Author: Tudor Gates
Publisher: Wallflower Press
Keywords: short, cuts, screenwriting, craft, –, scenario
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2002-04-15
List price: $20.00
ISBN-10: 1903364264
ISBN-13: 9781903364260

The author of Barbarella and other successful screenplays analyzes the basic structures of effective screenplays, from initial plot lines to realized scripts. All the essential building blocks are discussed in depth: the need for a strong premise; the roles of protagonist and antagonist; the orchestration of plot, characters and dialogue leading to a clear resolution. This book not only instructs first-time writers on how to go about their work but also serves as a valuable check-list for established authors, and for actors, directors and teachers, in their task of deconstructing and assessing

Author: Larry Sider
Publisher: Wallflower Press
Keywords: soundscape
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2003-05-15
List price: $24.00
ISBN-10: 1903364590
ISBN-13: 9781903364598

The School of Sound is a unique annual event exploring the use of sound in film, which has attracted practitioners, academics and artists from around the world. Soundscape is the first compendium of the event’s presentations that investigate the modern soundtrack and the ways sound combines with image in both art and entertainment. The many contributors include directors David Lynch and Mike Figgis; Oscar-winning sound designer Walter Murch (Apocalypse Now); composer Carter Burwell (Coen Brothers); theorists Laura Mulvey and Michel Chion; critic Peter Wollen; film-makers Mani Kaul and Pe

Author: Stacy Gillis
Publisher: Wallflower Press
Keywords: reloaded, cyberpunk, trilogy, matrix
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2005-12-30
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 1904764320
ISBN-13: 9781904764328

The Matrix Trilogy: Cyberpunk Reloaded is a collection of critical essays on the massive phenomenon that is the three Matrix films, including the subsequent Web sites, computer games and The Animatrix films. Among the topics considered are the new cyberpunk, Baudrillarian simulacra, the politics of gender and race, the femme fatale, costume, cyberculture and the body, virtual realities and special effects. Discussing both the influences on the trilogy and the impact they have had since their release, the contributors to this collection provide critically innovative readings of the franchise.

Author: Barry Keith Grant
Publisher: Wallflower Press
Keywords: short, cuts, ideology, iconography, genre, film
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2007-01-01
List price: $22.00
ISBN-10: 1904764797
ISBN-13: 9781904764793

This is a concise evaluation of film genre, discussing genre theory and sample analyses of the western, science fiction, the musical, horror, comedy, and the thriller. It introduces the topic in an accessible way and includes sections on the principles of studying and understanding "the idea of genre"; genre and popular culture; the narrative and stylistic conventions of specific genres; the relations of genres to culture and history, race, gender, sexuality, class and national identity; and the complex relations between genre and authorship. Case studies include: 42nd Street, Pennies from H

Authors:Alberto Elena, Marina Díaz López,
Publisher: Wallflower Press
Keywords: frames, america, latin, cinema
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2004-03
List price: $29.50
ISBN-10: 1903364833
ISBN-13: 9781903364833

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Author: Joel W. Finler
Publisher: Wallflower Press
Keywords: story, hollywood
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2003-07-15
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 1903364663
ISBN-13: 9781903364666

This fully revised and updated edition of an award-winning classic traces the history of Hollywood from the silent era to the present day. The Hollywood Story comprehensively covers every aspect of movie-making in America, taking in nickelodeans, drive-ins and multiplexes; the transition from silent to sound, black and white to colour; the relationships of producers, directors, stars and technicians; and the function and output of the studios - their major hits and most expensive flops. Praise for the first edition: ’Pride of place must go to Joel Finler’s The Hollywood Story whi

Authors:Stephanie Dennison, Song Hwee Lim,
Publisher: Wallflower Press
Keywords: politics, film, culture, identity, world, cinema, remapping
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2006-03-15
List price: $26.00
ISBN-10: 1904764622
ISBN-13: 9781904764625