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 | Rebels on the Backlot: Six Maverick Directors and How They Conquered the Hollywood Studio System Product# 460678623 Selling for $25.95 "Draws on more than 100 interviews and a decade's worth of reportage to chronicle the rise of six influential directors from the 1990s, including Quentin Tarantino, David Fincher, and Spike Jonze, in a portrait of contemporary Hollywood that focuses on the development, shooting, and release of each director's major film. 35,000 first printing." |
| Rebels on the Backlot: Six Maverick Directors and How They Conquered the Hollywood Studio System Product# 460681421 Selling for $25.95 "Draws on more than 100 interviews and a decade's worth of reportage to chronicle the rise of six influential directors from the 1990s, including Quentin Tarantino, David Fincher, and Spike Jonze, in a portrait of contemporary Hollywood that focuses on the development, shooting, and release of each director's major film. 35,000 first printing." |
 | Titanic: James Cameron's Illustrated Screenplay Product# 460682313 Selling for $30 "Winner of 11 Oscars and a huge box-office success, 'Titanic' has lived up to its name. Now, for fans everywhere, here is the complete and illustrated annotated script of this cinematic masterpiece. 250+ photos." |
 | Feature Filmmaking at Used-Car Prices: How to Write, Produce, Direct, Shoot, Edit, and Promote a Feature-Lenth Movie for Less Than $15,000 Product# 460686545 Selling for $16.95 "In this revised and updated edition of Feature Filmmaking at Used-Car Prices, Rick Schmidt shows aspiring filmmakers step-by-step how to create a feature film for the price of a used car. Featuring extensive new material on using digital video technology and making the most of Internet resources, Schmidt's practical, no-nonsense handbook reveals the insider secrets to: -- Selecting and writing a story that can be produced on a tight budget -- Rallying a filmmaking team through creative contracts -- Shooting and editing with an original style -- Marketing the finished film and dealing with agents -- Making a collaborative feature Fully revised and updated to cover the new technology that continues to revolutionize low-budget filmmaking, Schmidt's guide is as useful and relevant as ever. Complete with checklists, technical information, and sample budgets, this essential guide offers both inspiration and instruction for anyone who has the yen to make a film without breaking the bank." |
 | Concepts in Film Theory Product# 460765891 Selling for $38 Concepts in Film Theory concentrates on the major areas of debate rather than on individual figures. Andrew provides lucid explanations of theories which involve perceptual psychology and structuralism; semiotics and psychoanalysis; hermeneutics and genre study. |
 | How to Read a Film; The World of Movies, Media, Multimedia: Language, History, Theory Product# 460765894 Selling for $29.95 "Looking at film from many vantage points, Monaco discusses the elements necessary to understand how a film conveys its meaning, and more importantly, how the audience can best discern all that a film is attempting to communicate. 'An astute and thoroughgoing analysis'.--'Publishers Weekly'. 425 illustrations." |
| Concepts in Film Theory Product# 460768051 Selling for $38 Concepts in Film Theory concentrates on the major areas of debate rather than on individual figures. Andrew provides lucid explanations of theories which involve perceptual psychology and structuralism; semiotics and psychoanalysis; hermeneutics and genre study. |
| How to Read a Film; The World of Movies, Media, Multimedia: Language, History, Theory Product# 460768065 Selling for $29.95 "Looking at film from many vantage points, Monaco discusses the elements necessary to understand how a film conveys its meaning, and more importantly, how the audience can best discern all that a film is attempting to communicate. 'An astute and thoroughgoing analysis'.--'Publishers Weekly'. 425 illustrations." |
 | Foundations of American Constitutionalism Product# 460768119 Selling for $111 The idea of Founders' intent continues to be a remarkably durable force in American constitutional interpretation. It is consequently necessary that any acceptable theory of the proper interpretation of the Constitution give weight and sense to this American practice. |
 | Music and the Silent Film; Contexts and Case Studies, 1895-1924 Product# 460768161 Selling for $98 "In this book a leading authority on film music examines scores of the silent film period. The first of three volumes investigating music for film, this thoughtful, pathbreaking study demonstrates the richness of silent film music as it details the way scores were often planned from the start as an integral part of the cinematic whole. Recovering a vibrant and important aspect of twentieth-century music, Music and the Silent Film will interest scholars of film theory, film history, modern music, and modern aesthetics." |