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36 produkter
Movies and Meaning
Häftad, 2012
3202 kr
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Updated in a new 6 th edition, Movies and Meaning is a comprehensive introduction to the film industry that focuses on three topics: how movies express meanings, how viewers understand those meanings, and how cinema functions globally as both an art and a business. It examines both how filmmakers …
Firestorm
American Film in the Age of Terrorism
Inbunden, 2009
1371 kr
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It was believed that September 11th would make certain kinds of films obsolete, such as action thrillers crackling with explosions or high-casualty blockbusters where the hero escapes unscathed. While the production of these films did ebb, the full impact of the attacks on Hollywood's creative …
Firestorm
American Film in the Age of Terrorism
Häftad, 2009
348 kr
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It was believed that September 11th would make certain kinds of films obsolete, such as action thrillers crackling with explosions or high-casualty blockbusters where the hero escapes unscathed. While the production of these films did ebb, the full impact of the attacks on Hollywood's creative …
Firestorm
American Film in the Age of Terrorism
E-bok, 2009
530 kr
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It was believed that September 11th would make certain kinds of films obsolete, such as action thrillers crackling with explosions or high-casualty blockbusters where the hero escapes unscathed. While the production of these films did ebb, the full impact of the attacks on Hollywood's creative …
Visions of Empire
Political Imagery in Contemporary American Film
Inbunden, 1992
1069 kr
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Visions of Empire explores film's function as a medium of political communication, recognizing not just the propaganda film, but the various ways that conventional narrative films embody, question, or critique established social values underlying American attitudes toward historical, social, and …
Visions of Empire
Political Imagery in Contemporary American Film
Häftad, 1992
548 kr
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Visions of Empire explores film's function as a medium of political communication, recognizing not just the propaganda film, but the various ways that conventional narrative films embody, question, or critique established social values underlying American attitudes toward historical, social, and …
Savage Cinema
Sam Peckinpah and the Rise of Ultraviolent Movies
Häftad, 1998
352 kr
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More than any other filmmaker, Sam Peckinpah opened the door for graphic violence in movies. In this book, Stephen Prince explains the rise of explicit violence in the American cinema, its social effects, and the relation of contemporary ultraviolence to the radical, humanistic filmmaking that …
Visions of Empire
Political Imagery in Contemporary American Film
E-bok, 1992
596 kr
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Visions of Empire explores film's function as a medium of political communication, recognizing not just the propaganda film, but the various ways that conventional narrative films embody, question, or critique established social values underlying American attitudes toward historical, social, and …
Introduction to Film Genres
Av Lester Friedman, David Desser m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
570 kr
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An Introduction to Film Genres, written by leading film scholars specifically for undergraduates who are new to the study of film, provides an introduction that helps students see thirteen film genres in a new light---to help them identify the themes, iconography, and distinctive stylistic traits …
Screening Violence 1
Av Stephen Prince, Stephen Prince
Häftad, 2000
1427 kr
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Following the release in 1967 of "Bonnie and Clyde" and "The Dirty Dozen", violence has been seen as a defining feature of the modern film. Is it art or exploitation? Danger or liberation? This volume provides an exmination of the history and effects of graphic violence on film.
New Pot of Gold
Hollywood under the Electronic Rainbow, 1980–1989
Häftad, 2002
403 kr
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Facing an economic crisis in the 1980s, the Hollywood industry moved boldly to control the ancillary markets of videotape, video disk, pay-cable and pay-per-view, and the major studios found themselves targeted for acquisition by global media and communications companies. This volume examines the …
Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch
Häftad, 1998
310 kr
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Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch is one of the most influential films in American cinema. The intensity of its violence was unprecedented, while the director's use of multiple cameras, montage editing, and slow motion quickly became the normative style for rendering screen violence. Demonstrating to …
Warrior's Camera
The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa - Revised and Expanded Edition
Häftad, 1999
561 kr
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The Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa, who died at the age of 88, has been internationally acclaimed as a giant of world cinema. Rashomon, which won both the Venice Film Festival's grand prize and an Academy Award for best foreign-language film, helped ignite Western interest in the Japanese …
Warrior's Camera
The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa - Revised and Expanded Edition
E-bok, 2020
741 kr
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The Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa, who died at the age of 88, has been internationally acclaimed as a giant of world cinema. Rashomon , which won both the Venice Film Festival''s grand prize and an Academy Award for best foreign-language film, helped ignite Western interest in the Japanese …
Screening Violence
Häftad, 2000
447 kr
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Graphic cinematic violence is a magnet for controversy. From passionate defenses to outraged protests, theories abound concerning this defining feature of modern film: Is it art or exploitation, dangerous or liberating? Screening Violence provides an even-handed examination of the history, merits, …
Horror Film
Häftad, 2004
413 kr
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In this volume, Stephen Prince has collected essays reviewing the history of the horror film and the psychological reasons for its persistent appeal, as well as discussions of the developmental responses of young adult viewers and children to the genre. The book focuses on recent postmodern …
Digital Visual Effects in Cinema
The Seduction of Reality
Häftad, 2012
457 kr
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Avatar. Inception. Jurassic Park. Lord of the Rings. Ratatouille. Not only are these some of the highest-grossing films of all time, they are also prime examples of how digital visual effects have transformed Hollywood filmmaking. Some critics, however, fear that this digital revolution marks a …
Dream of Resistance
The Cinema of Kobayashi Masaki
Inbunden, 2017
605 kr
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Celebrated as one of Japan's greatest filmmakers, Kobayashi Masaki's scorching depictions of war and militarism marked him as a uniquely defiant voice in post-war Japanese cinema. A pacifist drafted into Japan's Imperial Army, Kobayashi survived the war with his principles intact and created a body …
Digital Cinema
Häftad, 2019
273 kr
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Digital Cinema considers how new technologies have revolutionized the medium, while investigating the continuities that might remain from filmmaking’s analog era. In the process, it raises provocative questions about the status of realism in a pixel-generated digital medium whose scenes often defy …
Digital Cinema
Inbunden, 2019
879 kr
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Digital Cinema considers how new technologies have revolutionized the medium, while investigating the continuities that might remain from filmmaking’s analog era. In the process, it raises provocative questions about the status of realism in a pixel-generated digital medium whose scenes often defy …
Movies and Meaning
Pearson New International Edition
Häftad, 2013
1099 kr
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This comprehensive introduction to film text focuses on three topics: how movies express meanings, how viewers understand those meanings, and how cinema functions globally as both an art and a business. Using clear, accessible, and jargon-free writing, this is the only introductory film text to …
Blocking of Zeebrugge
Operation Z-O 1918
E-bok, 2012
229 kr
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On the night of 22–23 April 1918 the Royal Navy carried out a raid on the German held ports of Zeebrugge and Ostend – Operation Z-O. Under the cover of clouds and smoke, over 70 ships and an assault force of 1,800 Royal Marines embarked on a daring mission which involved a vicious battle of …
American Cinema of the 1980s
Themes and Variations
Häftad, 2007
381 kr
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During the 1980s, American cinema underwent enormous transformations. Blockbusters like Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T., and The Empire Strikes Back earned huge sums for the studios. At the same time, the growth of home video led to new opportunities for independent film production, resulting in many …
Blocking of Zeebrugge
Operation Z-O 1918
Häftad, 2010
196 kr
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On the night of 22–23 April 1918 the Royal Navy carried out a raid on the German held ports of Zeebrugge and Ostend – Operation Z-O.Under the cover of clouds and smoke, over 70 ships and an assault force of 1,800 Royal Marines embarked on a daring mission which involved a vicious battle of …
Blocking of Zeebrugge
Operation Z-O 1918
E-bok, 2012
229 kr
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On the night of 22–23 April 1918 the Royal Navy carried out a raid on the German held ports of Zeebrugge and Ostend – Operation Z-O. Under the cover of clouds and smoke, over 70 ships and an assault force of 1,800 Royal Marines embarked on a daring mission which involved a vicious battle of …
Year In The Country
Lost Transmissions: Dystopic Visions, Alternate Realities, Paranormal Quests and Exploratory Electronica
Häftad, 2023
235 kr
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Year In The Country
Lost Transmissions: Dystopic Visions, Alternate Realities, Paranormal Quests and Exploratory Electronica
Häftad, 2023
262 kr
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