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book		Australia on the small screen 1970-1995 : the complete guide to tele-features and mini-series / Scott Murray Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1996. Call No: 71(94) MUR Author: Murray, Scott, 1951 Place: Melbourne Publisher: Oxford University Press PubDate: 1996 PhysDes: xiv, 258 p. : ill. ; 23 cm Subject: HISTORY OF TV. AUSTRALIA; FILMS MADE FOR TV. AUSTRALIA; SERIALS. AUSTRALIA; FILMOGRAPHIES. AUSTRALIA Notes: Includes index; Bibliography ISBN: 0195539494 LON: 12291201 URL status: URL: 'http://-' Checked: 31/08/2021 12:35:30 PM Status: Error Details: Failed to send HTTP request (WinHttpSendRequest) More info
book		Australian cultural studies : a reader / edited by John Frow and Meaghan Morris St Leonards, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin, 1993. Call No: 408.1(94) AUS Author: Frow, John, 1948; Morris, Meaghan Place: St Leonards, N.S.W. Publisher: Allen & Unwin PubDate: 1993 PhysDes: xxxii, 296 p. : ill. ; 22 cm Series: Questions in cultural studies Subject: POPULAR CULTURE AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA; IMPERIALISM AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA; SERIALS. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCE RESEARCH. AUSTRALIA; HISTORY OF TV. AUSTRALIA; POPULAR CULTURE AND TV. AUSTRALIA; POLITICS AND TV. AUSTRALIA; LANDSCAPES IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA; CHAMBERLAIN, AZARIA; EMBASSY [TV] (AT, Paul Moloney/Mark Callan/Karl Steinberg, 1991 -) Notes: CIP confirmed; Bibliography: p. 292-296 ISBN: 1863734996 : 439.95; 1863734147 (pbk.) : $19.95 LON: 13615766; 9721242 More info
book		Bastard boys / Sue Smith Strawberry Hills, NSW: Currency Press, 2007. Call No: 79BAS SMI Author: Smith, Sue CorpAuthor: Film Finance Corporation Australia; Australian Broadcasting Corporation; New South Wales Film and Television Office; Film Victoria; Flying Cabbage Productions Source: Australia Place: Strawberry Hills, NSW Publisher: Currency Press PubDate: 2007 PhysDes: viii, 216 p. : ill. ; 24cm Subject: SCRIPTS. AUSTRALIA; HISTORICAL DRAMAS. AUSTRALIA; SERIALS. AUSTRALIA; TRADE UNIONS. AUSTRALIA; INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS. AUSTRALIA; RESTRICTIVE PRACTICES. AUSTRALIA; LABOUR. AUSTRALIA; COURTROOM DRAMAS; SOCIAL PROBLEMS ON TV. AUSTRALIA; CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES ON TV. AUSTRALIA; POLITICS ON TV. AUSTRALIA; POLITICAL PERSONALITIES ON TV. AUSTRALIA; POLITICAL DRAMAS. AUSTRALIA; STATE AND TV; BASTARD BOYS (AT, Raymond Quint, 2007) Summary: Script for the 2007 ABC TV mini-series 'Bastard Boys'. "On 7 April 1998, security guards moved onto Patrick Stevedores docks around Australia and ordered the waterfront workers to stand down immediately. What followed this unprecedented attack on the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) was an industrial dispute that developed into a campaign for the hearts and minds of all Australians. 'Bastard Boys' tells the story of the fight that stopped the nation. "A political thriller, war film, buddy movie, love story and courtroom drama all rolled into one, 'Bastard Boys' follows the lives of the key players in one of the most significant events in Australia's recent past. "Written by Sue Smith ('Brides of Christ', 'The Leaving of Liverpool', 'My Brother Jack', 'The Road from Coorain') and directed by Ray Quint ('The Secret Life of Us', 'McLeod's Daughters', 'Blue Heelers'), 'Bastard Boys' screened on ABC TV in 2007." Cast includes Jack Thompson, Colin Friels, Geoff Morrell, Daniel Frederiksen, Anthony Hayes, Justin Smith, Rhys Muldoon and Daniel Wyllie. Notes: Includes film end credits ISBN: 9780868198095 More info
journal article		Blatt/Singer to produce 'Sadat' for CPT in Australasian Cinema (6/8/1982) vol.11 iss.14 p.13 PhysDes: Article Subject: SADAT (US, Richard Michaels, 1983); SERIALS; DOCUMENTARY DRAMAS Summary: Production information on upcoming 'Sadat' four-hour mini-series. More info
Interim book		Bound and gagged : the story of silent serials / Kalton C. Lahue South Brunswick, N.J.: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1968. Call No: 725.33 LAH Author: Lahue, Kalton C. Source: US Place: South Brunswick, N.J. Publisher: A.S. Barnes and Company PubDate: 1968 PhysDes: 352 p. : illus., ports ; 27 cm Subject: HISTORY OF CINEMA. SILENT PERIOD; SERIALS; EXHIBITION OF SILENT FILMS More info
Interim book		Continued next week : a history of the moving picture serial / by Kalton C. Lahue Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1964. Call No: 725.33 LAH Author: Lahue, Kalton C. Source: US Place: Norman Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press PubDate: 1964 PhysDes: 293 p. : plates. appendix Subject: SERIALS; HISTORY OF CINEMA; HISTORY OF CINEMA. SILENT PERIOD Notes: Appendix: Serials from 1912 to 1930. Index of Names. Index of titles. General Index. More info
book		Contracting out Hollywood : runaway productions and foreign location shooting / edited by Greg Elmer and Mike Gasher Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Pub, 2005. Call No: 217 ELM Author: Elmer, Greg; Gasher, Mike Source: US Place: Lanham, MD Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub PubDate: 2005 PhysDes: 189 p. ; 23 cm Subject: LOCATION SHOOTING. AUSTRALIA; LOCATION SHOOTING. CANADA; INDIA; INDUSTRY, FILM. USA; SERIALS; STUDIOS, FILM; LEE, ANG; NIGHT HEAT [TV] (US, 1994) Summary: The practice of producing American films on foreign shores is examined within this book. The contributing authors explain this phenomenon from historical, political, economic, and cultural perspectives, using case studies; challenges to contemporary screen, media, and globalization theories; and analyses of changing government politics toward cultural industries [taken from back cover] ISBN: 0742536955 Contents: Introduction : catching up to runaway productions / Greg Elmer and Mike Gasher -- 1. Divide and conquer : regional competition in a concentrated media industry / Susan Christopherson -- 2. The policy environment of the contemporary film studio / Ben Goldsmith and Tom O'Regan -- 3. Offshore pot o'gold : the political economy of the Australian film industry / Marcus Breen -- 4. Hollywood's effects, Bollywood's FX / Nitin Govil -- 5. Projecting placelessness : industrial television and the "authentic" Canadian city / Sarah Matheson -- 6. The ice storm : Ang Lee, cosmopolitanism, and the global audience / Stephanie Hemelryk Donald -- 7. World-class budgets and big-name casts : the miniseries and international coproductions / Barbara Selznick More info
Interim book		Days of thrills and adventure / by Alan G. Barbour London: Collier Books, 1970. Call No: 725.33 BAR Author: Barbour, Alan G. Source: UK Place: London Publisher: Collier Books PubDate: 1970 PhysDes: xxii, 168 p. : illus ; 28 cm Subject: HISTORY OF CINEMA; SERIALS; COMIC STRIPS Summary: An affectionate pictorial history of the movie serial...from the haydays of the '30s & '40s to the final curtain call in the mid '50s...from Ace Drummond to Zorro. ISBN: LCCN 79-120345 More info
Interim book		Films from Australia: telemovies/mini-series : a checklist of film and television production October 1992. Call No: REFERENCE SECTION; 023(94)"1992" FIL CorpAuthor: Australian Film Commission PubDate: October 1992 Subject: AUSTRALIAN FILM COMMISSION; FILMOGRAPHIES. AUSTRALIA; TELEVISION. AUSTRALIA; DRAMAS. AUSTRALIA; SERIALS. AUSTRALIA More info
Interim book		Films from Australia: telemovies mini-series series and serials : a checklist of film and television production April 1993. Call No: REFERENCE SECTION; 023(94)"1993" FIL CorpAuthor: Australian Film Commission PubDate: April 1993 Subject: AUSTRALIAN FILM COMMISSION; FILMOGRAPHIES. AUSTRALIA; TELEVISION. AUSTRALIA; SERIES; SERIALS More info
Interim book		Films from Australia: telemovies mini-series series and serials : a checklist of film and television production October 1993. Call No: REFERENCE SECTION; 023(94)"1993" FIL CorpAuthor: Australian Film Commission PubDate: October 1993 Subject: AUSTRALIAN FILM COMMISSION; FILMOGRAPHIES. AUSTRALIA; DRAMAS. AUSTRALIA; SERIALS. AUSTRALIA More info
Interim book		Films from Australia: telemovies mini-series series and serials : a checklist of film and television production April 1995. Call No: REFERENCE SECTION; 023(94)"1995" FIL CorpAuthor: Australian Film Commission PubDate: April 1995 Subject: AUSTRALIAN FILM COMMISSION; FILMOGRAPHIES. AUSTRALIA; SERIALS. AUSTRALIA; TELEVISION. AUSTRALIA; DRAMAS. AUSTRALIA More info
Interim book		Films from Australia: telemovies mini-series series and serials : a checklist of film and television production October 1994. Call No: REFERENCE SECTION; 023(94)"1994" FIL CorpAuthor: Australian Film Commission PubDate: October 1994 Subject: AUSTRALIAN FILM COMMISSION; FILMOGRAPHIES. AUSTRALIA; TELEVISION. AUSTRALIA; DRAMAS. AUSTRALIA; SERIALS. AUSTRALIA Notes: Cover title is Australian Films: TV Drama Checklist More info
Interim book		The great movie serials : their sound and fury / by Jim Harmon and Donald F. Glut Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1972. Call No: 725.33 HAR Author: Glut, Donald F.; Harmon, Jim Source: US Place: Garden City, N.Y. Publisher: Doubleday & Co., Inc. PubDate: 1972 PhysDes: xix, 384 p. : illus ; 22 cm Subject: HISTORY OF CINEMA; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1930's; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1940's; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1950's; SERIALS ISBN: 038509079X More info
book		The looking glass world of nonfiction TV / by Elayne Rapping Boston, MA: South End Press, 1987. Call No: 762 RAP Author: Rapping, Elayne, 1938 Edition: 1st ed Place: Boston, MA Publisher: South End Press PubDate: 1987 PhysDes: 201 p. ; 23 cm Subject: NON-FICTION PROGRAMMES; NEWS PROGRAMMES; FILMS MADE FOR TV; COMMERCIALS, TV; TALK SHOWS; SERIALS; GAMES SHOWS; DOCUMENTARIES; MUSIC TELEVISION; MURROW, EDWARD R.; [SIXTY] 60 MINUTES [TV] (US, 1968-); ROOTS [TV] (US, 1977); ROBERT KENNEDY & HIS TIMES (US, Marvin J. Chomsky, 1985) Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. 191-198 ISBN: 0896082822; 0896082814 (pbk.) LON: 4914256 More info
journal article		More drama plans at Film Australia in Australian film review (15-28th September 1983) vol.1 iss.16 p.1, 4 Author: Quinlivan, Beth PhysDes: Article Subject: DRAMAS. AUSTRALIA; SERIALS. AUSTRALIA; FILM AUSTRALIA; MABEY, JOHN; ANNIE'S COMING OUT (AT, Gil Brealey, 1984) Summary: Quinlivan reports on Film Australia's move away from documentaries and into drama productions like "Annie's Coming Out" Notes: "Annie's Coming Out" is also known by its US title "A Test of Love" More info
book		Muscles in the movies : perfecting the art of illusion / John D. Fair and David L. Chapman Coumbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press, Call No: 739 FAI Author: Fair, John D.; Chapman, David L. Edition: 2020 Place: Coumbia, Missouri Publisher: University of Missouri Press PhysDes: xvi, 466 pages : illustrated Subject: BODY IN FILMS; BOXING FILMS; CRABBE, BUSTER; DOUGLAS, KIRK; FAIRBANKS, DOUGLAS; HOMOSEXUALITY AND THE CINEMA; HOMOSEXUALITY IN FILMS; JOHNSON, DWAYNE; KELLY, GENE; LANCASTER, BURT; LEE, BRUCE; MASCULINITY IN FILMS; MIX, TOM; OLYMPICS IN FILMS; PAGANO, BARTOLOMEO; HISTORICAL FILMS; REEVES, STEVE; SCHWARZENEGGER, ARNOLD; SERIALS; STALLONE, SYLVESTER; STUNTS; SUPERMAN IN FILMS; TARZAN IN FILMS; VALENTINO, RUDOLPH; VAUDEVILLE AND THE CINEMA; WEISSMULLER, JOHNNY; WILLIAMS, ESTHER Summary: John Fair and David Chapman tell the story of how filmmakers use and manipulate the appearance and performances of muscular men and women to enhance the appeal of their productions. The authors show how this practice, deeply rooted in western epistemological traditions, evolved from the art of photography through magic lantern and stage shows into the motion picture industry, arguing that the sight of muscles in action induced a higher degree of viewer entertainment. From Eugen Sandow to Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, muscular actors appear capable of performing the miraculous, and with the aid of stuntmen and filming contrivances, they do. By such means, muscles are used to perfect the art of illusion, inherent in movie-making from its earliest days. -- publisher's web site ISBN: 9780826222152 More info
Interim book		Next time drive off the cliff! / by Gene Fernett Coca, Fla.: Cinememories Publishing Co., 1968. Call No: 725.33 FER; FOLIO Author: Fernett, Gene Source: US Place: Coca, Fla. Publisher: Cinememories Publishing Co. PubDate: 1968 PhysDes: 205 p. : illus. filmog. : 31 cm Subject: HISTORY OF CINEMA; SERIALS; MASCOT PICTURES CORPORATION; AUTRY, GENE; MIX, TOM; WAYNE, JOHN Notes: Collectors' edition: limited printing - 1500 copies. More info
book		Off camera : conversations with the makers of prime-time television / by Richard Levinson and William Link New York, N.Y.: New American Library, c1986. Call No: 802.2 LEV Author: Levinson, Richard; Link, William Place: New York, N.Y. Publisher: New American Library PubDate: c1986 PhysDes: 279 p. ; 21 cm Subject: SERIALS; BOCHCO, STEVEN; ARTHUR, KAREN; LANSBURY, ANGELA; SANDRICH, JAY; SPELLING, AARON; TARTIKOFF, BRANDON; KANDEL STEPHEN; GOLDBERG, GARY DAVID; SCHILLER, BOB; WEISKOPF, BOB; PAPAZIAN, ROBERT; GAY, JOHN; GREENE, DAVID; HABER, BILL; CORDAY, BARBARA Notes: "A Plume book."; Includes index ISBN: 0452258731 (pbk.) : $8.95 ($12.50 Can.) LON: 4681390 More info
journal article		Projects currently underway from Armed Hammer Prods. in Australasian Cinema (11/3/1983) vol.12 iss.4 p.4 PhysDes: Article Subject: BACKSTAGE AT THE KIROV (US, Derek Hart, 1983); DOCUMENTARIES; SERIALS Summary: Synopsis of 'Backstage at the Kirov', 'The Yin, The Yang and the Yankee', 'Peking Man' and 'Tchaikovsky Competition-1982', all films being relesaed through Armand Hammer Productions. More info
journal article		"Rock Pavilion"- a new TV mini-series with a difference : A development for 1984: in Australasian Cinema (15/7/1983) vol.12 iss.12 p.30 PhysDes: Article Subject: TELEVISION AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA; SERIALS Summary: Synopsis of new mini-series 'Rock Pavilion' More info
Interim book		Serial television : big drama on the small screen / Glen Creeber London: bfi Publishing, 2004. Call No: 725.3 CRE Author: Creeber, Glen CorpAuthor: British Film Institute Source: UK Place: London Publisher: bfi Publishing PubDate: 2004 PhysDes: 184 p. ; 24 cm Subject: SERIALS; CRIME DRAMAS; HISTORICAL DRAMAS; GENDER AND TV Summary: An examination of the “breadth and diversity of serial television” placed in political and social context. Divided into four sections: the historical mini-series (Roots, Holocaust, Heimat) alternative drama (Twin Peaks, Riget, Cold Lazarus) crime (Prime Suspect, Cracker, The Sopranos) life politics (This Life, Queer as Folks, Sex and the City). Looks at how serial dramas have treated gender politics and have expanded genres by increasing their complexity and depth. Notes: Includes teleography of individual series and index. ISBN: 1 84457 021 5 More info
subject clippings file		SERIALS Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE PhysDes: Clippings Subject: SERIALS More info
subject clippings file		SERIALS. AUSTRALIA Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE PhysDes: Clippings Subject: SERIALS. AUSTRALIA More info
book		The serials of Columbia / by Alan G. Barbour Kew Gardens, N.Y.: Screen Facts Press, 1967. Call No: 725.35(73) BAR Author: Barbour, Alan G. Edition: 1967 Place: Kew Gardens, N.Y. Publisher: Screen Facts Press PubDate: 1967 PhysDes: 64 pages : illustrated ; 22 cm Subject: COLUMBIA PICTURES; SERIALS More info
book		The serials of Republic / by Alan G. Barbour Kew Gardens: Screen Facts Press, 1965. Call No: 725.35(73) BAR Author: Barbour, Alan G. Edition: 1965 Place: Kew Gardens Publisher: Screen Facts Press PubDate: 1965 PhysDes: 64 pages : illustrated ; 22 cm Subject: REPUBLIC PICTURES; SERIALS More info
book		Storytelling in film and television / Kristin Thompson Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2003. Call No: 632.2 THO Author: Thompson, Kristin Edition: 1st ed. Source: USA Place: Cambridge, Massachusetts Publisher: Harvard University Press PubDate: 2003 PhysDes: 172 p ; 20cm + b&w ill. Subject: ADAPTATIONS; ADVERTISING; CHARACTERS ON TV; DRAMAS; INTERNET; SCRIPTWRITING; SYMBOLISM ON TV; NARRATIVE IN FILMS; NARRATIVE IN TV; SEQUELS; SERIALS; SITUATION COMEDY; SOAP OPERAS; MERCHANDISING; BORDWELL, DAVID; CLEESE, JOHN; FROST MARK; KAEL, PAULINE; LYNCH, DAVID; NEWCOMB, HORACE; WILLIAMS, RAYMOND; WODEHOUSE, P.G; AVENGERS, THE [TV] (UK, 1961-69); BAD GIRLS [TV] (UK, 1999-); BLUE VELVET (US, David Lynch, 1986); BOB NEWHART SHOW, THE [TV] (US, 1961-62); BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER [TV] (US, 1997-2004); HILL STREET BLUES [TV] (US, 1980-87); MURPHY BROWN [TV] (US, 1988-); ROYLE FAMILY, THE [TV] (UK, 1998-2000); SINGING DETECTIVE, THE [TV] (UK, Jon Amiel, 1986); SOPRANOS, THE [TV] (US, 1999); STAR WARS (US, George Lucas, 1977); YES MINISTER [TV] (UK, 1980-84) Summary: Author Kristin Thompson analyses the narrative workings of television and film, looking at the narrative techniques the two media share. Thomson then focuses on the specific challenges that series television presents and the tactics writers have devised to meet them – tactics that sustain interest and maintain sense across multiple plots and subplots and in spite of frequent interruptions as well as weeklong and seasonal breaks. [Taken from back cover]. ISBN: 0674010876 More info
book		Top shelf 1 : reading and writing the best in Australian TV drama / Greg Haddrick ; [foreword by Tony Morphett] Sydney: Currency Press in association with the Australian Film, Television and Radio School, 2001. Call No: 224(94) HAD Author: Haddrick, Greg CorpAuthor: Australian Film, Television and Radio School Source: AT Place: Sydney Publisher: Currency Press in association with the Australian Film, Television and Radio School PubDate: 2001 PhysDes: xii, 145 p. ; 23 cm Subject: SCRIPTWRITING; TELEVISION. AUSTRALIA; SERIALS. AUSTRALIA; MORPHETT, TONY; HOME AND AWAY [TV] (AT, 1988 -); BREAKERS [TV] (AT, 1998-); GOOD GUYS, BAD GUYS (AT, Steve Jodrell, 1996); BLUE HEELERS [TV] (AT, 1994-2006); WILDSIDE [TV] (AT, 1997-9) ISBN: 086819610X : $29.95 LON: 22336529 More info

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