Film Production Books

New and Published Books

1. Neoliberalism and Global Cinema

   Capital, Culture, and Marxist Critique

   Edited by Jyotsna Kapur, Keith Wagner

   Series: Routledge Advances in Film Studies

   In cinema studies today, rarely do we find a direct investigation into the culture of capitalism and how it has been refracted and fabricated in global cinema production under neoliberalism. However, the current economic crisis and the subsequent Wall Street bailout in 2008 have brought about a...

   Published June 6th 2013 by Routledge
2. Crossover Cinema

   Cross-Cultural Film from Production to Reception

   Edited by Sukhmani Khorana

   Series: Routledge Advances in Film Studies

   Cinematic products in the twenty-first century increasingly emerge from, engage with, and are consumed in cross-cultural settings. While there have been a number of terms used to describe cinematic forms that do not bear allegiance to a single nation in terms of conceptualization, content, finance...

   Published May 20th 2013 by Routledge
3. The Film Handbook

   By Mark de Valk, Sarah Arnold

   Series: Media Practice

   The Film Handbook examines the current state of filmmaking and how film language, technique and aesthetics are being utilised for today’s ‘digital film’ productions. It reflects on how critical analysis’ of film underpins practice and story, and how developing an autonomous ‘vision’ will best aid...

   Published April 15th 2013 by Routledge
4. Cinema as Weather

   Stylistic Screens and Atmospheric Change

   By Kristi McKim

   Series: Routledge Advances in Film Studies

   How do cinematic portrayals of the weather reflect and affect our experience of the world? While weatherly predictability and surprise can impact our daily experience, the history of cinema attests to the stylistic and narrative significance of snow, rain, wind, sunshine, clouds, and skies. Through...

   Published February 24th 2013 by Routledge
5. The Casting Handbook

   For Film and Theatre Makers

   By Suzy Catliff, Jennifer Granville

   Casting is a crucial creative element of any production - and yet the craft and skills needed to put together a successful and exciting cast are often overlooked. The Casting Handbook explains the casting process from beginning to end and covers everything producers and directors needs to know – as...

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
6. Digital Storytelling

   Capturing Lives, Creating Community

   By Joe Lambert

   Listen deeply. Tell stories. This is the mantra of the Center for Digital Storytelling (CDS) in Berkeley California, which, since 1998 has worked with nearly 1,000 organizations around the world and trained more than 15,000 people in the art of digital storytelling. In this revised...

   Published December 6th 2012 by Routledge
7. Color and the Moving Image

   History, Theory, Aesthetics, Archive

   Edited by Simon Brown, Sarah Street, Liz Watkins

   Series: AFI Film Readers

   This new AFI Film Reader is the first comprehensive collection of original essays on the use of color in film. Contributors from diverse film studies backgrounds consider the importance of color throughout the history of the medium, assessing not only the theoretical implications of color on the...

   Published November 18th 2012 by Routledge
8. Video Journalism for the Web

   A Practical Introduction to Documentary Storytelling

   By Kurt Lancaster

   As newspapers and broadcast news outlets direct more resources toward online content, print reporters and photojournalists are picking up video cameras and crafting new kinds of stories with their lenses. Creating multimedia video journalism requires more than simply adapting traditional broadcast...

   Published September 16th 2012 by Routledge
9. The Screenwriter Activist

   Writing Social Issue Movies

   By Marilyn Beker

   Hotel Rwanda. Philadelphia. Silkwood. Some of the most important films ever made have tackled real-world social issues, from genocide to homophobia to corporate greed. As storytellers, activist screenwriters recognize that social issues make great stories that can be gut-wrenching,...

   Published July 2nd 2012 by Routledge
10. The Sound Handbook

    By Tim Crook

    Series: Media Practice

    'Tim Crook has written an important and much-needed book, and its arrival on our shelves has come at a highly appropriate time.' Professor Seán Street, Bournemouth University The Sound Handbook maps theoretical and practical connections between the creation and study of sound across the multi-media...

    Published November 20th 2011 by Routledge