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Molding a Jurassic Universe is a collection of essays exploring the space where nostalgia and geek culture collide, all through the lens of Jurassic Park and the Jurassic Park franchise. The 21 essays muse on traumatized heroes, dinosaur martyrdom, the ethical implications of having a theme park full of extinct creatures brought back to life, cynicism as form and function in filmmaking, a shaving cream can as a foundation to worldbuilding, and more.

Short Film Ideas: Compelling and Scalable Short Film Ideas are exactly that! It contains ideas for short films for all filmmakers and screenwriters who are experiencing writer's block, who are looking for ideas to get their juices flowing, or who need a storyline as soon as possible (i.e., for a film course). Your short screenplay should make the production of your film easy.

Improvisation is a form of performance in which the players have no script. Free of conventional methods and constraints, improv gives filmmakers and actors complete freedom to explore characters and relationships and capture genuine authenticity on camera. In Improv for Indie Filmmakers, author and improv filmmaker Ivan Malekin breaks down how independent filmmakers can use improvisation in their own work to creatively collaborate with actors, speed up production, make more films, and ultimately save time and money by working efficiently at all stages of production.

A New Slant on Acting offers a clear, detailed description of how films get made, how to work on a set, and what filmmakers need from actors. Once you know what everyone on the set is doing, you’ll know what you can do to help films and their crew members be successful. As a valuable team player, you’ll gain a definite edge over your competition and build a life for yourself in the midst of the wonderful magic of moviemaking.

10 Tips for Increasing Your Chances of Getting Attention and Awards at Film Festivals describes how to get more attention and awards by using various strategies to increase attendance and press coverage. It suggests ways to make more connections when you are there or using a surrogate to represent you. It recommends different techniques you can use online and in creating flyers, posters, and other materials to promote your festival screening.

10 Tips for Making a Final to Do List for Distributing Your Film summarizes the key tasks to do to successfully distribute your film. It features key marketing and promotion tasks, such as creating a poster, trailer, and press materials, setting up a website or page on your website for the film, making arrangements with a website, and more. The book is part of a series of short books, in which each book features tips and techniques for becoming more successful in the film industry.

10 Tips for Making Your Own Distribution Arrangements for Your Film describes how you can distribute your film through various online video platforms including aggregators and your own website. It discusses the different types of video platforms, including third-party aggregators and video on demand (VOD) sales platforms.

Se trata del director español más popular y premiado de las últimas décadas, quien por su carácter mediático y carismático ha dirigido a artistas españoles que son auténticos iconos populares de las últimas décadas en el mundo hispano como Miguel Bosé, Carmen Maura, Victoria Abril, Antonio Banderas, Penélope Cruz, entre otros. Sobre su obra y su peculiar lenguaje cinematográfico se ha escrito bastante, tanto en inglés como en español, en el mundo de la cultura de masas y en el ámbito académico.

Here, for the first time, is the complete history of Saturday Night Fever. From the New York magazine article that inspired the film—"Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night" by Nik Cohn—to the on-and-off-set dramas of Travolta, director John Badham, and producer Robert Stigwood, this deep dive into the making of a movie classic also includes special interviews with actors Donna Pescow and Joseph Cali, among others. It explores the huge impact of the film on the industry—including a "Death to Disco" backlash—as well as on American culture itself.

Sex on sets: India's first intimacy coordinator, Aastha Khanna, wants to create a safe space for performers

¿Existe alguien que no lo considere un genio del cine? Allan Stewart Königsberg, su verdadero nombre, es como la figura condensada de todo el séptimo arte. Además de notable director, es guionista, actor, músico, escritor y ganador del premio Óscar en múltiples ocasiones. Hoy es uno de los personajes más respetados, influyentes y prolíficos de la era moderna.

Richly documented, meticulously researched, and stylishly written, Criss-Cross is more than an authoritative film book. It is a portrait of an especially politically paranoid, misogynistic, and homophobic era in America, a time of dramatic transition in the entertainment industry, and a day of reckoning for Alfred Hitchcock and a few other talents with whom he made a dark, resonant, and prescient work of art.

Encouraged by her mother, Sophie Neville kept a diary about her time filming on location in the lakes and mountains of Cumbria. Bouncy and effervescent, extracts from her childhood diary are interspersed among her memories of the cast and crew, offering a child's eye view of the making of the film from development to premiere—and the aftermath.

Welcome to The Ultimate Filmmaking Term Pocketbook Glossary - From A to Z: Unlocking the Language of Filmmaking. This pocket-sized glossary contains over 2,000 essential filmmaking terms used on-set, during pre-production, post-production, and throughout the film industry’s creative and business communities. Whether you’re a budding filmmaker, an aspiring film producer, an actor in training, or just a cinema enthusiast eager to learn the lingo of filmmaking, this pocket-sized book is the tool for you! After all, it’s best not to look like a cold brick on your first day on set. ...

Welcome to the captivating world of YouTube, where dreams are turned into reality and stars are born. If you aspire to be a YouTube sensation, look no further than "How to Be a YouTube Star: From Aspiring Creator to YouTube Sensation." This audiobook is your ultimate guide, providing you with the strategies and insights to ignite your channel and catapult yourself to YouTube stardom.

Breaking into the Movies! It is the humorous (true) story of the life of a kid from Inglewood California, who made it up the food chain to become a world famous motion picture key grip! Michael G. Uva is the author of the world-renowned, Grip Book! (also known as The Grip Bible, now in its fifth edition). Why it's even been translated into Korean. Funny thing is, Mike can't spell or type, nor does he have any command of the English language. None of that has held him back.

A self-made man who rose to dizzying heights, Subhash Ghai proved the adage that destinies are created—and destroyed—every day in the Mumbai film industry. Today he runs Whistling Woods, the country's foremost film institute: his legacy to future generations of filmmakers. Karma's Child, his memoir, written with Suveen Sinha, tells the story of a man who believed he was destined to direct his own future, no less dramatically than a Subhash Ghai film—and did so.

As the 1960s dawned Alfred Hitchcock was riding high ... hit movies, hit TV show, books, magazines and his face printed on it all. He was about to release his most successful film and embark on a roller coaster ride of a decade as he found the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. He was an icon and he would spend the remainder of his life trying to live up to expectations. Now, upon the 50th anniversary of the release of 'Psycho', rediscover the hits and uncover new details behind the unfinished films and the struggles of Hollywood's most famous director. WIth insights from the stars ...

David Wark Griffith, best known for directing the 1915 film "The Birth of a Nation," is considered one of the most influential figures in the history of the motion picture, pioneering many aspects of film editing and expanding the art of the narrative film. In 1919, together with Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, and Douglas Fairbanks, Griffith founded the movie studio United Artists, with the goal of enabling actors and directors to make films on their own terms. In this 1930 recording, actor Walter Huston and director DW Griffith discuss Griffith's film "The Birth of a Nation."

When F. W. Murnau brought Nosferatu to the screen in 1922, he ushered in the bloody reign of cinema’s most venerable villain - the vampire. Nocturnal, fanged and insatiable for human blood, the vampire has infected the public consciousness like no other movie monster. In this illustrated pocket guide, Charles Bramesco goes vampire hunting across a century of cinema, stalking around lonely Transylvanian castles, dusty New York apartments and rain-soaked Washington woods to discover why the vampire has become cinema’s most enduring villain.