David R. Jarraway 
Double-Takes [EPUB ebook] 
Intersections between Canadian Literature and Film

This work examines major box office hits like ”The Full Monty” as well as critically acclaimed films like ”Under the Skin”. It explores the role of distribution and exhibition, the Americanisatio …

How do you sell British humour to a French audience? Could piracy actually be good for the film business? Why are The Hobbit”s revolutionary technologies not mentioned in some adverts? Exploring the …

As blockbusters employ ever greater numbers of dazzling visual effects and digital illusions, this book explores the material roots and stylistic practices of special effects and their makers. Gather …

In the conference Africa and the History of Cinematic Ideas held in London in 1995, film-makers, cultural theorists and critics gathered to debate a range of issues. Views were exchanged on such topi …

This comprehensive study reconstructs the production history of The Blue Angel (1930), showing how director Josef von Sternberg”s virtuoso visual style was amply supported by an immensely talented t …

John Ford”s masterpiece The Searchers (1956) was rated fifth greatest film of all time in Sight and Sound”s most recent poll of critics. Its influence on many of America”s most distinguished conte …

This is an examination of the concepts of spectatorship in the light of historical accounts of audience reception. The book looks at how audiences have historically talked about Hollywood movies, and …

Spanning Time: The Essential Guide to Time-lapse Photography is the ultimate how-to guide for creating time-lapse films, featuring both still and moving image techniques. Author Chris Weston provides …

Along with my own personal story, I am going to write down a few things that may amuse you (or even take you down some other emotional path) and I”ll let you in on a few so-far-unrevealed aspects of …

Ranging from the dawn of the silent era to today”s blockbusters and independent films, this revamped second edition chronicles the significant contributions by Chicago and Chicagoans to more than a …