The British Film Catalogue
Author: Denis Gifford
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-10-24
Total Pages: 1120
ISBN-13: 1317837029
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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The British Film Catalogue
Author: Denis Gifford
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-09-16
Total Pages: 3325
ISBN-13: 1317836987
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in 2001. The standard work on its subject, this resource includes every traceable British entertainment film from the inception of the "silent cinema" to 1994. Now, this new edition includes a wholly original second volume devoted to non-fiction and documentary film--an area in which the British film industry has particularly excelled. All entries throughout this third edition have been revised, and coverage has been extended through 1994.Together, these two volumes provide a unique, authoritative source of information for historians, archivists, librarians, and film scholars.
British Film Catalogue
Author: Denis Gifford
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-04-01
Total Pages: 8374
ISBN-13: 1317740629
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in 2001.The standard work on its subject, this resource includes every traceable British entertainment film from the inception of the "silent cinema" to the present day. Now, this new edition includes a wholly original second volume devoted to non-fiction and documentary film--an area in which the British film industry has particularly excelled. All entries throughout this third edition have been revised, and coverage has been extended through 1994.Together, these two volumes provide a unique, authoritative source of information for historians, archivists, librarians, and film scholars.
Science Fiction Film
Author: Keith M. Johnston
Publisher: Berg
Published: 2013-05-09
Total Pages: 193
ISBN-13: 0857850563
DOWNLOAD EBOOKScience Fiction Film develops a historical and cultural approach to the genre that moves beyond close readings of iconography and formal conventions. It explores how this increasingly influential genre has been constructed from disparate elements into a hybrid genre. Science Fiction Film goes beyond a textual exploration of these films to place them within a larger network of influences that includes studio politics and promotional discourses. The book also challenges the perceived limits of the genre - it includes a wide range of films, from canonical SF, such as Le voyage dans la lune, Star Wars and Blade Runner, to films that stretch and reshape the definition of the genre. This expansion of generic focus offers an innovative approach for students and fans of science fiction alike.
The Story of British Animation
Author: Jez Stewart
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2021-08-26
Total Pages: 193
ISBN-13: 1911239724
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Sight & Sound Book of the Year Jez Stewart charts the course of this extraordinarily fertile area of British film from early experiments with stop-motion and the flourishing of animated drawings during WWI. He reveals how the rockier interwar period set the shape of the industry in enduring ways, and how creatives like Len Lye and Lotte Reiniger brought art to advertising and sponsored films, building a foundation for such distinctive talents as Bob Godfrey, Alison De Vere and George Dunning to unleash their independent visions in the age of commercial TV. Stewart highlights the integral role of women in the industry, the crucial boost delivered by the arrival of Channel 4, the emergence of online animation and much more. The book features 'close-up' analyses of key animators such as Lancelot Speed and Richard Williams, as well as more thematic takes on art, politics and music. It builds a framework for better appreciating Britain's landmark contributions to the art of animation, including Halas and Batchelor's Animal Farm (1954), Dunning's Yellow Submarine (1968) and the creations of Aardman Animations.
The Battle of Britain on Screen
Author: S. P. MacKenzie
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2016-01-28
Total Pages: 193
ISBN-13: 147422847X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis new, updated edition of The Battle of Britain on Screen examines in depth the origins, development and reception of the major dramatic screen representations of 'The Few' in the Battle of Britain produced over the past 75 years. Paul MacKenzie explores both continuity and change in the presentation of a wartime event that acquired and retains near-mythical dimensions in popular consciousness and has been represented many times in feature films and television dramas. Alongside relevant technical developments, the book also examines the social, cultural, and political changes occurring in the second half of the 20th century and first decade of current century that helped shape how the battle came to be framed dramatically. This edition contains a new chapter looking at the portrayal of the Battle of Britain at the time of its 70th anniversary. Through its perceptive demonstration of how our memory of the battle has been constantly reshaped through film and television, The Battle of Britain on Screen provides students of the Second World War, 20th-century Britain and film history with a thorough and complex understanding of an iconic historical event.
"They Thought it was a Marvel"
Author: Tjitte de Vries
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 577
ISBN-13: 9085550165
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWas 1906 the year of birth of animation pictures? Or 1908? Was France the place of birth, or was it the United States? --
Wax Museum Movies
Author: George Higham
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2020-09-18
Total Pages: 297
ISBN-13: 1476640114
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSpanning over a century of cinema and comprised of 127 films, this book analyzes the cinematic incarnations of the "uncanniest place on earth"--wax museums. Nothing is as it seems at a wax museum. It is a place of wonder, horror and mystery. Will the figures come to life at night, or are they very much dead with corpses hidden beneath their waxen shells? Is the genius hand that molded them secretly scarred by a terrible tragedy, longing for revenge? Or is it a sinner's sanctum, harboring criminals with countless places to hide in plain sight? This chronological analysis includes essential behind the scenes information in addition to authoritative research comparing the creation of "real" wax figures to the "reel" ones seen onscreen. Publicly accessible or hidden away in a maniac's lair, wax museums have provided the perfect settings for films of all genres to thrillingly play out on the big screen since the dawn of cinema.
Early Cinema
Author: Simon Popple
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2019-07-25
Total Pages: 142
ISBN-13: 023185031X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book introduces the reader to the study of cinema as a series of aesthetic, technological, cultural, ideological and economic debates while exploring new and challenging approaches to the subject. It explores the period 1895 to 1914 when cinema established itself as the leading form of visual culture among rapidly expanding global media, emerging from a rich tradition of scientific, economic, entertainment and educational practices and quickly developing as a worldwide institution.
The Sounds of the Silents in Britain
Author: Julie Brown
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 351
ISBN-13: 0199797544
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEarly cinemas were noisy places with pianos, organs, ensembles of all varieties and sometimes full orchestras accompanied films. Britain, a key cultural player in the entertainment world both at the time and now, has a different history than the US of musical cultures and film production.
