Anna Dawson 
Studying The Lord of the Rings [EPUB ebook] 

Drawn from the pages of his popular ¦Advanced Television¦ column in TV Technology magazine, Issues in Advanced Television Technology collects the new television writings of technical author S. Merril …

Directing for the Screen is a collection of essays and interviews exploring the business of directing. This highly accessible guide to working in film and television includes perspectives from indust …

The Language of the Lens explores the expressive power of the camera lens and the storytelling contributions that this critical tool can make to a film project. This book offers a unique approach to …

Shortlisted for the Association of Dress Historians Book of the Year Award, 2021 In a culture preoccupied with newness and a fashion system largely predicated upon it, what is the significance of wor …

This book covers both the artistry and craftsmanship of cinematography and visual storytelling. Few art forms are as tied to their tools and technology as is cinematography. Take your mastery of thes …

The digital video revolution has blurred the lines between professional and amateur equipment, with some Hollywood movies being shot and edited using the same technology that families use for their v …

Tall, dark and handsome, with a manufactured name and a scrupulously designed professional image, Rock Hudson represented the Hollywood ideal of American masculinity during the 1950s and 60s; an idea …

Beneath the extreme, taboo-breaking surface of ”Salo” (a controversial and scandalous film made in 1975), Gary Indiana argues that there”s a deeply penetrating account of human behaviour which res …

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 …

Why does "Star Trek" have such a colossal appeal? Each richly nuanced episode, and every movie, calls to us on numerous levels simultaneously. The series was the first sci-fi show to treat …