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The first collection of art works by the acclaimed illustrator Josee ShimazakiThis book features more than 120 art works by Josee Shimazaki, including commercial works that the artist has created to date alongside original art works that have caused a sensation on social media. Ten of the art works are newly drawn for this book! Josee Shimazaki is an illustrator who skillfully uses different colors to create light and shaded areas that combine to create the artist's signature soft atmosphere. Shimazaki draws relaxed scenes with a fleeting and fantastical atmosphere.The artist is active in book and advertisement illustration, posting on social media, and more.In this book, readers can enjoy the fine details of the art works that fill the full-page and double-page spreads.The colors that are the true pleasure of the artist's work are faithfully reproduced using Japanese printing technology. This is a must-have book full of the art works that have made Josee Shimazaki highly regarded for bold compositions and impressive color expressions.

A world of adorable costume illustrations woven by Eku UekuraIntroducing a collection of original costume illustrations by the illustrator Eku Uekura, dressed up as the owner of a sweet and delicious boutique. This collection features illustrations of girls wearing colorful, adorable clothes with bright pops of color and various scrumptious-looking sweet motifs. Eku Uekura's careful attention to detail shows in the clothing designs, fanciful color schemes and depictions of cute girls that fill this collection, drawing readers into the artist's girly, "fancy pop" and dreamy vision of a distinctly Japanese kawaii worldview.Eku Uekura has been working as a freelance illustrator since August 2020, following a stint working at a game company developing and operating new content. Uekura is a leading artist in Japanese manga and anime culture, and is active in a range of projects from creating key visuals for events, character design, illustration collaborations with companies, and more. Enjoy the adorably kawaii costume settings and various artworks that have appeared in numerous character visual and commercials, coming together in this collection to form the uniquely "Eku Uekura" aesthetic.

Film and special effects director Higuchi Shinji's mind revealed over more than 600 pages!This is a collection of Higuchi Shinji's concept sketches for special effects appearing in movies such as Shin Ultraman, Shin Godzilla, Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo and more, in a single book. The ideas for filming sketched in these kokuyo sketchbooks, handy notebooks beloved in Japan for their portability, were sometimes filmed as is, while others were abandoned. Commentary on the value of these notes and sketches in communicating ideas to production staff, along with an extensive interview with Higuchi Shinji, are also included. The interview part has also been translated into English, making this a must for overseas readers and especially special effects fans.When Higuchi creates his works, he makes detailed simulations to work out how surrounding objects move when Godzilla moves, or how the monster gets blown away when Ultraman shoots his Ultra Beam, and so on. Comparing storyboards, it's fun to see which were adopted for the movies and which were rejected!This book takes readers behind the scenes during the making of global hits like Shin Ultraman and Shin Godzilla, making this book a must-have not only for fans of these movies, but for all film creators.

Character Design Quarterly (CDQ) is a lively, creative magazine bringing inspiration, expert insights, and leading techniques from professional illustrators, artists, and character art enthusiasts worldwide.Each issue provides detailed tutorials on creating diverse characters, enabling you to explore the processes and decision making that go into creating amazing characters. Learn new ways to develop your own ideas, and discover from the artists what it is like to work for prolific animation studios such as Disney, Warner Bros., and DreamWorks. The cover for issue 27 has been created by industry veteran Dave Guertin, who helped to define the characters for Playstation's Ratchet and Clank video game, and co-founded CreatureBox. We interview him about his incredible career and he provides a tutorial that aspiring and established artists will love. We also have a tutorial from Thomas Campi, an award-winning comic artist and illustrator based in Sydney, and we interview prolific artist and children's book illustrator Lydia Nichols.

This book covers the entire history of French genre cinema from its early days to 2022.WHAT THE CRITICS SAID:JOHN CLUTE (Encyclopedia of Fantasy, Science Fiction Encyclopedia)"I just now (finally) gotten my copy of French Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror and Pulp Fiction and am immediately finding it enthralling."LOCUS "The most enlightening reference book of the year..."INTERZONE " It is a wonderful window into a world lost to us ignorant monolinguists. The book is well illustrated... It's certainly a book I shall refer to on many occasions. I think the Lofficiers have done a remarkable and laudable job."STARLOG "There is simply, no book like this one. Highly recommended."VIDEO WATCHDOG "...the instant I saw it, I knew that it was going to fill a major void in my library. I've just spent the last hour perusing it with admiration... It's not really a critical book, but rather an awe-inspiring survey of the history of French fantastique in all its forms... I've been saying for years, even though the French were responsible for starting it all, that there really has been no French tradition of the fantastic, but the completeness of this book is going to make me eat my words."FOUNDATION "...A truly epic enterprise... The information it contains abundantly justifies its inclusion on every reference shelf dedicated to imaginative fiction... A powerful instrument of understanding, which will hopefully become an invaluable guide to future research."UTOPIAN STUDIES"I can say, honestly, that I stand in awe of the labor and erudition that went into this book. It is in the same league as the Clute/Nicholls Encyclopedia, and all the more astonishing in the fact that it is the work of two people, not of multiple hands. It is an invaluable tool for any future research in this fascinating area of French culture... I salute the energy, intelligence and effort that went into producing this work, and can only wish more scholars would follow this example."SCIENCE FICTION STUDIES"The publication of this massive 'guide' must, by any standard, be viewed as a significant event: it is the first heroic attempt to provide, in English, a comprehensive overview of the history of Francophone speculative fiction...CLASSIC IMAGES"French Science Fiction [...] is quite unique and quite incredible in its size... The authors apparently received the Inkpot Award for Outstanding Achievements in Comic Arts. I have no idea what this award is, but based on this present offering, it was well deserved."COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES NEWS"... fills in a long-neglected bibliographic gap in the study of French-language science fiction and fantasy literature, a genre with venerable roots and innumerable branches. The authors have covered all the bases in enormous detail."A.R.B.A. "...A wealth of information... It is to the authors' credit that they have made this material more accessible to an English-speaking public. French Science Fiction... will find its place... in the library of enthusiasts who have had a long love affair with science fiction and the fantastique, to whom it is heartily recommended."QUADRANT"This huge and comprehensive book is an extraordinary achievement that deserves to be well known... It is the ultimate sourcebook for anyone wishing to extend their knowledge, deepen it or be introduced -- the authors do not assume prior knowledge, but write their chapters in an interesting and intelligent way.FILM REVIEW"A stupendous achievement..."

"This book addresses the legacy of World War II on male identity and reinvention. It considers some of the many ways in which popular culture of the time sought to mediate these difficult transitions, exploring films, popular fiction, memoir, and biography"--

Named of The Hollywood Reporter's "100 Greatest Film Books of All Time, the definitive biography and photographic record of George Hurrell, the famed photographer who shot the most iconic images of classic Hollywood legends, now featuring new and upgraded images.   George Hurrell was called the “Rembrandt of Hollywood.” Before his arrival, movie star portraits were “soft focus” and undistinguished, derivative of the Main Street USA portrait salon. Hurrell instituted a sharp, dramatic look. The vibrant, temperamental artist was an original, loved by the subjects he glamorized. For these performers, a Hurrell portrait was the passport to immortality.   In this paperback edition of photographer and historian Mark A. Vieira’s original volume, the author offers a wealth of new images to illustrate a compelling narrative. Featuring rare and never-before-published portraits and behind-the-scenes shots, George Hurrell’s Hollywood covers Hurrell’s entire career, from his beginnings as a Los Angeles society photographer to his finale as the celebrity photographer who became a celebrity himself. More than 400 pristine images showcase his work with Hollywood icons from 1929 to 1992. Vieira's text recounts the artist’s life, from his childhood to the heyday of his career as a starmaker, through untold stories of his fall from grace and eventual comeback.   Filled with previously unseen photos of the biggest stars across more than six decades and abounding with fresh insight, this volume is not only the ultimate showcase of the trailblazing artist’s work but an indispensable treasury of Hollywood lore.

This offers a general introduction to the popular film genre, serves as a guidebook to its film highlights, and celebrates its practitioners, trends, and stories. From the silent-film era to the blockbusters of today, it is a fun-filled, highly illustrated dive into the past influences and present popularity of the horror film genre.

"This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf."

The last two decades have seen dramatic changes to Mexico's socio-political landscape. A former president fleeing into exile, political assassinations, a rebellion in Chiapas, and the eruption of the so-called war on drugs provide key examples of critical events shaping the nation. This book examines Mexican cinema's representations of, and responses to, these socio-political moments. Beginning with the definitive year 1994, which saw the Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (EZLN) declare war on the Mexican government, the early chapters in this book discuss the outcome of these episodes in subsequent years and how they find screen representation. The study then moves on to provide close readings of key filmic texts as reflections of the so-called narco-war and its effects on Mexican society. Focusing on both fiction and documentary filmmaking, this book explores notions of violence, victimhood, and the complex processing of grief in the context of enforced disappearances and the narco-conflict. In addition to examining films made in Mexico, this investigation incorporates the work of three of the nation's most celebrated transnational directors: Guillermo del Toro, Alejandro González Iñárritu and Alfonso Cuarón. By examining their work on European soil as a comparative exercise, the analyses offer an understanding of the imprints left by warfare and trauma upon the collective and individual psyche, seen from a universal viewpoint. Using rigorous theoretical frameworks and succinct filmic analyses, this book will be essential reading for those interested in Mexican and Latin American film, as well as those working in the fields of Cultural, Screen, and Trauma Studies.

"Includes QR codes for online tutorials!"--Cover

In 1991, Boyz N the Hood made history as an important film text and the impetus for a critical national conversation about American urban life in African American communities, especially for young urban black males. Boyz N the Hood: Shifting Hollywood Terrain is an interdisciplinary examination of this iconic film. Beyond the two historic Academy Award nominations for Best Screenplay and Best Director for John Singleton, the first African American male nominee and the youngest nominee ever in the category, Boyz N the Hood¿s induction into the Library of Congress National Film Registry by the National Film Preservation Board, speaks to the film¿s iconic and meaningful impact in film history and American culture. This interdisciplinary approach to the film provides an in-depth critical perspective of Boyz N the Hood, as the embodiment of the blues¿how Boyz intimates a world beyond the symbolic world Singleton posits, its fictive stance pivots to a constituent truth in the real world. This book is as much about the filmmaker as it is about the film. It explores John Singleton¿s cinematic voice and helps explicate his propensity for folk elements in his work (the oral tradition and lore). In addition, the text features critical perspectives from the filmmaker himself and other central figures attached to the production, including a first-hand account of the behind the scenes during production by Steve Nicoladies, Boyz¿s producer, and an intimate conversation with Shelia Morgan Ward, Singleton¿s Chief Executive/Business Manager and mother. The text is a critical resource guide and includes Singleton¿s original screenplay and a range of critical articles and initial movie reviews."This wise and pioneering book is the first serious and substantive treatment of John Singleton¿s classic film! This film and book speak with great courage and insight into the plight and predicament of young black men. Don¿t miss this book!!"¿Cornel West, Dietrich Bonhoeffer Chair, Union Theological Seminary; Professor Emeritus, Princeton University"At long last comes a book we have all been waiting for: Joi Carr¿s masterful examination of John Singleton¿s classic Boyz in the Hood. This book is an accomplished, enlightening piece of work, a great companion to Singleton¿s film. Highly recommended!"¿Donald Bogle, Film Historian/Author; University of Pennsylvania; New York University¿s Tisch School of the Arts

«In this readable and closely argued study, Charles Stone sheds light on a phenomenon that has baffled generations of scholars: why did plays about Christian martyrs grip seventeenth-century French audiences? After all, these tragedies are not very tragic. Stone unravels this mystery of the plays¿ success, showing how martyr-themed plays tackled wider questions of theology, language and performance. In this thought-provoking book, Stone relates not only why these plays mattered to their first spectators but also why they should matter to us.»(Professor Paul Scott, University of Kansas, USA)This study examines the genre of tragedy through the lens of one of its most curious manifestations: the martyr play. The equation of Christianity with tragedy has often been seen by literary and theological scholars as specious at best, sacrilegious at worst. During the mid-seventeenth century, however, a group of French playwrights saw fit to produce tragedies that drew not on Roman or Greek mythology, as was the norm, but on stories of Christian heroism. The author examines a broad corpus of plays ranging from the famous works of Pierre Corneille to near-forgotten examples of female-authored tragedy. Drawing on the writings of Michel Foucault as well as a host of contemporary and modern-day theologians, the author shows the martyr to be a major figure in theatrical performance and religious thought alike, exposing the porosity of the boundary separating the spaces of stage entertainment and church worship. The martyr plays, whether they threaten to destabilize the genre or define it, are ultimately shown to be integral to our understanding of what constituted tragedy in early modern France.

The Palgrave Handbook of Script Development provides the first comprehensive overview of international script development practices. Across 40 unique chapters, readers are guided through the key challenges, roles and cultures of script development, from the perspectives of creators of original works, those in consultative roles and those giving broader contextual case studies. The authors take us inside the writers¿ room, alongside the script editor, between development conversations, and outside the mainstream and into the experimental. With authors spanning upwards of 15 countries, and occupying an array of roles ¿ including writer, script editor, producer, script consultant, executive, teacher and scholar, this is a truly international perspective on how script development functions (or otherwise) across media and platforms. Comprising four parts, the handbook guides readers behind the scenes of script development, exploring unique contexts, alternative approaches, specific production cultures and global contexts, drawing on interviews, archives, policy, case study research and the insider track. With its broad approach to a specialised practice, the Palgrave Handbook of Script Development is for anyone who practices, teaches or studies screenwriting and screen production.

This significant study is certain to be the standard work on the subject for many years to come. It demonstrates once and for all that motion pictures differ radically from the traditional arts, and that good plays or novels rarely make good films. Dr. Kracauer is concerned with film as a photographic medium uniquely equipped to capture and reveal the everyday world as it exists before our eyes. "If film is an art," he writes, "it is an art with a difference. It fulfills itself in rendering 'the ripple of leaves,' . . . street crowds, involuntary gestures, and other fleeting impressions."Dr. Kracauer covers every aspect of black-and-white film. He discusses its background in still photography, the problems inherent in historical and fantasy films, the novel as a cinematic form, experimental films, documentaries, the role of the actor, the uses of dialogue and sound, the contribution of music, and the part played by the spectator.The final chapter focuses on the wider implications of the medium. There Dr. Kracauer sets the cinema "in the perspective of something more general-an approach to the world, a mode of human existence," and thus shows how it reflects the condition of modern man, the moral temper of our society. Theory of Film is an intellectual experience which reaches far beyond film into the realm of general aesthetics and philosophy.

Künstliche Intelligenz und ihre Verheißungen übernehmen das Regiment und erschaffen lebensähnliche Daseinsformen. Der Mensch forciert den Fortschritt - und steht dabei längst an der Schwelle zu seiner eigenen Ersetzbarkeit. Dieser Band dokumentiert die Begegnung mit Avataren, lernenden Menschmaschinen und mit einer sprechenden Maus!Die eingeladenen Künstlerinnen und Künstler, Louisa Clement, Ryan Gander, Timur Si-Qin und Jordan Wolfson, gehören alle einer Generation an, die in einer digitalen Welt aufgewachsen ist. Sie spiegeln in ihren Biografien wie in ihrem Schaffen die zunehmenden Machtsphären virtueller Möglichkeiten. Ihnen gegenübergestellt sind Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Gerhard Richter, Sigmar Polke und andere: Sie alle haben in ihrer Zeit die klassische Erwartungshaltung an ein Werk der Kunst verändert.