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book		Cinesonic : cinema and the sound of music / edited by Philip Brophy North Ryde, N.S.W. St. Leonards, N.S.W.: Australian Film Television & Radio School Allen & Unwin, 2000. Call No: 634 CIN Author: Brophy, Philip CorpAuthor: Australian Film, Television and Radio School Source: AT Place: North Ryde, N.S.W. St. Leonards, N.S.W. Publisher: Australian Film Television & Radio School Allen & Unwin PubDate: 2000 PhysDes: vii, 224 p. : ill. ; 21cm Subject: SOUND; NATIVE AMERICAN CINEMA; MUSIC IN FILMS; FILM NOIR; JAZZ IN FILMS; WESTERNS; DIALOGUE; NAZIS IN FILMS; PROMOTIONAL VIDEOS; LANG, FRITZ; WILLIAMS, HYPE; THOM, RANDY; MUSY, FRANCOIS; GODARD, JEAN-LUC; SHEA, DAVID; WELLES, ORSON; KWAIDAN (JA, Masaki Kobayashi, 1964); NOTTE DI SAN LORENZO, LA (IT, Paolo Taviani & Vittoria Taviani, 1982); APOCALYPSE NOW (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1979); BLACK RIVER (AT, Kevin Lucas, 1991); MAN CALLED HORSE, A (US, Elliot Silverstein, 1970) Notes: Includes index; Bibliography ISBN: 1876351098 : $24.95; 1876351098; 1876351098 (Pbk); 1876351098 LON: 21470326 Contents: Part 1: Issues in sound design and film scores -- Designing a movie for sound: randy Thom in conversation -- Recording for Godard: Francois Musy in conversation -- Sampling the cinema: David Shea in conversation -- Part 2: Transmission from beyond the cinema -- The kinematic pneumacosm of Hype Williams: the rhythm of vision is a dancer / Kodwo Eshun -- My aisles of golden dreams: the beauty of supermarket music / Joseph Lanza -- Sonic darkness: notes towards an aesthetic of jazz in American film noiw / John Conomos -- Part 3: Encodings of orchestral statement -- Drums along the LA river: scoring the Indian / Claudia Gorbman -- The world heard: music, nature, film / Evan Eisenberg -- The original Ludwig van (and others): classical music as cultural marker / Roger Hillman - Part 4: Constructs of recorded sound -- Lang's sound / Adrian Martin -- Orson Welles' turn from live recording to postsynchronization: a technical and aesthetic evolution / Francois Thomas -- How sound floats on land: the suppression and release of folk and indigenous musics in the cinematic terrain / Philip Brophy More info
subject clippings file		DIALOGUE Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE PhysDes: Clippings Subject: DIALOGUE More info
title clippings file		DIALOGUE : (AT, Rosalind Gillespie, 1978) Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE PhysDes: Publicity Subject: DIALOGUE (AT, Rosalind Gillespie, 1978) More info
title clippings file		DIALOGUE AVEC MON JARDINIER : (FR, Jean Becker, 2007) Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE PhysDes: Clippings; Press kit Subject: CONVERSATIONS WITH MY GARDENER [DIALOGUE AVEC MON JARDINIER] (FR, Jean Becker, 2007) More info
title clippings file		DIALOGUE WITH A WOMAN DEPARTED : (US, Leo Hurwitz, 1980) Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE PhysDes: Clippings Subject: DIALOGUE WITH A WOMAN DEPARTED (US, Leo Hurwitz, 1980) More info
title clippings file		DIALOGUE WITH MADWOMEN : (US, Allie Light, 1993) Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE PhysDes: Clippings Subject: DIALOGUE WITH MADWOMEN (US, Allie Light, 1993) More info
book		Explorations in national cinemas : editors, Ben Lawton, Janet Staiger ... et al. , contributors, Marc Glasser ... et al Pleasantville, N.Y.: Redgrave, 1977. Call No: 62(04) EXP Author: Staiger, Janet; Lawton, Ben; Glasser, Marc Source: US Place: Pleasantville, N.Y. Publisher: Redgrave PubDate: 1977 PhysDes: 160 p Series: Film studies annual ; 1977 ; 1 Subject: AESTHETICS; DIALOGUE; VERTOV, DZIGA; BARRY LYNDON (UK, Stanley Kubrick, 1975); CLOWNS, I (IT/FR/GW, Federico Fellini, 1970); EDVARD MUNCH (SW/NO, Peter Watkins, 1974); FORT APACHE (US, John Ford, 1948); HISTOIRES EXTRAORDINAIRES (FR/IT, Louis Malle & Roger Vadim & Federico Fellini, 1968); IVAN GROZNY [IVAN THE TERRIBLE] (UR, Sergei Eisenstein, pt.1:1945, pt.2:1958[prod.1946]); LAST MOVIE, THE (US, Dennis Hopper, 1971); MEDIUM COOL (US, Haskell Wexler, 1969); SALAMANDRE, LA (SZ, Alain Tanner, 1971); SCEICCO BIANCO, LO (IT, Federico Fellini, 1951) Notes: Papers from the 1977 Purdue University Conference on Film Order Received: 2000 Order Type: Donation LON: 4015698 More info
book		Film rhythm after sound : technology, music, and performance / Lea Jacobs Oakland, California: University of California Press, [2015]. Call No: 70"1" JAC Author: Jacobs, Lea Source: US Place: Oakland, California Publisher: University of California Press PubDate: [2015] PhysDes: xii, 266 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm Subject: DAWN PATROL, THE (US, Edmund Goulding, 1938); DIALOGUE; EISENSTEIN, SERGEI M.; HAWKS, HOWARD; IVAN GROZNY [IVAN THE TERRIBLE] (UR, Sergei Eisenstein, pt.1:1945, pt.2:1958[prod.1946]); SCARFACE (US, Howard Hawks, 1932); TWENTIETH CENTURY (US, Howard Hawks, 1934); WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS; SOUND Summary: The seemingly effortless integration of sound, movement, and editing in films of the late 1930s stands in vivid contrast to the awkwardness of the first talkies. Film Rhythm after Sound analyzes this evolution via close examination of important prototypes of early sound filmmaking, as well as contemporary discussions of rhythm, tempo, and pacing. Jacobs looks at the rhythmic dimensions of performance and sound in a diverse set of case studies: the Eisenstein-Prokofiev collaboration Ivan the Terrible, Disney's Silly Symphonies and early Mickey Mouse cartoons, musicals by Lubitsch and Mamoulian.- from Publisher website. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-252, filmography (pages 253-256) and index. ISBN: 9780520279650 Contents: Introduction : film rhythm and the problem of sound -- A lesson with Eisenstein : rhythm and pacing in Ivan the Terrible, Part I -- Mickey Mousing reconsidered -- Lubitsch and Mamoulian -- Dialogue timing and performance in Hawks. More info
book		Filmmaking : narrative & structural techniques / Bob Foss Los Angeles Hollywood, CA: Silman-James Press Distributed by Samuel French Trade, 1992. Call No: 632.2 FOS Author: Foss, Bob Edition: 1st Silman-James ed Place: Los Angeles Hollywood, CA Publisher: Silman-James Press Distributed by Samuel French Trade PubDate: 1992 PhysDes: vi, 204 p. : ill. ; 23 cm Subject: NARRATIVE IN FILMS; STRUCTURALISM; EDITING; TIME IN FILMS; AESTHETICS; DIALOGUE ISBN: 1879505142 : $15.95 Order Received: 1998 LON: 94010053; 10867985 More info
book		Jan Svankmajer / by Keith Leslie Johnson Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, c2017. Call No: 81 SVA JOH Author: Johnson, Keith Leslie, 1974-, (author) Source: US Place: Urbana, Illinois Publisher: University of Illinois Press PubDate: c2017 PhysDes: xii, 191 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm Series: Contemporary Film Directors Subject: SVANKMAJER, JAN; ALICE [NECO Z ALENKY] (SZ/GW/UK, Jan Svankmajer, 1988); FAUST (FR/CZ/UK/GG, Jan Svankmajer, 1994); CONSPIRATORS OF PLEASURE (CS/SZ/UK, Jan Srankmajer, 1996); SURVIVING LIFE (THEORY AND PRACTICE) [PREZIT SVUJ ZIVOT (TEORIE A PRAXE)] (CZ/SO/JA, Jan Svankmajer, 2010); LAST TRICK OF MR. SCHWARCEWALLDE AND MR. EDGAR, THE [POSLEDNI TRIK PANA SCHWARCEWALLDEA A PANA EDGARA] (CS, Jan Svankmajer, 1964); ET CETERA (CS, Jan Svankmajer, 1967); OSSUARY, THE [KOSTNICE] (CS, Jan Svankmajer, 1970); HISTORIA NATURAE, SUITA (CS, Jan Svankmajer, 1967); PICKNICK MIT WEISMANN (AU, Jan Svankmajer, 1969); DIMENSIONS OF DIALOGUE [MOZNOSTI DIALOGU] (CS, Jan Svankmajer, 1983); DEATH OF STALINISM IN BOHEMIA, THE [KONEC STALINISMU V CECHACH] (CS, Jan Svankmajer, 1991); ANIMATION Summary: "Jan Svankmajer enjoys a curious sort of anti-reputation: he is famous for being obscure. Unapologetically surrealist. Svankmajer draws on the traditions and techniques of stop-motion animation, collage, montage, puppetry, and clay to craft bizarre filmscapes.... In Johnson's view, Svankmajer implores us to reprogram our relationship with the vital matter all around us, including ourselves and our bodies." - BOOK BLURB Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-185) and index. Includes filmography. ISBN: 9780252083020 Donation: Senses of Cinema Contents: Animist cinema -- humiliation, or object life -- Wunderkammer, or Creaturely Life -- Haptics, or Animal Life -- Imagination, or Political Life -- Stalinism in Bohemia -- Survival, or Ecological Life -- Interviews with Jan S vankmajer. More info
book		The moving image : a guide to cinematic literacy / Robert Gessner New York: Dutton, 1970. Call No: 62 GES Author: Gessner, Robert, 1907-1968 Place: New York Publisher: Dutton PubDate: 1970 PhysDes: 444 p. : ill. ; 21 cm Subject: SCRIPTWRITING; DIALOGUE Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. [409]-420 ISBN: 0525472754 LON: abn87068222; 5186711 URL status: URL: 'http://-' Checked: 31/08/2021 12:39:32 PM Status: Error Details: Failed to send HTTP request (WinHttpSendRequest) More info
book		Nature of film : the redemption of physical reality / Siegfried Kracauer London: Dennis Dobson, 1961. Call No: 62 KRA Author: Kracauer, Siegfried, 1889-1966 Place: London Publisher: Dennis Dobson PubDate: 1961 PhysDes: xix, 364 p., [61] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm Subject: PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE CINEMA; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ACTING; SOUND; DIALOGUE; AVANT-GARDE FILMS; THEATRE AND THE CINEMA; LITERATURE AND THE CINEMA; DOCUMENTARY FILMS Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. 339-349 LON: abn87035540; 5049801 More info
book		Sound : dialogue, music, and effects / edited by Kathryn Kalinak London: I.B. Tauris, 2015. Call No: 244 SOU Author: Kalinak, Kathryn (ed.) Source: US/UK Place: London Publisher: I.B. Tauris PubDate: 2015 PhysDes: 222 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Series: Behind the silver screen ; 10 Subject: SOUND; SOUND EFFECTS; SOUND EDITING; SOUND RECORDING; SOUND TRACK; SOUNDTRACKS; MUSIC IN FILMS; MUSIC AND THE CINEMA; DIALOGUE; CINEMATOGRAPHY; HISTORY OF CINEMA; POST-PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION Summary: "This innovative book highlights the workers who collaborated inside and outside Hollywood to produce dialogue, sound effects and music for motion pictures. It demonstrates the transformative powers of sound as they shape the specific ways in which film meaning is made." -- BOOK BACK COVER Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-206) and index ISBN: 9781784534059 Contents: -- Introduction / Kathryn Kalinak -- The silent screen, 1894-1927 / James Wierzbicki -- Classical Hollywood, 1928-1946 / Kathryn Kalinak -- Postwar Hollywood, 1947-1967 / Nathan Platte -- The auteur renaissance, 1968-1980 / Jeff Smith -- The new Hollywood, 1981-1999 / Jay Beck with Vanessa Theme Ament -- The modern entertainment marketplace, (2000-present) / Mark Kerins -- Academy Awards for sound -- Academy Awards for music -- notes -- glossary -- selected bibliography -- notes on contributors -- index -- More info
book		Story : substance, structure, style, and the principles of screenwriting London: Methuen, 1999. Call No: 224 MCK Author: McKee, Robert, 1941 Source: UK Place: London Publisher: Methuen PubDate: 1999 PhysDes: [xi], 466 p. ; 23 cm Series: Methuenfilm Subject: SCRIPTWRITING; DIALOGUE; ENDINGS OF FILMS; AUDIENCES; ADAPTATIONS; SASOM I EN SPEGEL (SW, Ingmar Bergman, 1961); ALIEN (UK, Ridley Scott, 1979); CASABLANCA (US, Michael Curtiz, 1942); CHINATOWN (US, Roman Polanski, 1974); LOVE STORY (US, Arthur Hiller, 1970) Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. 421-422; Filmography: p. 423-455 ISBN: 0413715604 (pbk.) : ¦12.99 LON: 20148607 More info
book		Subversive pleasures : Bakhtim, cultural criticism, and film / Robert Stam Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, 1989. Call No: 620 BAK STA Author: Stam, Robert Place: Baltimore Publisher: John Hopkins University Press PubDate: 1989 PhysDes: xiii, 274 pages ; 24 cm. Series: Parallax Subject: BAHTIN, MIHAIL; ALLEN, WOODY; BUNUEL, LUIS; CANNIBALISM IN FILMS; BRAZIL; SEMIOLOGY; DIALOGUE; FORMALISM; GODARD, JEAN-LUC; PORNOGRAPHY; SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM; ZELIG (US, Woody Allen, 1983) Summary: Applying Bakhtin's critical methods to film, mass-media and cultural studies, Stam draws on Bakhtin's corporal semiotics of "the grotesque body" to analyze eroticism in the cinema, and explores issues including the "translinguistic" critique of Saussurean semiotics and Russian formalism. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-258) and index. ISBN: 0801845092 Donation: Adrian Miles Contents: Translinguistics and Semiotics -- Language, Difference, and Power -- Film, Literature, and the Carnivalesque -- Of Cannibals and Carnivals -- The Grotesque Body and Cinematic Eroticism -- From Dialogism to Zelig -- Envoi: Bakhtin and Mass-Media Critique. ID2: 343 More info
book		Understanding film texts / Patrick Phillips London: British Film Institute, 2000. Call No: 512.1 PHI Author: Phillips, Patrick Place: London Publisher: British Film Institute PubDate: 2000 PhysDes: xiii, 158 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Subject: AESTHETICS; METHODOLOGY OF FILM CRITICISM; AUDIENCE RECEPTION; COSTUMES; DIALOGUE; EDITING; EXHIBITION; NARRATIVE IN FILMS; PERCEPTION; REALISM IN FILMS; SPECTATORSHIP; VIRTUAL REALITY; DICAPRIO, LEONARDO; MUNSTERBERG, HUGO; AFTER LIFE (JA, Hirokazu Kore-eda, 1998); AMERICAN BEAUTY (US, Sam Mendes, 1999); BRONENOSETS POTEMKIN [BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN] (UR, Sergei Eisenstein, 1925); C`EST ARRIVE PRES DE CHEZ VOUS (BE, Remy Belvaux & Andre Bonzel & Benoit Poelvoorde, 1992); E.T. THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL (US, Steven Spielberg, 1982); FESTEN (DK, Thomas Vinterberg, 1998); JACKIE BROWN (US, Quentin Tarantino, 1997); LOLA RENNT (G, Tom Tykwer, 1998); MATRIX, THE (US, Larry Wachowski & Andy Wachowski, 1999); ONCE WERE WARRIORS (NZ, Lee Tamahori, 1994); PSYCHO (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1960); SECRETS & LIES (FR/UK, Mike Leigh, 1996); SINNUI YAUMAN (HK, Ching Siu Tung, 1987); CHINESE GHOST STORY, A (HK, Ching Siu Tung, 1987); SLIDING DOORS (US, Peter Howitt, 1998); WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO + JULIET (US, Baz Luhrmann, 1996) ISBN: 085170798X; 0851707998(pbk.) LON: 21445642 More info
book		Writing dialogue for scripts / Rib Davis London: A & C Black, 2003. Call No: 224.4 DAV Author: Davis, Rib Edition: Second edition Place: London Publisher: A & C Black PubDate: 2003 PhysDes: 184 pages : ilustrated ; 22 cm Subject: SCRIPTWRITING; DIALOGUE ISBN: 9780713663808 Donation: Sue Hardisty More info
book		Writing the short film / Pat Cooper and Ken Dancyger Boston: Focal Press, c2000. Call No: 224(-091) COO Author: Cooper, Patricia; Dancyger, Ken Edition: 2nd ed Source: US Place: Boston Publisher: Focal Press PubDate: c2000 PhysDes: ix, 308 p. ; 24 cm Subject: SHORT FILMS; SCRIPTWRITING; DIALOGUE; MELODRAMA; DOCUMENTARY DRAMAS Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN: 0240803698 (alk. paper) LON: 20033184 More info

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