This seminal text is also a tribute to six key figures within the field who have been leaders in research and teaching of French cinema: Jill Forbes, Susan Hayward, Phil Powrie, Keith Reader, Carrie Tarr, and Ginette Vincendeau.

The tried-and-tested units of work in this book are placed in the context of current ideas about classroom practice.

Some people may claim ‘Ashes to Ashes’ is a science fiction series others may say it is a police drama series. This essay will examine if it is maybe a hybrid of several television genres.

This guide to the concerto consists of four parts corresponding to the major periods of music-baroque, classical, romantic and 20th century-through which the concerto evolved.

James Goodwin treats issues of revolutionary history and historical representation as central to an understanding of Eisentein's work, which explores two movements within Soviet history and consciousness: the Bolshevik Revolution and the ...

Cura e traduzione di Luigi SquarzinaEdizione integrale con testo francese a fronteQuesta commedia, concepita nel 1668, è indubbiamente fra le più famose di Molière. «L’Avaro, in cui il vizio distrugge ogni pietà che unisce il padre ...

This volume addresses the influence of Italian neorealist films on world cinema well beyond the post-World War II period associated with the movement.

Written by the world's leading scholars and researchers in sound studies, this handbook offers new and engaging perspectives on the significance of sound in its material and cultural forms.

In this book he explains in layman's terms the principles of film editing, using examples and anecdotes from almost five decades in the film industry.

As well as exploring artistic achievements and ideological debates, Yingjin Zhang examines how - despite the pressures placed on the industry from state control and rigid censorship - Chinese national cinema remains incapable of projecting ...

Looks at the history of pornographic films, discusses what they reveal about attitudes towards sexuality, and considers the censorship issue

In this new, updated edition, Emmy Award-winning author Sheila Curran Bernard offers: New strategies for analyzing documentary work New conversations with filmmakers including Stanley Nelson (The Black Panthers), Kazuhiro Soda (Mental), ...

Chuck Tryon offers a compelling introduction to a world in which movies have become digital files.

Liquid Metal is the first extended collection of previously published essays on science fiction film and television.

En este libro, Jaime Peñafiel, una de las personas que mejor conoce a Isabel y que la ha seguido desde que llegó a España, nos retrata esa vida intensa, con sus luces y sus sombras, de la que es, sin duda, todo un icono de belleza, moda ...

Reflecting the author's expertise in gender and social diversity, the text includes an unparalleled focus on diversity. The new edition also features increased coverage of social media and an expanded emphasis on ethical choices.

Bridging the fields of computer-mediated communication and audience studies, the book shows how verbal and non verbal communicative practices create collaborative interpretations and criticism, group humor, interpersonal relationships, ...

Solve common problems in choreography, design and shape movements into a dance, and organize a concert.

This work presents an account of what it means to perform theatre and live by theatre, grounded in ethnographic research.

In this groundbreaking investigation into the nature and meanings of melodrama in American culture between 1880 and 1920, Ben Singer offers a challenging new reevaluation of early American cinema and the era that spawned it.