Monsters vs. Patriarchy
Across the globe, the violent effects of patriarchy are manifest. Women, trans people, gender-nonconforming people, and the racialized Other are regularly subjected to physical danger, beginning with the denial of vitally important health care, and, in its most horrific form, rape, trafficking, and murder. Monsters vs. Patriarchy links these real-world horrors to the monstrification and dehumanization of people as expressed in contemporary global cinema. This monstrification has been achieved through a toxic imagination attributed to women, a trait that historically referred to the power of women to negatively affect others, including their own children in the womb, with only the use of their imagination. This process reflects the misogynist and racist world in which we live, where female bodies, people of color, and alternative identities represent a threat to patriarchal power. Monsters vs. Patriarchy examines female monstrosity as it appears in horror films from around the world and considers specific political, scientific, and historical contexts to better understand how we construct and reconstruct monstrosity, using an intersectional approach to examine the imposition of gender and racial hierarchies that support national power structures. The authors contend that monstrous female cinematic subjects, including ghosts, witches, cannibals, and posthuman beings, are becoming empowered, using the tools of their monstrification to smash the colonial, white supremacist, and misogynist structures that created them.
The Creative Producing Handbook
Written by the head of physical production at New Line Cinema, The Creative Producing Handbook: An Insider's Guide to Production provides a detailed overview of creative film production and what it takes to make it as a producer or executive in today's industry.The book explains in detail the process of filmmaking, delving into the world of film and television production from script development through the entire production and postproduction process up to release.The book starts by providing an introduction to the key players on a production and explores the differences between the studio and production company worlds. Beyda explains the process of getting to and through production in a linear fashion, beginning with scheduling, location decisions, incentives, and budgeting. The book provides explanations and definitions of the various unions and guilds and outlines some of the rules that filmmakers will need to be aware of. It further discusses clearances and product placement and then proceeds to visual effects, postproduction and music before ending with the worlds of marketing and publicity. The book provides examples and assignments to teach a reader how to formulate a plan for production that can be used to pitch a project or run a set.This is a great resource for aspiring producers and creative executives who want to enter the film and television industry and provides an understanding of the filmmaking process for those who just want to know more.
Virtual Production
This book, written by industry experts, provides a comprehensive understanding of virtual production processes, concepts, and technology - helping readers get to grips with this nascent technology.Topics covered are the history of virtual production, underlying technologies, creative potential, and production workflows. In addition, it delivers a detailed overview of the virtual production pipeline, from pre-production planning to post-production finishing. Each chapter explains specific aspects of virtual production, such as real-time rendering, motion capture, virtual cameras, LED screens, game engines, and collaborative workflows. Additionally, the book examines virtual production's ethical and cultural implications, including the impact on actors, the representation of diverse voices, and the democratization of filmmaking.Whether you're a student, teacher, or industry professional, Virtual Production will provide you with a solid foundation for comprehending the fundamental concepts behind a constantly evolving and intricate process.
Marleen Gorris
Dutch director Marleen Gorris is known chiefly for two films: A Question of Silence (1982), her fiercely feminist first film, in which three women meet by chance in a women's clothing boutique and ritually murder its male owner; and Antonia's Line (1995), her fourth film and winner of the 1996 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, which traces four generations of Antonia's female 'line' in the matriarchal community she establishes in postwar rural Holland. Both have been extensively discussed, though rarely together, and appear on university syllabuses. Her second Dutch language film, Broken Mirrors (1984), and her five films in English, however, have received far less, and in some cases no critical attention. Using feminist reformulations of ideas of vulnerability and resistance, this first book-length study of her films examines their revisionings of narrative, time and space, and the possibilities they present of other narratives, other subjectivities and other relationships.
Marketing for Microbudget Films
In Marketing for Microbudget Films, feature film director, producer and educator Nick Mackintosh-Smith shares a combination of blockbuster and indie techniques for targeting a dedicated audience. Mackintosh-Smith provides hands-on suggestions for strategies designed to match a variety of genres, territories and viewer tastes.Mackintosh-Smith, along with a diverse cross-section of industry veterans, offers advice on effective promotion, from building relationships with audience members to large-scale distribution companies. Readers will learn invaluable tactics, such as working with film commissions and other film-friendly organisations; the nuts and bolts of posters, trailers and bonus material; how to maintain audience interest during the postproduction process; as well as maximising the latest social media techniques in multiple territories.With indispensable facts, figures, case studies and resources, Marketing for Microbudget Films provides a wealth of techniques to use in a way that will inform, assist and motivate moviemakers of all levels.
Backstage at the Dean Martin Show
This book lets you peek behind teh curtians at all the fun, friendship, a nd occasional star tantrums that went inot making this top-rated variety program.
Be the Bombshell
Date better, raise your standards, and learn to be true to yourself with these heartfelt lessons from the Villa. "Can I pull you for a chat?" "Where's your head at?" "Maybe we should call it the 'friendship island'?" "Do I put all my eggs in one basket?" "Am I a mug?" These are the questions that plague the Love Islanders competing for love in their sun-soaked villa--and those of us in the trenches of modern dating. They share the dilemmas that keep us up at night as we swipe, text, and ghost our way to finding a romantic spark. The #1 hit reality TV dating show does more than offer riveting poolside drama, genuinely touching romances (and bromances), and hours of contestants in bikinis having the most mundane conversations on the terrace. It provides an unvarnished portrait of dating, with plenty to say about love, self-worth, and putting yourself back together after a brutal recoupling. Be the Bombshell is a cheeky, laugh-out-loud playbook to navigating singlehood by embracing the absolute ten-out-of-ten, proper fit, total bombshell that you are. Feeling awkward about approaching people in public? Here's how to pull someone for a chat. Overcome by an "ick?" Maybe you just need to move beyond your "type on paper." Recently been pied--or dumped? Invest in yourself before choosing to go out there again. In this unofficial title, Rebecca Jennings takes the most iconic and unforgettable moments from Love Island to remind us dating should be fun--not just tolerable. A witty love letter to Love Island superfans, hopeless romantics, and serial swipers, Be the Bombshell will teach you to demand what you want unapologetically and to tell the difference between what's worth the compromise and what's settling for less than you deserve. Your very own group chat to the best, worst, and weirdest parts of dating, Be the Bombshell steers you through the highs, lows, and the DMs you probably shouldn't send. Are you ready? A hot new bombshell has entered the Villa! This book is not authorized, sponsored, or affiliated with the television show Love Island.
Marleen Gorris
Dutch director Marleen Gorris is known chiefly for two films: A Question of Silence (1982), her fiercely feminist first film, in which three women meet by chance in a women's clothing boutique and ritually murder its male owner; and Antonia's Line (1995), her fourth film and winner of the 1996 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, which traces four generations of Antonia's female 'line' in the matriarchal community she establishes in postwar rural Holland. Both have been extensively discussed, though rarely together, and appear on university syllabuses. Her second Dutch language film, Broken Mirrors (1984), and her five films in English, however, have received far less, and in some cases no critical attention. Using feminist reformulations of ideas of vulnerability and resistance, this first book-length study of her films examines their revisionings of narrative, time and space, and the possibilities they present of other narratives, other subjectivities and other relationships.
Hopeful Vision
This monograph recuperates the concept of entertainment as a legitimate basis for 'small screen' criticism. It suggests that critical approaches to television might treat the text as an object of potential which actively engages and provides for aesthetic experience through entertainment. Aesthetic experience is characterised by emotion, and this study shows how the textual production of specifically forward feelings such as anticipation, aspiration, fear or dread may be mobilised and made sense of, shaping our sense of the future and its objects of hope. The argument is demonstrated by case studies arranged from 'light' to 'dark' in tone - as varied as Eurovision and Succession, The Repair Shop and The Leftovers - showing how these provide potentially significant, affecting encounters that are 'hopeful' in varying degrees and guises. Hope is adopted both as a theme of analysis and as a critical strategy of interpretation which privileges entertainment efficacy, and thus moves towards a more viewer-centric appreciation of cultural value.
Production Management on Location
Production Management on Location is your essential companion for mastering the complexities of international documentary production. Written by an experienced production manager who has spent years on location, this book offers a rare, hands-on look at the realities of producing unscripted documentaries in diverse global settings.From adrenaline-fueled adventures to projects featuring celebrity presenters, this guide demystifies the process of prepping, producing, and managing on-location shoots. Whether you're coordinating a small crew or handling high-profile talent, you'll find step-by-step guidance on pre-production planning, logistical coordination, and managing people under demanding circumstances. Featuring exclusive case studies and interviews with award-winning professionals and presenters, the book brings firsthand insights and practical advice from the field. It also delves into the latest trends in production, including sustainability practices and innovations that are becoming essential to good production management.Packed with actionable strategies and behind-the-scenes know-how, this is perfect for emerging and experienced professionals, documentary filmmakers, and students interested in documentary production.
A Chronology of Film
A Chronology of Film presents a fresh perspective on the medium by taking a purely chronological approach to its history, tracing the complex links between technical innovations, social changes, and artistic interventions.Organized around a central timeline that charts the development of film from the earliest moving images to present-day blockbusters, it features key films, together with commentaries and contextual information about the social, political, and cultural events of the period in which they were produced. Special feature spreads highlight important technical developments and key practitioners. Covering a wide selection of genres, styles, and directors, this Chronology is invaluable as a comprehensive guide to film in all its different forms.
How to Make a Movie
How to Make a Movie is a comprehensive guide for aspiring filmmakers, offering step-by-step instructions and expert advice on every aspect of the filmmaking process. Whether you're just starting out or looking to refine your skills, this book provides the essential tools, techniques, and insights you need to bring your cinematic vision to life. From developing your initial story concept to navigating the complexities of post-production and distribution, How to Make a Movie covers it all.The journey begins with an introduction to the basics of filmmaking, exploring the different roles involved, the various phases of production, and the essential equipment required. You'll also learn how to make a movie on a budget, making this guide accessible to filmmakers at all levels. The book then delves into the importance of story development, guiding you through the process of writing a compelling screenplay, creating engaging characters, and crafting authentic dialogue.As you move forward, How to Make a Movie helps you plan your film with chapters on storyboarding, budgeting, casting, and location scouting. You'll discover how to assemble a talented team, from working with a producer and cinematographer to building a collaborative environment on set. The book provides essential tips on pre-production, ensuring you're prepared for the challenges of directing your film, managing the cinematography and lighting, and capturing high-quality sound.In the post-production phase, How to Make a Movie guides you through the editing process, from organizing footage to adding visual effects and color grading. The book also covers marketing and distribution, offering strategies for building an online presence, designing promotional materials, and navigating film festivals. Additionally, you'll find valuable insights on independent filmmaking, including tips on crowdfunding and collaborating with other indie filmmakers.Finally, the book encourages you to evolve as a filmmaker by learning from your experiences, experimenting with new genres, and building a strong filmmaking portfolio. How to Make a Movie concludes with practical advice for staying inspired and creative in the ever-changing world of filmmaking, making it an indispensable resource for anyone passionate about bringing stories to the screen.
Paul Newman
One of America's most iconic stars, seen through the lens of six top celebrity photographers: Terry O'Neill, Eva Sereny, Al Satterwhite, Lawrence Fried, Milton Greene, and Douglas Kirkland. "Who doesn't know Paul Newman? The man with the beautiful blue eyes, the chiselled face and body, the 50-plus years of memorable acting and directing roles, the awards, the movie-star marriage. Well, it turns out, there is lots more to know." -- Parade Magazine "Newman's preternaturally piercing baby blue eyes shine through in every picture, and he was well aware of how his fame rested on the colour of his irises." -- Peter Sheridan, Daily Express "Hollywood Hunk Paul Newman as you've never seen him before." -- Yahoo! News "Paired with raw and unvarnished commentary from the photographers themselves, Newman's incomparable authenticity and appealing persona bleed through each page."-- Newsweek Once, when asked how he'd like to be remembered, Paul Newman replied: "I'd like to be remembered as a guy who tried. Tried to be part of his times, tried to help people communicate with one another, tried to find some decency in his own life, tried to extend himself as a human being." As an actor who became a film star, Newman repeatedly tapped into his times and in doing so redefined what movie stardom could be. Newman was a new kind of movie star, bringing a particular authenticity, intensity and sensitivity to his performances. Throughout his career, Newman was extensively photographed: these images enriched film audiences' connection to him as a cool and graceful presence both on and off-screen. Milton Greene, Douglas Kirkland, Lawrence Fried, Terry O'Neill, Al Satterwhite and Eva Sereny are amongst the photographers who worked with Newman on and off-set across his career. From early stage work with his wife, Joanne Woodward, to his love of racing cars, to the essential 1980s drama Absence of Malice to the great success of the new western Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and the cult favorites, Pocket Money and The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, Newman's movies were an essential part of American culture. With comment and contributions from the photographers, Paul Newman: Blue Eyed Cool, gathers together portraits, stage, racing and on-set photography -- including never before seen images -- in a celebration of an actor who was always... cool. Paul Newman: Blue Eyed Cool is a must-have for fans who see in Newman's work and in his life a true hero.
Performing Citizenship in Postdictatorship Chile
Offering a nuanced understanding of the performing arts' relationship to politics Through careful readings of key political performances in Chile's transition from military dictatorship to neoliberal democracy, Jennifer Joan Thompson examines how the production and aesthetics of theater are intertwined in processes of democratization, enactments of citizenship, and the development of cultural policy. Performing Citizenship in Postdictatorship Chile: Cultural Policy and the Making of Political Dramaturgies reveals how artists performed changing models of democratic citizenship. Thompson traces the ways artists confronted and resisted the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, how they then reimagined the body politic during the early transitional period and challenged official constructions of history and memory as the transition to democracy progressed, how they critiqued Chile's neoliberal economic model and its violence, and, finally, how they have made claims for feminist and Indigenous citizen subjectivities throughout Chile's current social crisis. Incorporating archival and ethnographic research alongside readings of theatrical and political performances, this study offers a nuanced understanding of the performing arts' relationship to politics, one that accounts for the ways artists and the state collaborate in the production of the political imagination.
At Large: Behind the Camera with Brian Large
Behind the scenes with the man responsible for filming some of the greatest classical music performances in television historyA captivating and lively memoir of a life shaped by music, At Large--Behind the Camera with Brian Large begins in the ruins of war-torn London and from there takes the reader on a riveting odyssey around the globe. Through his camera lens, Brian Large (born 1937) immortalized historical performances of the most renowned singers, dancers and musicians of the past half-century, bringing the magic of live presentations into the homes of millions. In this engaging bildungsroman, Large recounts his career with wisdom, warmth and wit, presenting intimate and revelatory glimpses of an astounding cast of characters featuring Luciano Pavarotti, Mirella Freni, Pl獺cido Domingo, Leonard Bernstein, Marilyn Horne, Igor Stravinsky, Leontyne Price, Carlos Kleiber, Birgit Nilsson, Georg Solti, Cecilia Bartoli, Benjamin Britten, Queen Elizabeth II and Frank Zappa.Originally a concert pianist, Large switched careers, joined BBCTV2 at its founding and continued to push the boundaries of what television could achieve by capturing the immediacy and emotion of the moment for viewers everywhere. His groundbreaking work includes award-winning productions such as the Centenary Ring at Bayreuth, the original Three Tenors from the Baths of Caracalla, the live broadcast of Tosca from Rome's historic sites and two decades of directing the Vienna Philharmonic's beloved New Year's Concerts. Written in collaboration with Jane Scovell, whose previous works include biographies with Elizabeth Taylor and Ginger Rogers, and a definitive biography of Oona O'Neill Chaplin, this memoir, with a foreword by Ren矇e Fleming, is a must-read for music lovers and those interested in the history of video technology.
God and the Devil
"Immensely insightful." The Guardian"A commanding portrait." Total Film "Indispensable . . . rich, engaging, thorough." Sight & Sound The first biography of Bergman in 40 years, containing exclusive extracts from workbooks and letters. 'Bergman's films stand alone as beacons in film history.' Wim Wenders A chronicle of the life and career of one of film's defining figures, God and the Devil draws on exclusive extracts from Bergman's diaries, letters and production workbooks. Peter Cowie brings us close to the man and the artist, as he wrestled with themes of love, sex and betrayal - with the figure of Death always hovering overhead.
Global London on Screen
Global London on screen presents a m矇lange of films by directors from the Global South and North, portraying everyday life to the more fantastical, odious or extraordinary circumstances that are captured cinematically in this superdiverse city.
Developing 007
Since his debut on the paperback rack in 1953, Ian Fleming's James Bond 007 has become a staple of pop culture. However, fans of the films far outnumber readers of Fleming's original novels, which is a shame. If you've ever wondered how closely the films followed the books they are based on, this is the tome for you as it charts the writing process of the novels and the screenplays based upon them. In the books, you'll see Bond save London from the Moonraker rocket, battle a giant squid on the island of Dr. No, and take down the diamond-smuggling Spangled Mob outside of Las Vegas. In discarded screenplays, you'll see 007 trail Hugo Drax to Loch Ness, team with Goldfinger's twin brother to take down Blofeld, and become a SPECTRE double agent. Lastly, in addition to EON's classic productions beginning with Dr. No (1962), this book also charts the history of forgotten outliers like the 1954 Climax! live TV episode devoted to Casino Royale along with the 1967 big budget spoof starring Peter Sellers and David Niven.
Television/Death
Television/Death intertwines the study of death, dying and bereavement on television with discussion of the ways that television (and the TV archive) provides access to the dead. Section One looks at the representation of death, dying and the afterlife on television, in historical and contemporary factual television (from around the world) and in US television drama. Section Two focuses on dramas of grief and bereavement and discusses how the long form seriality and narrative complexity of television, from family melodramas to the ghost serial, allows for an emotionally realist representation of experiences of grief, bereavement and death-related trauma. Finally, Section Three proposes that television has been overlooked in critical analyses of recorded sounds' and images' propensity to 'bring back the dead'. It argues that television is the posthumous medium par excellence and looks at how the dead return via incorporation into new television programmes or through projects to bring television out of the archive.
East Asian Film Remakes
This wide-ranging, historically grounded exploration of motion picture remakes produced in East Asia brings together original contributions from experts in Chinese, Hong Kong, Japanese, South Korean, and Taiwanese cinemas and puts forth new ways of thinking about the remaking process as both a critically underappreciated form of artistic expression and an economically motivated industrial practice. Exploring everything from ethnic Korean filmmaker Lee Sang-il's Unforgiven (2013), a Japanese remake of Clint Eastwood's Western of the same title, to Stephen Chow's The Mermaid (2016), a Chinese slapstick reimagining of Walt Disney's The Little Mermaid (1989) and Hans Christian Andersen's 1837 fairy tale, East Asian Film Remakes contributes to a better understanding of cinematic remaking across the region and offers vital alternatives to the Eurocentric and Hollywood-focused approaches that have thus far dominated the field.
Vampires in Silent Cinema
Despite the enormous cultural impact of Nosferatu (1922) on modern entertainment, the history of vampires in silent film is largely unknown. Vampires in Silent Cinema covers the subject from 1896-1931, reclaiming a large array of forgotten films from countries ranging from the United States and France to Hungary and Russia. Drawing on thousands of primary sources, Rhodes explores vampirism in all of its manifestations, from the supernatural undead to the natural vamp.
Film Regulation in a Cultural Context
This book examines a sampling of cinematic works that provoked censorious impulses throughout the shift away from formal film censorship in the late modern West. The public controversies surrounding Fat Girl, Irre穫versible, Ken Park, The Brown Bunny, Wolf Creek, and Welcome to New York, each highlight significant stages in this cultural shift, which necessitated policy revision within the institutions of formal film censorship in Britain, Canada, and Australia. Parallels and distinctions are drawn between governmental film regulation policies in these countries and social control mechanisms at work within a wider network of institutions, including news media, film festivals, and advocacy groups. The study examines the means by, and ends to, which the social control of film content persists in the "post-censorship" media landscape of Britain, Canada, Australia, and the United States, and how concepts of film "classification" manifest in commercial market contexts, journalistic criticism, and practices of distribution and advertising.
Hong Kong Crime Films
Hong Kong Crime Films is the first book detailing the post-war history of the genre before the release of John Woo's A Better Tomorrow (1986), the film that put Hong Kong action-crime on the global map. Focusing on what it calls the mode of 'criminal realism' in the crime film, the book shows how depictions of Hong Kong's social reality (including crime) were for decades anxiously policed by colonial censors, and how crime films tended (and still tend) to confound and transgress critical definitions of realism. Drawing on extensive archival research, Hong Kong Crime Films covers several neglected topics in the study of Hong Kong cinema, such as the evolving generic landscape of the crime film prior to the 1980s, the influence of colonial film censorship on the genre, and the prominence and contestation of "realism" in the local history of the crime film.
Iconoclasm in European Cinema
Exploring anti-mimesis and image destruction in Western European films, Iconoclasm in European Cinema: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Image Destruction offers the first comprehensive study of philosophical iconoclasm in cinema. Drawing on continental philosophy of the image, medieval theology and recent developments in film ethics, it investigates the aesthetic and ethical significance of destroying certain film images, both literally (via damages to the filmstrip) and metaphorically (through blank screens, altered motion and disruptive sounds). Analysing the work of various filmmakers, the book considers iconoclastic gestures against the film image's ability to mimetically represent contents on the verge of the invisible and the ineffable. This book demonstrates that the overlooked issue of iconoclasm in film is essential for understanding contemporary attitudes towards images and argues that cinematic iconoclasm can encourage an ethics of (in)visibility by questioning the limits of our right to see and show something on a screen.
Film Style in Indonesian Cinema, 1998-2018
Film Style in Indonesian Cinema, 1998-2018 investigates the role of film style during the rebirth of Indonesian cinema following the collapse of General Suharto's New Order regime. Purnama argues that the renewal of Indonesian cinema was influenced by filmmakers who revamped the cinematic images of Indonesian film by foregrounding visual stylisation using cinematography and production design techniques. They transformed the aesthetic of Indonesian film to become stylistically complex with a pronounced degree of visual sophistication, offering local audiences pictorially appealing and engaging cinematic experiences.Through a close analysis of lighting, production design, and camera movement in contemporary films such as Sang Pencerah, Laskar Pelangi, and The Raid: Redemption, Purnama highlights the significance of film style and the art of film-making to the cinematographers and production designers who revitalised Indonesian cinema in the 21st Century.
Animals and Greek Cinema
This book offers a non-anthropocentric account of a national cinema. Drawing on cutting-edge developments in Animal (film) studies, the book gathers a wide range of species and genres to discuss the Greek cinematic animal. This en-tails recalibrating the readers'/viewers' gazes to include particular nonhumans, often displaced in the frame's margins. While acknowledging the cost paid in animal suffering for Greek cinema to rise, the book features instances of animal-human bonding. Combining close readings with interviews with directors, human actors, screenwriters, cinematographers, producers, special effects artists, and animal wranglers, this book proposes a paradigm of human-animal praxis, arguing that revisiting nonhuman images can lead to renewed ethical relations, and to less speciesist cinemas, film industries, and societies..
Archivability of Television
This anthology critically evaluates archives and archival processes that collect, order, and preserve elements of television as historically, culturally, socially, politically, and economically significant material. What do we know about how television moved from ephemeral broadcasts and mounds of paperwork documenting bureaucratic and creative processes to become historical material housed in archives? This book's guiding principles are to interrogate where television as historical material "lives" and to collect the stories of some ways television preservation has been and continues to be deeply circumstantial and idiosyncratic. Bringing together work by academics, archivists, and practitioners, the book offers insights into the archival processes that confer television programs with historical value. With a focus on television's archival spaces, the book contributes more broadly to theories, histories, and practices of archiving. Likewise, the theories and questions about archives provide insights into the specificities of the medium, the relations between technologies and culture, the political economy of the culture industries, and the minutiae of television's "place" in American society.
Gooey Media
The Graphic User Interface, or GUI, is the adhesive centre of today's screen entertainment web. From films and television to apps and videogames, it holds together a multitude of media and shapes the way they are accessed, organised, created, consumed, and manipulated. However, it does not do so without leaving viscous traces, and Gooey Media: Screen Entertainment and the Graphic User Interface examines this residue and its consequences, revealing how the GUI exerts a powerful influence on contemporary media.Focusing on aesthetics and adopting a media agnostic approach, Jones explores cinema, streaming platforms, television, user-generated content, videogames, apps, virtual reality, VFX, design software, and more in order to show how they cross-pollinate with one another and with our desktop interfaces. The result is a new approach for analysing convergent media in the digital era.
Save the Cat!(r) Writes Horror
"It's he-e-e-re"... the most heart-pounding, jump-out-of-your-seat, scream-worthy book in the Save the Cat! series.Veteran horror screenwriter and novelist Jamie Nash leads us into the shadows of Blake Snyder's legendary Monster in the House genre--and sheds light over the secrets to crafting truly terrifying tales.Save the Cat! Writes Horror is your guide to writing and delivering blood-chilling films and novels using the world's most successful storytelling method, including: - A deep dive into horror's core ingredients--Monster, House, and Sin--with subtypes, examples, and tools to help you design your own uniquely terrifying tale- The mad science of turning Save the Cat!'s 15 beats into a horror story that builds tension, sharpens scares, and leaves your audience squirming- How to balance Scares, Gross-outs, and Dread to torment your audience just right- Why knowing your horror's heartbeat--Slow Burn vs. Relentless--changes everything- How to use the Dread-O-Meter to engineer terrifying scenes with precision- How to build memorable horror characters--from first-to-die victims to final girls and guys--while exploring how their flaws, choices, and arcs mirror deeper fears and social truths- Plus: real case studies, scarecraft tools, career advice, and a deep dive into what makes the genre tick (and bleed)Whether you're a screenwriter, novelist, or seasoned horrorhound, Save the Cat! Writes Horror will help you write the kind of story that lingers long after the lights go out.
Shoot Like Wes
It's time to build your very own Wes Anderson world. Inspired by the distinctive vision of director Wes Anderson, Shoot Like Wes is packed with rich imagery and in-depth analysis of the auteur's remarkable body of work. This is the only guide you'll need to create your own cinematic masterpiece, transforming everyday scenes into vibrant, storytelling moments worthy of the big screen. Comprehensive and artful, Shoot Like Wes breaks down the techniques behind the iconic Wes Anderson films--from the God's-eye view in The Royal Tenenbaums to the low-angle in Fantastic Mr. Fox, and the symmetry used in The Grand Budapest Hotel. Each chapter focuses on a specific aspect of the Wes Anderson aesthetic and includes illustrated, step-by-step photography challenges for you to follow with your camera or smartphone. Chapter highlights include: Shooting at Magic HourDeep FocusHow to use Low-Angle Shots Framing Faces And much more! Discover the secrets of Wes's unique style and learn how to apply these techniques to your own photography, with suggested exercises to practice. Once you've been inspired by films, let Shoot Like Wes teach you the know-how to create your own whimsical world.
Secret Museums
When Arthur Lipsett's first film was nominated for an Academy Award in 1962, the event marked the arrival of an influential turn in cinema. The film's dark humour and dancing rhythms had captured the spirit of his times. When Lipsett committed suicide in 1986, the humour and joy of his work was eclipsed by that sardonic darkness. It all came to feel like an omen. Secret Museums is a study in the life and work of Canadian collage filmmaker Arthur Lipsett, whose struggles with mental illness have overshadowed his vital and innovative work. Author Stephen Broomer explores the spiritual themes and formal challenges posed by Lipsett's films and the artist's absurdist, comic, beatnik sensibility. As a critical biography, Secret Museums follows the trajectory of Lipsett's life through his years as a filmmaker (1960-1975) and after, with new interpretations and analysis of his eight completed films. In Secret Museums, Lipsett's films are recognized as riotous comedies that reflect the artist's resilience. It serves as a new interpretation of Lipsett and his films, positioning him as both a visionary force and a holy fool, illuminating fresh pathways through his work that reflect his understandings of his sources and his world.
Charting Asian German Film History
Provides a diachronic view of Asian German film history from early Orientalism to increasing collaboration as well as exploration of difference and alternate forms of national and cultural belonging. From re-creating seedy opium dens and Hindu temples on set to capturing dazzling sights of Tokyo's neon-lit streets and Berlin's bustling Dong Xuan Center on location, cinema has provided German-speaking audiences a window into the "exotic" cultures of Asia since the early 1900s. Over time, unilateral German imaginings of Asian cultures and people increasingly gave way to collaboration with Asian countries and more variegated portrayals of the diasporic experiences of Asians in Europe, though Orientalist tropes have not been fully mitigated. The present volume embraces several understudied regions of Asia as well as Austria and Switzerland. It incorporates archival research, close scene analyses, and genre overviews that elucidate the production and reception histories of individual films, drawing on the knowledge of film historians, cultural studies scholars, and Germanists based in North America, Europe, and Asia. The volume approaches film history by observing three distinct phenomena: early German cinematic imaginings of Asia, co-productions shot on location, and representations of the Asian German diaspora. The book aims to chart unwritten chapters of film history by pitching new readings of old masterpieces, exploring lesser-known works of prolific directors, and uncovering the roles of Asian collaborators from the early twentieth century to the new millennium.
A Star Is Reborn
Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the 1976 classic film version starring Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson, a riveting, juicy exploration of the history and popularity of Hollywood's favorite story about itself, from its 1937 technicolor drama starring Janet Gaynor and the 1954 version with Judy Garland, through 2018's blockbuster Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper remake. A Star is Born is one of the most popular entertainment legends of all time--the story of a fading male star who falls in love with an ing矇nue whose fame quickly eclipses his own. It's been a showcase for some of the most talented female artists of their time--Janet Gaynor, Judy Garland, Barbra Streisand, and Lady Gaga--yet it is also a fascinating rumination on the nature of fame and the fragility of the male ego. Now, Robert Hofler offers a riveting behind-the-scenes journey through the movie's history, starting with 1932's What Price Hollywood?, based on the rocky real-life Hollywood marriage of silent movie star Colleen Moore and producer John McCormick. That storyline was reworked by producer David O. Selznick into 1937's A Star is Born, starring Janet Gaynor and Fredric March in the first of four versions. From Cary Grant's refusal to star opposite Judy Garland due to her substance abuse (a problem that would cause the 1954 musical to go wildly over-schedule) to attempts to woo Elvis Presley to star in the 1976 blockbuster that eventually paired Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson, How a Star is Reborn delves into the juicy tales behind the scenes. Hofler also traces the evolution of the story itself, as successive versions pivoted away from Hollywood and towards the world of rock music, culminating in 2018's wildly successful Bradley Cooper/Lady Gaga remake. Captivating and superbly researched, How a Star is Reborn combines shrewd insights, little-known details, and Hofler's storytelling flair in this must-read for every fan of modern cinema.
Wanda
Actor-turned-writer/director Barbara Loden's only feature film, Wanda (1970), tells the story of an alienated working-class woman, Wanda Goronski (played by Loden), who abandons her life as a coal miner's wife and mother, electing instead to drift. Bracing in its realist texture and proto-feminist in its sensibility, it received critical acclaim upon release, winning the Critics' Prize at the Venice Film Festival in 1970. Today, Wanda is considered one of the most notable films made by a woman director and a core work of American independent cinema. Elena Gorfinkel's study of this singular film traces Loden's creative process and unconventional approach to filmmaking. Drawing on archival sources, including scripts, interviews, production records, oral history, and previously unseen ephemera, she examines the film's de-dramatised aesthetic, one that rebukes the artifice and "slickness" of Hollywood. Gorfinkel considers Loden's craft in her framing of cinematic time, manipulation of gesture, voice, and posture, narrative ellipsis, and in her use of location and non-professional actors. Providing an account of Wanda's exhibition and reception in the 1970s and after, she traces the film's feminist legacies, and its lasting influence on contemporary filmmakers, artists and writers.
