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Navigating the necessary skills for shooting film or TV is a challenge for any filmmaker. This book demystifies the art ......more

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This edited collection examines a new phase in the creation of transnational high-end drama in television’s current mult......more

From the mid- to late 1990s, Paul Burgess was invited by Jarvis Cocker to document the British band Pulp, taking photogr......more

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Now in its third edition, The Prop Building Guidebook: For Theatre, Film, and TV walks readers through techniques used i......more

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Dyeing for Entertainment encompasses a wide range of methods of theatrical painting and dyeing to create beautiful artis......more

This book examines 3D cinema across the early 1950s, the early 1980s, and from 2009 to 2014, providing for the first tim......more

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Award-winning playwright, screenwriter, and director David Mamet shares scandalous and laugh-out-loud tales from his fou......more

Through dozens of interviews, a detailed chronology and filmography, and a selection of Dorothy Arzner’s own writings--i......more

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Drawing especially on the encounters and relationships that defined her exceptional career, The Sustainable Legacy of Ag......more

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George A. Romero is recognised as one of the most culturally significant horror auteurs in American cinema. From his deb......more

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The bestselling classic celebrating animation legend Walt Disney by author and photographer Christopher Finch--revised a......more

Reality TV Behind The Curtain is a fascinating and revealing look at the inner workings of the world of reality televisi......more

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ReFocus: The Films of Claire Denis comprises 14 original works of criticism from world leading Denis scholars and early ......more

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