FILM AND MEDIA STUDIES

October 2021 288 pages 234 x 153mm 9781472987273 Bloomsbury Continuum

October 2021 448 pages 152 x 229mm 9781501357039 Bloomsbury Academic Series: New Approaches to Sound, Music, and Media

August 2021 184 illus • 264 pages 178 x 254mm • 9781501360329 Bloomsbury Academic

Leonard Cohen

The Mystical Roots of Genius Harry Freedman

Uncovers the spiritual traditions that lie behind Leonard Cohen's profound and unmistakable lyrics.

Leonard Cohen was deeply learned in Judaism and Christianity, the spiritual traditions that underpinned his self-identity and the way he made sense of the world. This book explores the mystical and spiritual sources Cohen drew upon, discusses their original context and the stories and ideas behind them. It gives us an insight into the soul and imagination of one of the greatest singers and lyricists of our time. Departing from traditional biographical approaches, Freedman explores song by song how Cohen reworked myths and prayers, legends and allegories. By the end the reader will be left with a powerful understanding of Cohen’s story, together with a far broader insight into the mystical origins of his inimitable work. Harry Freedman is Britain's leading author of popular works of Jewish culture and history.

Cybermedia

Science, Sound, and Vision Edited by Carol Vernallis, Holly Rogers, Jonathan Leal and Selmin Kara

The first book to investigate contemporary media, sound, and music in relationship with new technologies like robotics, big data, and AI.

We are experiencing a time when digital technologies and advances in artificial intelligence, robotics, and big data are redefining what it means to be human. How do these advancements affect contemporary media and music? This collection traces how media, specifically sound and image, engages with new technologies. Established and emerging scholars perform across-the-aisle research on facial and gait recognition, EEG and audiovisual materials, surveillance, and sound and images in relation to intrisnic and extrinsic identifiers. They cite examples in film and television including Blade Runner, Black Mirror, Mr. Robot, Morgan, Ex Machina, and Westworld. The collection facilitates interdisciplinary thinking and collaboration and provides readers with ways of responding to these new technologies. Carol Vernallis is Affiliated Researcher in Music at Stanford University and Visiting Professor of Music at University of California, Berkeley, USA. Holly Rogers is Reader in Music at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK. Jonathan Leal is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Society of Fellows in the Humanities at the University of Southern California, USA. Selmin Kara is Associate Professor of Film and New Media at OCAD University, Canada. S.

Smartphone Filmmaking

Theory and Practice Max Schleser

A introduction to smartphone filmmaking, offering an overview of the contemporary film festival scene.

Mobile, smartphone and pocket filmmaking is a global phenomenon with distinctive festivals, filmmakers and creatives that are defining an original film form. Smartphone Filmmaking introduces readers to mobile, smartphone and pocket filmmaking, providing a source of inspiration for outlining creative practices and principles on how to produce your first film and distribute your project via mobile social media. Filmmaker and academic, Max Schleser traces the development of mobile filmmaking over a decade from its early experimentation to films screened at international film 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. Max Schleser is Senior Lecturer in Film and Television at Swinburne University of Technology, Australia. He is also the Adobe Education Leader, Co-Founder of the Mobile Innovation Network & Association and Screening Director of the International Mobile Innovation Screening & Festival.

Writing for Animation

Laura Beaumont and Paul Larson

The definitive guide to storytelling for writers, directors, storyboard artists and animators.

Authored by the writers of such programs as Thomas the Tank Engine and Bob the Builder, this book provides all the tools necessary to produce professional quality scripts that will further your career in animation. Starting with the fundamentals of ‘why animation?’, the book leads you through a series of principles that form a comprehensive toolbox to help you create stories that become more dramatic, more engaging, and downright funny. Laura Beaumont and Paul Larson are an Emmy® Award-winning writing partnership. They have written six animated features and have over three hundred TV writing credits to their name.

Fashioning James Bond

Costume, Gender and Identity in the World of 007 Llewella Chapman

The first in-depth study of the costumes and fashion of the James Bond films.

Studying the costumes and fashions of the James Bond movie franchise, from Sean Connery in 1962's Dr No to Daniel Craig in Spectre (2015), this book addresses Bond girls, femmes fatales, villains and 007 himself. Llewella Chapman draws on original archival research, close analysis of the costumes and fashion brands featured in the films, and interviews with families of those who assisted in creating the ‘look’ of Bond, considering marketing strategies for the films that promoted the idea of an aspirational ‘James Bond lifestyle’. Llewella Chapman is a visiting scholar at the University of East Anglia, UK.

Ghost in the Well

The Hidden History of Horror Films in Japan Michael Crandol

The first English-language history of the horror film genre in Japan, from the early days of cinema to the Classical period and the J-horror phenomenon at the turn of the millennium.

This is a full history of the horror genre in Japanese cinema, from the silent era and Classical period movies to the contemporary global popularity of J-horror pictures. Michael Crandol draws on a wide range of Japanese language sources, considering the development of 'kaiki eiga'. The book sheds new light on one of Japanese cinema's best-known genres, while also serving as a fascinating case study of how popular film genres are re-imagined across cultural divides. Michael Crandol is an assistant professor of Japanese studies at Leiden University, the Netherlands.

100 American Horror Films

Barry Keith Grant

A guide to 100 of the most notable American horror movies by a leading popular cinema expert.

Barry Keith Grant presents illustrated entries on 100 films from one of American cinema's longest-standing, most diverse and most popular genres, representing its rich history from the silent era to contemporary productions. The films covered are drawn from every decade of American film-making, from major and minor studios and range across all the different types or subgenres of horror. Barry Keith Grant is Professor of Film Studies and Popular Culture at Brock University, Canada.

August 2021 • 32 mono illus 248 pages • 140 x 216mm 9781501358661 Bloomsbury Academic

October 2021 46 mono and 8 colour illus 368 pages • 216 x 138mm 9781350258488 Bloomsbury Academic

June 2021 • 38 mono illus 272 pages • 234 x 156mm 9781350178731 Bloomsbury Academic

February 2022 • 70 colour illus 256 pages • 205 x 195mm 9781839021466 British Film Institute Series: BFI Screen Guides

Duck Soup

J. Hoberman J. Hoberman traces Duck Soup (1933)’s reputation, from the initial disappointment of its release, to its rise to cult status in the 1960s when the Marx’s anarchic, antiestablishment humor seemed, again, timely. Placing the film in its cinematic context, alongside analogous comedies, this analysis provides a historical and political context as well as an in-depth production history.

October 2021 • 40 mono illus 104 pages • 190 x 135mm 9781839022258 British Film Institute Series: BFI Film Classics

Trouble in Paradise

David Weir David Weir provides an in-depth analysis of Ernst Lubitsch’s Trouble in Paradise (1932), exploring its significance to cultural and cinematic history. He also explores the other films in Lubitsch’s career that led to the making of Trouble in Paradise, the larger context in which he was directing, the development of his technique and the emergence of the 'Classic Hollywood Style'.

October 2021 • 55 mono illus 112 pages • 190 x 135mm 9781839022036 British Film Institute Series: BFI Film Classics

The Thing

Anne Billson In her study of John Carpenter's 1982 cult horror movie The Thing, Anne Billson argues that the film brilliantly refines the conventions of classic horror and science fiction, combining them with humour, Lewis Carroll logic, strong characterisation and prescient insight. The idea of an alien species mutating and inhabiting humans resonates all too chillingly with the Covid-19 pandemic and other zoonotic diseases caused by human encroachment on natural habitats.

October 2021 • 60 colour illus 112 pages • 193 x 135mm 2nd edition • 9781839023590 British Film Institute Series: BFI Film Classics

The Silence of the Lambs

Yvonne Tasker Yvonne Tasker explores the way Demme's The Silence of the Lambs (1990) weaves together gothic, horror and thriller conventions to generate both a distinctive variation on the cinematic portrayal of insanity and crime, and a fascinating intervention in the sexual politics of genre. She identifies the film as a key reference-point for tracking the '90s obsession with police procedure and serial killing, analysing its themes of reason and madness, identity and belonging, aspiration and transformation.

October 2021 • 104 pages 194 x 135mm • 2nd edition 9781839023675 British Film Institute Series: BFI Film Classics

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Trainspotting

Murray Smith Brilliantly and aggressively marketed, Danny Boyle's 1996 adaptation of Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting crossed into the mainstream despite being a black comedy set against the backdrop of heroin addiction in Edinburgh. The film is crucial for understanding British culture in the context of devolution and the rise of ‘Cool Britannia’. In his afterword to this new edition, Murray Smith reflects on the original film 25 years after its release, and its 2017 sequel T2: Trainspotting Smith also considers Boyle's subsequent directorial career.

November 2021 • 60 colour illus 128 pages • 191 x 135mm 2nd edition • 9781839022166 British Film Institute Series: BFI Film Classics

Blue Velvet

Michael Atkinson Michael Atkinson’s intricate reading of David Lynch's 1986 Blue Velvet shows how the film crystallises many of Lynch’s chief preoccupations: the evil and violence underlying the surface of suburbia, the seedy byways of sexuality and the frightening appearance of the adult world to a child's eyes. Atkinson situates Blue Velvet within a culture that has changed drastically in the 35 years since its release, considering the film's lasting significance as it slowly turns from contemporary phenomenon to an interpretable artefact.

October 2021 • 60 colour illus 88 pages • 195 x 135mm 2nd edition • 9781839023712 British Film Institute Series: BFI Film Classics

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Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

Catherine Fowler Drawing on original footage, interviews and documents, Catherine Fowler explores the making of Chantal Akerman's 1975 film Jeanne Dielman. Analysing the performance of Delphine Seyrig in the title role, the film's unique representation of domestic space and the materiality of women's time, Fowler illuminates why the film is seen as a significant precursor for what came to be known as 'Slow Cinema' and why it continues to be seen as a landmark of feminist film-making.

November 2021 • 60 colour illus 96 pages • 192 x 135mm 9781839022821 British Film Institute Series: BFI Film Classics

I Know Where I'm Going!

Pam Cook I Know Where I'm Going! (1945) is widely regarded as one of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's most remarkable achievements and a cinematic tour de force. Pam Cook traces the film's production history, exploring its place in Powell and Pressburger's canon and showing how it wove into its narrative the memories and aspirations of an international group of film-makers working in 1940s Britain.

November 2021 • 58 mono illus 104 pages • 196 x 135mm 9781839023811 British Film Institute Series: BFI Film Classics