Stanley Cavell explores a genre, which he calls "the melodrama of the unknown woman," through close readings of four melodramas he finds definitive of the genre: "Letter from an Unknown Woman", "Gaslight", "Now Voyager", and "Stella Dallas". Num Pages: 272 pages, 48 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226098166
- ISBN
- 9780226098166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.14
€ 31.99
€ 25.14
Paperback. An in-depth history of animation from 1898-1928 that includes accounts of mechanical ingenuity, marketing and art. The text explains techniques of sketching and camera work, and discusses the styles of such animators as Winsor McCay and Ladislas Starevitch, placing work in its social and economic context. Num Pages: 436 pages, 141ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; APF; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 29. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 436
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226116679
- ISBN
- 9780226116679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.69
€ 44.99
€ 34.69
Paperback. Explores a panoply of films, from M and Rear Window to The Conversation and The Bourne Legacy, to analyze the ways in which cinema has articulated the concept of surveillance. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226201498
- ISBN
- 9780226201498
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 28.00
€ 34.99
€ 28.00
Paperback. Arguing that jazz films create images of racial and sexual identity, many of which have become inseparable from popular notions of the music itself, this study explores the fundamental obsessions that American culture has brought to jazz in the cinema. Num Pages: 362 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; AVGJ; AVGK; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- y First edition
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226277899
- ISBN
- 9780226277899
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.92
€ 40.99
€ 31.92
Paperback. Are talk shows turning everything they touch into freak shows? This book claims that the socially deviant may be featured on-air for ridicule in the public eye, but the result is empowerment through exploitation. The book illuminates the dilemmas and practicalities of media visibility. Num Pages: 296 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: APT; JFD; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226280653
- ISBN
- 9780226280653
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.92
€ 40.99
€ 31.92
Paperback. Takes a look at Hindi films and movie trends - the decline of song-and-dance sequences, the upgraded status of the horror genre, and the rise of the multiplex and multi-plot - to demonstrate how these relationships exemplify different formulas of contemporary living. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 240 pages, 41 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226304267
- ISBN
- 9780226304267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 28.00
€ 34.99
€ 28.00
Paperback. Grindstaff takes the reader behind the scenes of daytime television talk shows. This study draws on interviews with producers and guests and asks not just what talk shows can tell us about mass media, but also what they reveal about American culture more generally. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226309118
- ISBN
- 9780226309118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.96
€ 36.99
€ 28.96
Paperback. Charts the rise and fall of four of the most prominent right-wing broadcasters during the Cold War: H L Hunt, Dan Smoot, Carl McIntire, and Billy James Hargis. Num Pages: 272 pages, 32 halftones, 3 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; APW; JFD; JPFM; KNTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226326788
- ISBN
- 9780226326788
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
€ 40.99
€ 31.82
Paperback. Though relatively unsung in the English-speaking world, Jean Rouch (1917-2004) was a towering figure of ethnographic cinema. This book analyses his practical filmmaking methods. Num Pages: 536 pages, 161 halftones, 3 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: APFB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 254 x 30. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226327150
- ISBN
- 9780226327150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.39
€ 52.99
€ 41.39
Paperback. Series: American Politics & Political Economy S. Num Pages: 206 pages, 22 figures, 19 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JFD; JPA; JPVK; JPVL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226388557
- ISBN
- 9780226388557
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
€ 32.99
€ 26.09
Paperback. The second edition of "The Comic Mind" treats the comic developments of the 1970s in terms of the traditions of film comedy set forth in the first edition, including a discussion of the evolution of Jacques Tati and the emergence of Mel Brooks and Woody Allen as the two greatest American comic stylists of the seventies. Num Pages: 382 pages, 82 plates. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226509785
- ISBN
- 9780226509785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.69
€ 44.99
€ 34.69
Paperback. Argues that the history of televising philosophy is crucial to understanding the struggle over French national identity in the postwar period. This work insists that we jettison presumptions about the anti-intellectual nature of the visual field and engages critical questions about the survival of national cultures in a globalizing world. Num Pages: 272 pages, 48 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; APT; HBTB; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226509914
- ISBN
- 9780226509914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.92
€ 40.99
€ 31.92
Paperback. Lary May offers a reexamination of the connections between national politics and Hollywood movies, and an interpretation of American culture from the New Deal through the Cold War. Num Pages: 364 pages, 69 halftones, 31 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJ; APFA; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226511634
- ISBN
- 9780226511634
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.69
€ 44.99
€ 34.69
Paperback. Ranging from the novels of James Fenimore Cooper to Louis L'Amour, and from such classic films as "Stagecoach" to spaghetti Westerns like "A Fistful of Dollars", this book shows how Westerns helped assuage a series of crises in American culture. Num Pages: 348 pages, 30 halftones, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226532356
- ISBN
- 9780226532356
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.96
€ 36.99
€ 28.96
Paperback. A study of Hollywood gangster films. This book examines their controversial content and how it was subjected to continual moral and political censure. Combining film analysis with archival material, the study shows how the industry circumvented censure. Num Pages: 276 pages, 14 halftones, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; JFMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226550336
- ISBN
- 9780226550336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.96
€ 36.99
€ 28.96
Paperback. The dark shadows and offscreen space that force us to imagine violence we cannot see. The real slaughter of animals spliced with the fictional killing of men. The missing countershot from the murder victim's point of view. This book argues that such images, or absent images, distill how the murder scene challenges and changes film. Num Pages: 384 pages, 187 halftones. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226617954
- ISBN
- 9780226617954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.73
€ 43.99
€ 33.73