Anywhere: Filmmaking (Keywords)

Hollywood may define our ideas of the movies, but it is the city of Bombay that is now the centre of world cinema. In this book, Mihir Bose traces the rise of the Bollywood film industry, exploring the lives of the men and women who have played an integral part in Indian filmmaking.

Take a front-row seat and witness the filmmaking magic that brought J.K. Rowling's script for 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' to the screen.

This provides a complete history of Irish filmmaking from the silent period to the present focusing paricularly on Irish history and politics.

Damian Drooth, the one of a kind, clean-up-the world hero, has arrived. Criminals beware - and be very afraid. In his first case, Damian finds himself in the glamorous world of filmmaking. But it turns out to be a den of deceit. Damian needs all his mind-boggling skills to keep himself out of t...

Written in the usual lighthearted, easy-to understand 'For Dummies' style, this book demystifies the nuts and bolts of filmmaking, covering everything from developing a project, pitching it and securing financing to hiring a cast and crew, editing footage and getting distribution.

This text is based on the notion that visual communication is a skill that can be learnt. This is a step-by-step guide to the pre-production process of breaking down the script right to creating drawings for film frames.

Why do SF movies matter? What do they tell us about the interests of storytellers and the changing tastes of cinema-goers? How have SF movies evolved with filmmaking technology over the past 110 years? Providing an entertaining and in-depth history of the science fiction genre's pivotal and mos...

'I Carried a Watermelon' is a love story to 'Dirty Dancing.' A warm, witty and accessible look at how Katy Brand's life-long obsession with the film has influenced her own attitudes to sex, love, romance, rights and responsibilities. It explores the legacy of the film, from pushing women's storie...

Documentary filmmaker Alice Lindstedt has been obsessed with the vanishing residents of the old mining town, dubbed 'The Lost Village', since she was a little girl. Her grandmother's entire family disappeared in this mysterious tragedy, and ever since, the unanswered questions surrounding the dea...

Like almost everyone, Eric Warberg went to Hollywood to make it big. For many years, he was successful, until directing a few box office bombs made him virtually unemployable. When an opportunity presents itself for a return to his hometown of Memphis, to direct a small, independent film, it is a...