Film Studies

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Suggested reading for FLM362.

This book features software agnostic tutorials and "cookbook recipes" for each phase of postaudio processing. The author begins with a section of FAQs from readers of the author's magazine column. After summarising the significant points of audio theory, the author describes the preliminaries of setting up a post-studio. From there he details every aspect of postproduction - from getting the tracks into the computer, to 'fixing and mixing,' to dealing with details of compression and streaming.

Ebook
Suggested reading for FLM363

The Cambridge Companion to Literature on Screen offers a multi-disciplinary approach to literature on film and television. Writers are drawn from different backgrounds to consider broad topics, such as the issue of adaptation from novels and plays to the screen, canonical and popular literature, fantasy, genre, and adaptations for children. There are also case studies, such as Shakespeare, Jane Austen, the nineteenth-century novel, and modernism, which allow the reader to place adaptations of the work of writers within a wider context.

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A collection of original essays addressing all aspects of French cinema from 1990 to the present day. Features original contributions from top film scholars relating to all aspects of contemporary French cinema. Includes new research on matters relating to the political economy of contemporary French cinema, developments in cinema policy, audience attendance, and the types, building, and renovation of theaters. Contains an unusually large range of methodological approaches and perspectives, including those of genre, gender, auteur, industry, economic, star, postcolonial and psychoanalytic studies. Includes essays by French cinema scholars.

Ebook
Suggested reading for FLM101, FLM103, FLM201, FLM362

This book describes how lenses can produce aesthetically and narratively compelling images in movies, through a close examination of the various ways lens techniques control the look of space, movement, focus, flares, distortion, and the "optical personality" of your story's visual landscape. It provides filmmakers, at any level or experience, with a wealth of knowledge to unleash the full expressive power of any lens at their disposal, whether they are shooting with state-of-the-art cinema lenses or a smartphone, and everything in between.

Ebook
Suggested reading for FLM201, FLM362

Learn how to execute the visual style of your genre in this highly illustrative, inspirational guide to shots and sequences for genre films. Jam-packed with full-color examples from the movies you love. Learn, for example, how to play with the emotions and expectations of your audience by using camera techniques such as dolly zooms and ghost reveals.

Ebook
Suggested reading for FLM101, FLM201, FLM362

A highly visual exploration of the best shots, moves, and set-ups in the industry. This books reveals the secrets behind each shot's success, so it can be adapted to the director's individual scenes.

Ebook
Suggested reading for FLM101, FLM201, FLM362

The French film director Robert Bresson was one of the great artists of the twentieth century and among the most radical, original, and radiant stylists of any time. Notes on the Cinematograph distills the essence of Bresson's theory and practice as a filmmaker and artist. He discusses the fundamental differences between theater and film; parses the deep grammar of silence, music, and noise; and affirms the mysterious power of the image to unlock the human soul.

Physical Book
Suggested reading for FLM362

A complete audio training guide as well as a quick problem-solving resource for the working pro. The author explains hundreds of real-world techniques to use from preproduction through the final mix. Readers get how-tos, tips, and time-savers, plus tutorials on key skills such as dialogue and music editing. This edition features deeper coverage of location techniques, choosing the right mic, in-camera sound recording, getting sound into the camera cleanly, calibrating the camera to location sound equipment, working with mic booms, using separate recorders, and digital wireless.

Ebook
Suggested reading for FLM361, FLM362

Storyboarding is a very tough business, and  a new storyboarder really needs to have their wits about them and have the professional savvy to survive in this competitive field. Professional Storyboarding: Rules of Thumb offers highly illustrative examples of basic storyboarding concepts, as well as sound, career-oriented advice for the new artist. This book also features a number of veteran storyboard artists sharing their experiences in the professional world.

Ebook
Suggested reading for Film Theory

Reinterpreting twelve of Renoir's best-known works, Professor Faulkner attributes their qualities not to the director's unified sensibility but to varying social and historical circumstances.

Ebook
Suggested reading for FLM101, FLM103, FLM201, FLM362

This book introduces key concepts, seminal moments, and pivotal figures in the development of cinematic sound. Each of the book's six chapters covers a different era in the history of Hollywood, from silent films to the digital age, and is written by an expert in that period. Together, the book's contributors are able to explore a remarkable range of past and present film industry practices, from the hiring of elocution coaches to the marketing of soundtrack records.