Movies and Tone
Title | Movies and Tone PDF eBook |
Author | Douglas Pye |
Publisher | Wallflower Press |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN |
'Colse-Up 02' is a collection of three individual studies specialising in close readings of films and TV. Each issue is devoted to the practice of detailed textual analysis of film and visual media.
Exploring Movie Construction and Production
Title | Exploring Movie Construction and Production PDF eBook |
Author | John Reich |
Publisher | Open SUNY Textbooks |
Pages | |
Release | 2017-07-10 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781942341475 |
Exploring Movie Construction & Production contains eight chapters of the major areas of film construction and production. The discussion covers theme, genre, narrative structure, character portrayal, story, plot, directing style, cinematography, and editing. Important terminology is defined and types of analysis are discussed and demonstrated. An extended example of how a movie description reflects the setting, narrative structure, or directing style is used throughout the book to illustrate building blocks of each theme. This approach to film instruction and analysis has proved beneficial to increasing students¿ learning, while enhancing the creativity and critical thinking of the student.
Film Music: a Very Short Introduction
Title | Film Music: a Very Short Introduction PDF eBook |
Author | Kathryn Kalinak |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 177 |
Release | 2023 |
Genre | Motion picture music |
ISBN | 0197628036 |
"Film Music: A Very Short Introduction focuses on the most central issues in the practice of film music. What is film music? How is it composed? How does film music work? Why does film music work? The rich and deeply moving sounds of film music are as old as cinema. The very first projected moving images were accompanied by music around the globe as a variety of performers-from single piano players to small orchestras-brought images to life. Film music has since become its own industry, an aesthetic platform for expressing creative visions, and a commercial vehicle for generating increased revenue. The second edition updates coverage to 2022 and includes attention to recent developments in global film music, women in film music, and African -American and minority composers"--
Hollywood Animal
Title | Hollywood Animal PDF eBook |
Author | Joe Eszterhas |
Publisher | Vintage |
Pages | 754 |
Release | 2010-05-05 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0307530876 |
Joe Eszterhas had everything Hollywood could offer. A combination of insider and rebel, he saw and participated in the fights, the deals, the backstabbing, and all the sex and drugs. But here, in his candid and heartwrenching memoir, we see the rest of the story: the inspiring account of the child of Hungarian immigrants who, against all odds, grows up to live the American Dream. Hollywood Animal reveals the trajectory of Eszterhas's life in gripping detail, from his childhood in a refugee camp, to his battle with a devastating cancer. It shows how a struggling journalist became the most successful screenwriter of all time, and how a man who had access to the most beautiful women in Hollywood ultimately chose to live with the love of his life in a small town in Ohio. Above all, it is the story of a father and a son, and the turbulent relationship that was an unending cycle of heartbreak. Hollywood Animal is an enthralling, provocative memoir: a moving celebration of the human spirit.
The Swords of Faith
Title | The Swords of Faith PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Warren Field |
Publisher | Strider Nolan Media |
Pages | 521 |
Release | 2010-07 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 193204521X |
An epic novel steeped in action, intrigue, and romance. July 1187: the forces of the Muslim sultan known as Saladin have defeated the army of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, allowing Saladin to achieve his lifelong ambition of recapturing the Holy City for Islam. This sets the stage for the Third Crusade: the confrontation between Saladin and the legendary Christian warrior, Richard the Lionheart. Both men believe they are destined by God to lead their holy armies to complete victory. Richard, a legendary warrior with a keen military mind, finds his vow to retake Jerusalem complicated by infighting over succession to the British throne, a rivalry with the French king, and a choice between two potential queens. Meanwhile, Saladin struggles to keep his fractious forces together while remaining true to the noblest principles of Islam. These events are also portrayed through the eyes of two common men: Pierre of Botron is a Christian knight who is captured on the battlefield and subjected to the indignity of slavery. Rashid of Yenbo is a Muslim trader who finds prosperity in Saladin's triumphs. The relationship between Rashid and Pierre offers the possibility that people of good will can overcome polarizing conflicts. As events build toward the Battle of Jaffa, one of the most well-known conflicts of the Crusades, the fates of the characters depend on the choices they make between the compassionate and fanatical aspects of their faiths. The Swords of Faith offers an eye-opening comparison and contrast of the tenets of Christianity and Islam, insights that reverberate into the present day.
Film Sound Today
Title | Film Sound Today PDF eBook |
Author | Larry Blake |
Publisher | |
Pages | 56 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Sound motion pictures |
ISBN | 9780917937002 |
The Visual Story
Title | The Visual Story PDF eBook |
Author | Bruce Block |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 303 |
Release | 2013-04-02 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 1136043454 |
If you can't make it to one of Bruce Block's legendary visual storytelling seminars, then you need his book! Now in full color for the first time, this best-seller offers a clear view of the relationship between the story/script structure and the visual structure of a film, video, animated piece, or video game. You'll learn how to structure your visuals as carefully as a writer structures a story or a composer structures music. Understanding visual structure allows you to communicate moods and emotions, and most importantly, reveals the critical relationship between story structure and visual structure. The concepts in this book will benefit writers, directors, photographers, production designers, art directors, and editors who are always confronted by the same visual problems that have faced every picture maker in the past, present, and future.