Tässä on nyt kunnianhimoisen henkilö-valaisijan aapinen, katekismus ja sanakirja. Kaikki tärkeä valaisutieto yksissä kansissa. – Matti J. Kaleva, valokuvakouluttaja, SVLM, EMP, KteO Haluatko oppia henkilökuvan valaisun periaatteista studiossa ja miljöössä? Kirja sisältää yli kaksikymmentä esimerkkikuvausta, joissa idea on visualisoitu kuvaan ...

Helsinkiläinen valokuvaaja Vuokko Salo on ikuistanut yli 30 Suomen eturivin räppäriä. Mustavalkokuvien konstailematon ja klassinen tyyli antaa tilaa jokaisen kuvatun henkilön omalle per-soonalle. Tässä kirjassa esiin astuu ihminen roolin takaa. Kuvien yhteyteen Miika ”Särre” Särmäkari on kirjoittanut haastattelujen pohjalta artistin muistelotek...

Millainen olisi ollut Jörn Donnerin ja Matti Kassilan Tuntematon sotilas, Renny Harlinin esikoiseksi kaavailtu Perintö tai Edvin Laineen elokuva Sibeliuksesta? Miksi Rauni Mollbergin filmatisoinnit Puukkojunkkareista, Mustasta hurmiosta ja Kivenpyörittäjän kylästä jäivät kaikki toteutumatta, vaikka niillä oli Elokuvasäätiön tuki takanaan? Entä mist...

With a twist on the practical movie-making genre, this title brings the subject to life by explaining the terms and processes through the films you know and love. Using key scenes from some of the best-loved movies of all time, Tim Grierson explores everything from cinematography to the secrets of talking to camera. Deep focus is explored through '...

From the Academy Award(R)-winning actor, an unconventional memoir filled with raucous stories, outlaw wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction. I've been in this life for fifty years, been trying to work out its riddle for forty-two, and been keeping diaries of clues to that riddle for the last thirty-five...

As special photographer on the sets and locations of Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather trilogy, Steve Schapiro had the remarkable experience of witnessing legendary actors giving some of their most memorable performances. This book gathers more than 300 of Schapiro's finest photographs to take us behind the scenes of this epic and inimitable...

Antoni Gaudì merged Orientalism, natural forms, and new materials into a unique Modernista aesthetic that put Barcelona on the global architecture map. With brand-new photography, plans and drawings by Gaudì himself, as well as an extensive appendix of all his works including furniture and unfinished projects, this book takes us through the...

Peter Lindbergh's seminal compendium, now published in a special anniversary edition. Through collaborations with the most venerated names in fashion, Lindbergh created new narratives with his humanist approach. This book features more than 300 images, many previously unpublished, and an adapted interview with Lindbergh.

'The Short Story of Film' provides an innovative introduction to the art of film-making. Simply constructed, the book explores 50 key movies, from superhero blockbusters to indie darlings. Accessible, concise and fun to read, this pocket guide gives moviegoers a new way to enjoy their favourite films and to discover new ones to watch.

Boken om kultserien Vänner! Innehåller intervjuer, bakgrundshistoria och anekdoter, liksom en djupdykning i hur en komediserie om sex vänner i New York förändrade tv-historien för alltid.

Quentin Tarantino is one of the most influential and distinctive filmmakers at work in the world today. His films are so admired that nearly everyone he makes becomes an instant cult classic. Here, Tom Shone presentss in-depth commentaries on each of the films Tarantino has directed, from 'Reservoir Dogs' to 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,' as well...

To write for the unique medium of the screen, you need to be as engaged with the theory and practice of film as you are with words. 'Screenwriting is Filmaking' provides a wealth of insights for new and experienced writers alike on the historical, theoretical and practical essentials of screenwriting. With clear analyses drawn from a wide range of ...

Cinema, like language, can be said to exist as a system of differences. In his book, acclaimed philosopher Jacques Rancière looks at cinematic art in comparison to its corollary forms in literature and theatre. From literature, he argues, cinema takes its narrative conventions, while at the same time effacing literature's images and philosophy; and...

The first book to reveal the secrets of "crossover" writing techniques for filmmakers wishing to reach multiple foreign markets-from Peoria to Beijing! No longer left to chance, Lin's step-by-step development process and one-of-a-kind tools are provided, enabling all writers to create top-notch original screenplays or adaptations.

Back in the USSR 250 film posters capture the cultural energy of the pre-Stalin era At the intersection of the visual, graphic, and cinematic arts, film posters are a unique and thrilling record of a particular cultural Zeitgeist. This book brings together 250 posters from the pre-Stalin Soviet Union of the 1920s and 1930s to explore the energy and...

Beginning with a general overview of film noir and covering its most important themes chapter-by-chapter (lovers planning murder, corrupt police and doomed love), this illustrated handbook provides instant and in-depth access to the genre for amateurs and aficionados alike.

Horror is both the most perennially popular and geographically diverse of all film genres: every country that makes movies makes horror films of one kind or another. Celebrating this diversity, 'Horror Cinema' examines the genre in thematic, historical and aesthetic terms.

If there remains any doubt Kubrick is one of the giants of the cinema of the 20th century cinema, 'The Stanley Kubrick Archives' should dispel it, both through the revelations contained in the director's own words and in the observations offered by his collaborators and critics. For fans this book will be the ultimate. For those less acquainted wit...