August 23, 2009

Bernard Mendiburu “3D Movie Making: Stereoscopic Digital Cinema from Script to Screen”
Focal Press | ISBN: 0240811372 | 2009-05-06 | 232 pages | PDF | 4.1 MB

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Shadows, Specters, Shards: Making History in Avant-Garde Film by Jeffrey Skoller
Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press | Number Of Pages: 264 | Publication Date: 2005-08-14 | ISBN-10: 081664232X | PDF | 18 Mb
Avant-garde films are often dismissed as obscure or disconnected from the realities of social and political history. Jeffrey Skoller challenges this myth, arguing that avant-garde films more accurately display the complex interplay between past events and our experience of the present than conventional documentaries and historical films. Shadows, Specters, Shards examines a group of experimental films, including work by Eleanor Antin, Ernie Gehr, and Jean-Luc Godard, that take up historical events such as the Holocaust, Latin American independence struggles, and urban politics. Identifying a cinema of evocation rather than representation, these films call attention to the unrepresentable aspects of history that profoundly impact the experience of everyday life. Making use of the critical theories of Walter Benjamin and Gilles Deleuze, among others, Skoller analyzes various narrative strategies – allegory, sideshadowing, testimony, and multiple temporalities – that uncover competing perspectives and gaps in historical knowledge often ignored in conventional film. In his discussion of avant-garde film of the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, Skoller reveals how a nuanced understanding of the past is inextricably linked to the artistry of image making and storytelling.

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Digital Cinema : The Revolution in Cinematography, Post-Production, and Distribution by Brian McKernan
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics | Number Of Pages: 384 | Publication Date: 2005-03-31 | ISBN-10: 0071429638 | PDF | 4 Mb
In clear understandable style, with supporting interviews from industry pros, Brian has brought together the essential technological chops to understand the digital transformation that will soon impact almost every aspect of movie production and distribution. This is not a how-to guide, nor a product critique. It is a book that will jump start anyones move into a digital strategy. It also ties together historical context with the rapid evolution of HD and digital cinema while introducing readers to the companies and people making things happen. It is an excellent background to more arcane topics such as compression, color space and display technologies.

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Deborah Shaw – Film Studies: The Essential Study Guide
Routledge | 2008 | ISBN: 0415437008 | Pages: 240 | PDF | 1 MB
Providing a key resource to new students, “Film: The Essential Study Guide” introduces all the skills needed to succeed on a film studies course. This succinct, accessible guide covers key topics such as: using the library; online research and resources; viewing skills; how to watch and study foreign language films; essay writing; presentation skills; referencing and plagiarism; and, practical filmmaking. Including exercises and examples, “Film: The Essential Study Guide” helps film students understand how study skills are applicable to their learning and gives them the tools to flourish in their degree.

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