Rebekah Owens 
Studying Shakespeare on Film [PDF ebook] 

In 1995 Chinese animated filmmaking ceased to be a state-run enterprise and was plunged into the free market. Using key animated films as his case studies, Shaopeng Chen examines new generation Chine …

Substantially revised and updated, this book highlights how Hollywood has transformed itself to attain ever global clout and reach and the material factors underlining Hollywood»s apparent artistic …

Boudu is one of Jean Renoir»s masterpieces and features Michel Simon»s performance as the disreputable tramp rescued from the river. It is discussed here by Richard Boston, video critic of the »Gu …

The Basics of Filmmaking is an introductory textbook tailored to the needs of beginning and intermediate film students and independent filmmakers that expertly guides you through the entirety of the …

This is the third book in the »Understanding the Moving Image» series. Like other books in the series, it aims to provide a strong critical and theoretical base for the study of the media. It has b …

In this illuminating insight into Denzel Washington»s multifaceted image and remarkable career, Cynthia Baron traces his star persona and impact on mainstream society – from his time as a skilled ac …

In the twenty years preceding the First World War, cinema rapidly developed from a fairground curiosity into a major industry and social institution, a source of information and entertainment for mil …

George Kleine was a New York City optician who moved to Chicago in 1893 to set up an optical store. In 1896 he branched out and began selling motion picture equipment and films. Within a few years he …

Since the earliest days of cinema the law has influenced the conditions in which Hollywood films are made, sold, circulated or presented – from the talent contracts that enable a film to go into prod …

The technical crafts of sound in classical Hollywood cinema have, until recently, remained largely »unsung» by histories of the studio era. Yet film sound – voice, music and sound effects – is a cr …