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The Lure of the Image
The Lure of the Image shows how a close study of camera movement challenges key assumptions underlying a wide range of debates within cinema and media studies. Highlighting the shifting intersection of point of view and camera position, Daniel Morgan draws on a range of theoretical arguments and detailed analyses across cinemas to reimagine the relation between spectator and camera—and between camera and film world. With sustained accounts of how the camera moves in films by Fritz Lang, Guru Dutt, Max Ophuls, and Terrence Malick and in contemporary digital technologies, The Lure of the Image exposes the persistent fantasy that we move with the camera within the world of the film and examines the ways that filmmakers have exploited this fantasy. In so doing, Morgan provides a more flexible account of camera movement, one that enables a fuller understanding of the political and ethical stakes entailed by this key component of cinematic style.
Stolen Jewels
Blonde-haired, green-eyed Theresa Philips is having the time of her life learning about her heritage in her African-American Relations class. For years, she has dedicated herself to her son, her company, and her siblings. Now, she wants something for herself. Biracial Theresa finds it surprising her white side might possibly stop her from getting what she wants most: Pierson Brooks. But when her ex-husband comes back into the picture and attempts to kidnap her son, Pierson is the only person she can turn to for help. Pierson Brooks, local mechanic and former Philadelphia policeman, moved to New Orleans for a fresh start. A past relationship prevents him from being attracted to the white woman he helped with a flat tire, but her persistence is irresistible. He finds himself falling for her, and when she needs him most, he eagerly does what he thought he'd never do again: be a policeman.
Figure and Force in Animation Aesthetics
How can we describe movements in animated films? In Figure and Force in Animation Aesthetics, Ryan Pierson introduces a powerful new method for the study of animation. By looking for figures--arrangements that seem to intuitively hold together--and forces--underlying units of attraction, repulsion, and direction--Pierson reveals startling new possibilities for animation criticism, history, and theory. Drawing on concepts from Gestalt psychology, Pierson offers a wide-ranging comparative study of four animation techniques--soft-edged forms, walk cycles, camera movement, and rotoscoping--as they appear in commercial, artisanal, and avant-garde works. In the process, through close readings of little-analyzed films, Pierson demonstrates that figures and forces make fertile resources for theoretical speculation, unearthing affinities between animation practice and such topics as the philosophy of mathematics, scientific and political revolution, and love. Beginning and ending with the imperative to look closely, Figure and Force in Animation Aesthetics is a performance in seeing the world of motion anew.
The Perfect Image (A Jessie Hunt Psychological Suspense Thriller—Book Sixteen)
“A masterpiece of thriller and mystery. Blake Pierce did a magnificent job developing characters with a psychological side so well described that we feel inside their minds, follow their fears and cheer for their success. Full of twists, this book will keep you awake until the turn of the last page.” --Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (re Once Gone) THE PERFECT IMAGE is book #16 in a new psychological suspense series by bestselling author Blake Pierce, which begins with The Perfect Wife, a #1 bestseller (and free download) with over 5,000 five-star ratings and 900 five-star reviews. In a high-end Los Angeles suburb, wealthy wives are being found dead in their luxurious homes, with...
The Image in Early Cinema
1. This book is a fascinating look at how early cinema and moving images inspired and were inspired by other more static forms of visual culture, such as painting, photography, and tableaux vivants. The contributors to this volume demonstrate how cinema responded to and was positioned within broader artistic and cultural frameworks. 2. This book is another strong contribution to the Proceedings of Domitor series, of which we are now the sole publishers. 3. It will benefit from our well established reputation in early cinema studies.
A History of Texas and Texans
Vols. l and 3 are books; vols. 2, 4, 5 are microfiche.
