Superman on Film, Television, Radio and Broadway
First introduced in a 1938 comic book, Superman has since become an iconic character in American entertainment. This complete history covers Superman's appearances in film and television, from the 1941 introduction of the first Superman cartoon to...
Film and Television
The popularity and pervasiveness of film and television in 21st-century life is inescapable. Whether viewed as entertainment, educational, or cultural forms, the effect of these media on our lifestyles and attitudes is unmistakable. No wonder an i...
Television after TV
In the last ten years, television has reinvented itself in numerous ways. The demise of the U.S. three-network system, the rise of multi-channel cable and global satellite delivery, changes in regulation policies and ownership rules, technological...
Television After TV
In the last ten years, television has reinvented itself in numerous ways. The demise of the U.S. three-network system, the rise of multi-channel cable and global satellite delivery, changes in regulation policies and ownership rules, technological...
Television Studies After TV
Television studies must now address a complex environment where change has been vigorous but uneven, and where local and national conditions vary significantly. Globalizing media industries, deregulatory policy regimes, the multiplication, converg...
Cycles, Sequels, Spin-offs, Remakes, and Reboots
With sequels, prequels, remakes, spin-offs, or copies of successful films or franchises dominating film and television production, it sometimes seems as if Hollywood is incapable of making an original film or TV show. These textual pluralities or ...
Who Cut the Cheese?
A humorous look at the influence of flatulence in religion, science, music, literature, television, film, and radio
Radio, Television and Modern Life
Written by one of the foremost and widely-respected writers in the field, this volume sheds new light on the forms and premises of the communicative experience. In doing so, it challenges the theoretical positions of marxist and "political ec...
Brecht On Film & Radio
This volume gathers together, for the first time in English translation, Brecht's own writings on the new film and broadcast technologies that revolutionised arts and communication in the early part of the twentieth century This book includes all ...
Brecht On Film & Radio
From Weimar Germany to Hollywood to East Berlin, Brecht on Film and Radio gathers together a selection of Bertolt Brecht's own writings on the new film and broadcast media that revolutionised arts and communication in the twentieth century. Bertol...
The Byronic Hero in Film, Fiction, and Television
This title tracks the champion of action films, sci-fi TV, vampire novels, and neo-Gothic comics. ""The Byronic Hero in Film, Fiction, and Television"" bridges nineteenth- and twentieth-century studies in pursui...
Creating Compelling Characters for Film, TV, Theatre and Radio
Strong characters - characters we love and hate, those we despair for at their low moments and egg on to their triumphs - are the foundation of any successful script. Written by award-winning writer Rib Davis and now fully updated for its second e...
Creating Compelling Characters for Film, TV, Theatre and Radio
Strong characters ? characters we love and hate, those we despair for at their low moments and egg on to their triumphs ? are the foundation of any successful script. Written by award-winning writer Rib Davis and now fully updated for its second e...
Creating Compelling Characters for Film, TV, Theatre and Radio
Strong characters ? characters we love and hate, those we despair for at their low moments and egg on to their triumphs ? are the foundation of any successful script. Written by award-winning writer Rib Davis and now fully updated for its second e...
Dealmaking in Film & Television Industry
Dealmaking -- the popular, award-winning self-defence book for everyone working in the film and television industry -- is now expanded (with more than 120 additional pages) and updated to include the latest legal rulings and entertainment technolo...
Auditioning for Film and Television
'This is a terrific guide for young actors...I read it cover to cover and then went out and bought copies for all my kids because, truthfully, it puts an experienced eye on pretty much all of life’s early encounters.” – Donald Sutherland “When I was about to go into my callback with Sacha Baron Cohen, Nancy told me, ‘Just enjoy the experience; you have nothing to lose,’ and she speaks a lot about that in this book. She takes the worry out of auditioning and helps us see the fun and positive side of the experience. Nancy is a true champion for diversity and I am so grateful she has opened the doors for Eastern European artists.” – Maria Bakalova Auditioning for Film and Television is a must-have guide, written from the perspective of a casting director and offering actionable advice on audition technique, scene analysis, online casting and social media. Since the first edition was published in 2009, this practical workbook has helped countless actors learn the craft of auditioning for
Storytelling for Film and Television
Storytelling for Film and Television is a theory and practice book which offers a definitive introduction to the art of storytelling through writing, directing, and editing. Author Ken Dancyger provides a comprehensive explanation of the tools tha...
Nihilism in Film and Television
This book explores the idea of nihilism, emphasized by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, through its appearance in modern popular culture. The author defines and reflects upon nihilism, then explores its manifestation in films and television...
Storytelling in Film and Television
Derided as simple, dismissed as inferior to film, famously characterized as a vast wasteland, television nonetheless exerts an undeniable, apparently inescapable power in our culture. The secret of television's success may well lie in the remarkab...
Heroines of Film and Television
As portrayals of heroic women gain ground in film, television, and other media, their depictions are breaking free of females as versions of male heroes or simple stereotypes of acutely weak or overly strong women. Although heroines continue to re...
Film and Television Star Cars
Would you like to own James Bond's Aston Martin, the Batmobile, the General Lee from The Dukes of Hazzard, or Luke Skywalker's X-Wing fighter? You can - in miniature. A Star Car is any type of vehicle - car, motorcycle, van, truck, bus, plane, hel...
Sound for Film and Television
Sound for Film and Television, Third Edition provides a thorough introduction to the fascinating field of recording, editing, mixing, and exhibiting film and television sound. It strikes a fine balance between aesthetic and technical content, comb...
World War II, Film, and History
The immediacy and apparent truth of the visual image, plus film and television's ostensible ability to propel viewers back into the past, confers a sense of veracity on the most powerful historical films. Examining the effect of film and televisio...
Film, TV, and Music
Containing over 40 activities specifically designed for teenagers, this is an ideal photocopiable resource for busy teachers. The activities cover three popular themes - Film, TV and Music - and they provide graded supplementary material for three...
Television in the Age of Radio: Modernity, Imagination, and the Making of a Medium
Television existed for a long time before it became commonplace in American homes. Even as cars, jazz, film, and radio heralded the modern age, television haunted the modern imagination. During the 1920s and 1930s, U.S. television was a topic of c...
Television: Television
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World Radio TV Handbook 2023
The WRTH 2023 is the worlds most comprehensive and up-to-date guide to broadcasting. This year's edition contains over 175 pages more of data for the keen radio enthusiast. World Radio TV Handbook or WRTH is the most accurate and complete...
Presenting on TV and Radio
Aspiring radio and TV presenters will benefit from the informative and entertaining guidance provided by accomplished presenter, Janet Trewin. Presenting on TV and Radio is packed with illustrations, practical exercises and insider tips for improv...
Writing for TV and Radio
This essential companion offers invaluable insights and solid, practical guidance to those keen to write for TV and radio. PART 1 explores the nature of the media. It looks at the history of writing drama and comedy for radio and TV through a cons...
Working in the Global Film and Television Industries
Like many other cultural commodities, films and TV shows tend to work in such a way as to obscure the conditions under which they are produced, a process that has been reinforced by dominant trends in the practice of Film and Television Studies. T...
Genre and Performance: Film and Television
Looking at contemporary film and television, this book explores how popular genres frame our understanding of on-screen performance. It brings together ground-breaking and inspiring work on this topic from both renowned and newer academics in the ...
Authorizing Shakespeare on Film and Television
Authorizing Shakespeare on Film and Television examines recent film and television transformations of William Shakespeare's drama by focusing on the ways in which modern directors acknowledge and respond to the perceived authority of Shakespeare a...
Film and Television After 9/11
In Film and Television after 9/11, twelve distinguished scholars and critics discuss the production, reception, and distribution of Hollywood and foreign films after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and examine how movies have changed ...
Budget Book for Film and Television
This guidebook is intended to help both the novice and the experienced producer to create and fine-tune their budgets. Based on the top budgeting software packages, Movie Magic and EP Budgeting, this book takes the reader through each line item in...
Visual Effects for Film and Television
* An invaluable insight into the use of visual effects in film and television * Fully illustrated with diagrams to show you step-by-step techniques * Covers visual effects processes from front-of-camera to post-production * Integrated approach to ...
Makeup Artistry for Film and Television
In this comprehensive handbook author, makeup artist, and educator Christine Sciortino offers a detailed introduction to the conceptual foundations, techniques, and on-set practices of the makeup design process, going beyond technique-centered mak...
Queer Love in Film and Television
Focusing primarily on film and televisual texts from the ten years before and after the millennium, the contributors ask how recent films and television programs play with, imitate, subvert, mock, critique, and queer the romantic narrative convent...
American Frontiersmen on Film and Television
From the French and Indian War to the Civil War, well over a hundred years of American history is reflected through the lives of six bold and famous men: Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, Sam Houston, Jim Bridger, and Kit Carson. Here is a b...
Louis L'Amour on Film and Television
This reference work presents useful information for every known film and television episode drawn from a Louis L'Amour work. Chronologically arranged, entries include production information, cast, credits, a synopsis, a description of the L'Amour ...