Erik Barnouw 
History of Broadcasting in the United States [PDF ebook] 
Volume 1: A Tower of Babel: To 1933

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 …