"This book explores the cultural and mechanical contrivances that subtend the modernist invention and practice of cinema. This book ponders the place of authorial intention in making a movie: how and when does the author break through the technical/narrative framework that defin…
'Voice & Vision' is a comprehensive manual for independent filmmakers and film students who need a solid grounding in the tools, techniques, and processes of the narrative film in order to achieve their artistic vision.
Hailed as the permanent record of fleeting moments, the cinema emerged at the turn of the nineteenth century as an unprecedented means of capturing time--and this at a moment when disciplines from physics to philosophy, and historical trends from industrialization to the expansi…
Conversations, over the course of a year, between the author and Walter Murch.
From the National Book Award-winning author of Slaves in the Family, this book is the riveting true story of the partnership between the murderer who invented the movies and the robber baron who built the railroads. Edward Ball's ability to mine history and draw out its secrets …
They are shot on high-definition digital cameras with computer-generated effects added in postproduction and transmitted to theaters, websites, and video-on-demand networks worldwide. They are viewed on laptops, iPod, and cell phone screens. They are movies in the 21st century, …
"Life Through a Lens is Osmond Borradaile's account of his experiences with the movies - from his childhood encounter with an exploding nickelodeon show, to his apprenticeship as a lab technician in Hollywood's Jessie Lasky Studios, to becoming director of photography for Paramo…
"Life Through a Lens is Osmond Borradaile's account of his experiences with the movies - from his childhood encounter with an exploding nickelodeon show, to his apprenticeship as a lab technician in Hollywood's Jessie Lasky Studios, to becoming director of photography for Paramo…
"Life Through a Lens is Osmond Borradaile's account of his experiences with the movies - from his childhood encounter with an exploding nickelodeon show, to his apprenticeship as a lab technician in Hollywood's Jessie Lasky Studios, to becoming director of photography for Paramo…
