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Title:
American film : an A-Z guide
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Summary:
An introduction to American film providing information on all aspects of the motion picture industry, from acting to specific genres like sci-fi and horror films as well as information on producers and directors and the behind-the-scenes crews.
Year Published:
2003
Physical Description:
128 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
acting -- Action films -- African American film -- Agents -- Animation - Awards -- Black and white -- Blockbusters -- Cameras -- Canadian film -- Casting -- Cinematography -- Color -- Comedy -- Costume and makeup -- Crew -- Crime films -- Directors -- Distribution -- Documentary -- Editors -- Fantasy films -- Festivals -- Film criticism -- Film noir -- Future cinema -- Hollywood -- Horror films -- Independent film -- Jewish film -- Latin American film -- Melodrama -- Movie marketing -- Movie theaters -- Musicals -- Political film -- Pre-cinema -- Producers -- Production companies -- Road movies -- Romantic comedy -- Science fiction -- Score -- Script writers -- Sets -- Silent movies -- Sound -- Special effects -- Stars -- Studios -- Stunts -- Thrillers -- Video and DVD -- War films -- Westerns -- Movie timeline.
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ISBN:
9780531123133
Publisher:
New York : Franklin Watts, c2003.