Product Description: Much of the writing in film studies published today can be understood as genre criticism, broadly speaking. And even before film studies emerged as an academic discipline in the 1970s, cultural observers within and beyond the academy were writing about genre films and making fascinating attempts to understand their conventions and how they speak to, for, and about the culture that produces them...read more

Recently, scholars in a variety of disciplines―including philosophy, film and media studies, and literary studies―have become interested in the aesthetics, definition, and ontology of the screenplay. To this end, this volume addresses the fundamental philosophical questions about the nature of the screenplay: What is a screenplay? Is the screenplay art―more specifically, literature? What kind of a thing is a screenplay? Nannicelli argues that the screenplay is a kind of artefact; as such, its boundaries are determined collectively by screenwriters, and its ontological nature is determined collectively by both writers and readers of screenplays. Any plausible philosophical account of the screenplay must be strictly constrained by our collective creative and appreciative practices, and must recognize that those practices indicate that at least some screenplays are artworks.

Product Description: ONE OF BUSTLE'S BOOKS TO READ BEFORE OSCAR SEASON IS OVERThe true story that inspired the major motion picture starring Bryan Cranston and Helen Mirren. Dalton Trumbo was the central figure in the "Hollywood Ten," the blacklisted and jailed screenwriters...read more

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Verses describe various mother animals. Pages fold out to reveal their offspring.

Product Description: Book by Jane C. Bradley

This book shows readers how to draw reasonable mechanisms for reactions they have never seen before. This skill will help readers develop a good command of electron-pushing before tackling the detailed mechanistic analysis of physical organic chemistry. It is organized according to mechanistic types in order to clarify the basic mechanistic similarities among apparently diverse reactions. One of the unique features of this book is the common error alert, which warns about common pitfalls and misconceptions.

Product Description: This innovative, fresh and lively collection, assembled by both creative academics and critical practitioners, focuses on how screenplays are written, developed and received.