Hector J. Perez 
Opera and Video [PDF ebook] 
Technology and Spectatorship

New Vampire Cinema lifts the coffin lid on forty contemporary vampire films, from 1992 to the present day, charting the evolution of a genre that is, rather like its subject, at once exhausted and vi …

Despite being one of the biggest industries in the United States, indeed the World, the internal workings of the  »dream factory » that is Hollywood is little understood outside the business. The Hol …

Documentary films constitute a major part of film history. Cinema »s origins lie, arguably, more in non-fiction than fiction, and documentary represents the other – often submerged and barely visible …

Navigating through the challenging process of writing a comedy pilot, this book will help screenwriters to create an original script for television. Practical and accessible, the book presents a step …

During  »the thaw » from Stalin »s death in 1953 to the late 1960s and Khrushchev »s rule, Soviet society experienced major transformations. So did films. In this first comprehensive account of the r …

Documentary filmmaking is one of the most vibrant areas of media activity in the Chinese world, with many independent filmmakers producing documentaries that deal with a range of sensitive socio-poli …

Contemporary British Television Crime Drama examines one of the medium’s most popular genres and places it within its historical and industrial context. The television crime drama has proved itself c …