Animation

The Screenplay

Jack Fincher, American screenwriter David Fincher's Mank recreates 1930s Hollywood through the eyes of scathing wit and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to fi nish Citizen Kane. Starring Gary Oldman as Mankiewicz, Amanda Seyfried as Marion Davies, Charles Dance as William Randolph Hearst and Tom Burke as Orson Welles.

UK July 2021 • US July 2021 • 160 pages PB 9781350244856 • £11.99 / $15.95 ePub 9781350244863 • £10.79 / $13.54 ePdf 9781350244894 • £10.79 / $13.54 Bloomsbury Academic World English

Divergent Tracks

How Three Film Communities Revolutionized Digital Film Sound

Vanessa Theme Ament, Ball State University, USA Offers a unique perspective through the author's personal experience of the three main American sound communities of Hollywood, New York, and the San Francisco Bay Area's transition from analogue to digital postproduction in the 1990s. Using three case studies of essential fi lms - Barton Fink, Bram Stoker's Dracula and The English Patient - it becomes clear the 1990s was an era in which sound professionals became more visible as artists, collaborated in sound design authorship, and infl uenced this digital transition to better accomodate their needs and desires in their work.

UK May 2021 • US May 2021 • 176 pages • 27 colour illus HB 9781501359224 • £80.00 / $110.00 ePub 9781501359217 • £81.19 / $99.00 ePdf 9781501359200 • £81.19 / $99.00 Bloomsbury Academic

Fashioning James Bond

Costume, Gender & Identity in the World of 007

Llewella Chapman, University of East Anglia, UK Fashioning James Bond provides the fi rst full-length critical study of the costume and fashion evident in the James Bond fi lms. Its methodological approach includes research generated from archives, close textual analysis of the costumes and fashion brands presented within the James Bond fi lms, interviews with families of tailors and shirtmakers who assisted in creating the ‘look’ and fashion for the character of James Bond, and critical reception and the marketing strategies for the fi lms, promoted to create a ‘James Bond lifestyle’. In it, Chapman questions why costumes are an important tool for analysing and evaluating fi lm, both in terms of the development of gender in the James Bond fi lm franchise and how it evokes the desire in audiences to become part of a specifi c lifestyle construct through the wearing of fashions as seen on screen. It researches the agency of the costume department, director, producer and actor in creating the look and characterisation of James Bond, the villains, the Bond girls and the henchmen who inhibit the world of 007. In doing so, this book contributes to the emerging critical literature surrounding the combined areas of fi lm, fashion, gender and James Bond.

UK October 2021 • US October 2021 • 256 pages PB 9781350258488 • £19.99 / $26.95 • HB 9781350145481 • £65.00 / $90.00 ePub 9781350164666 • £17.99 / $22.16 ePdf 9781350164659 • £17.99 / $22.16 Bloomsbury Academic Emotion, Performance and Story

Julie Lambden, Westminster University, UK Combining history, theory and practice, Film Editing explains how and why editorial decisions impact on the emotional and narrative engagement of the audience. With colour examples taken from features, short fi lms, documentaries and commercials, Julie Lambden introduces a range of different editing styles and techniques. Each chapter includes in-depth interviews with current editors, directors and writers, demonstrating a wide range of techniques and working styles. Exercises are accompanied online by editable video and audio material, enabling you to experiment with the ideas and techniques introduced in each chapter.

UK September 2021 • US September 2021 • 224 pages • 200 colour illus PB 9781474254908 • £29.99 / $40.95 • HB 9781501379109 • £75.00 / $100.00 ePub 9781474256254 • £26.99 / $33.25 ePdf 9781474256247 • £26.99 / $33.25 Bloomsbury Academic

Dramatic Effects with a Movie Camera

Gail Segal, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, USA & Sheril Antonio, Tisch School of Arts, New York University, USA A practical guide to the visual storytelling potential of different camera techniques, demonstrating how they can produce compelling shots and sequences. By exploring how a close-up shot of a character’s face can help the viewer share their fear or joy, or how a moving camera can reveal plot points, connect objects and characters in space or give clues to their state of mind, Gail Segal and Sheril Antonio show how choice of shot can dramatically affect your narrative. With detailed analysis of clips from 45 fi lms, from 30 countries, this is a unique window into how movie-making masters have made the most of their cameras – and how you can too.

UK July 2021 • US July 2021 • 304 pages • 175 color illus PB 9781474285827 • £28.99 / $39.95 • HB 9781350099494 • £90.00 / $120.00 ePub 9781474285841 • £26.09 / $33.25 ePdf 9781474285834 • £26.09 / $33.25 Bloomsbury Academic

Smartphone Filmmaking

Theory and Practice

Max Schleser, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia Smartphone Filmmaking introduces readers to mobile, smartphone and pocket fi lmmaking, providing a source of inspiration for outlining creative practices and principles on how to produce your fi rst fi lm and distribute your project via mobile social media. Filmmaker and academic Max Schleser traces the development of mobile fi lmmaking over a decade from its early experimentation to fi lms screened at international fi lm festivals, such as Sundance or Berlin International Film Festival. Unlike the the how-to guides currently on the market, this book goes beyond technical elements and focuses on the stories that were told and how they were created.

UK September 2021 • US September 2021 • 256 pages • 184 illus PB 9781501360329 • £24.99 / $34.95 • HB 9781501360336 • £90.00 / $120.00 ePub 9781501360343 • £25.98 / $31.45 ePdf 9781501360350 • £25.98 / $31.45 Bloomsbury Academic