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Managing in the Media

By: William Houseley,Tom Nicholls,Ron Southwell

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Managing in the Media

By: William Houseley,Tom Nicholls,Ron Southwell

Managing in the Media has been devised for a broad audience. It is based upon the perceived need for a text that amalgamates cultural theories, film and television analysis, management theories and media production practice into one volume. There are many books on film and cultural studies. Similarly, there are copious numbers of texts written on management. To date little has been written that analyses the management of the audiovisual industry set against the backdrop of the cultural and economic environment within which the media manager operates. Managing in the Media is divided into three sections that take the reader from the global to the specific, from the strategic to the tactical. Each chapter discusses specific topics that can be read in isolation yet contribute to the theme within each part. Taken as a whole, the book provides the potential professional media manager and current practising media manager with a framework of issues that will give them an awareness of the range of knowledge needed by the successful media manager. This book does not try to be a manual to success. The media industry is awash with successful individuals none of whom needed textbooks to set them on their chosen career paths. Yet these exceptional people prove the rule; that in the main, most media practitioners would benefit from some additional support and guidance. The aim of this book is to present to them some of the management issues that have, or will have, an impact upon their working careers. The accompanying website www.mediaops.net (which can also be accessed via www.focalpress.com) features: - Tutor notes and reader activities - Updated list of further reading - Additional support material such as production templates - Interviews with the authors - A discussion forum - Industry and education links - Media News

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415

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Taylor & Francis

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1136055134

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9781136055133

Hillforts, Warfare and Society in Bronze Age Ireland

By: William O'Brien,James O’Driscoll

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Hillforts, Warfare and Society in Bronze Age Ireland

By: William O'Brien,James O’Driscoll

This is the first project to study hillforts in relation to warfare and conflict in Bronze Age Ireland. This project combines remote sensing and GIS-based landscape analysis with conventional archaeological survey to investigate ten prehistoric hillforts across southern Ireland.

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538

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Archaeopress Publishing Ltd

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1784916560

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9781784916565

Pulp Fiction to Film Noir

The Great Depression and the Development of a Genre

By: William Hare

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Pulp Fiction to Film Noir

The Great Depression and the Development of a Genre

By: William Hare

During the Great Depression, pulp fiction writers created a new, distinctly American detective story, one that stressed the development of fascinating, often bizarre characters rather than the twists and turns of clever plots. This new crime fiction adapted brilliantly to the screen, birthing a cinematic genre that French cinema intellectuals following World War II christened "film noir." Set on dark streets late at night, in cheap hotels and bars, and populated by the dangerous people who frequented these locales, these films introduced a new antihero, a tough, brooding, rebellious loner, embodied by Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon and Philip Marlowe in The Big Sleep. This volume provides a detailed exploration of film noir, tracing its evolution, the influence of such legendary writers as Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, and the films that propelled this dark genre to popularity in the mid-20th century.

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223

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McFarland

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0786490292

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9780786490295

Laird Cregar

A Hollywood Tragedy

By: Gregory William Mank

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Laird Cregar

A Hollywood Tragedy

By: Gregory William Mank

In 1944, Laird Cregar played Jack the Ripper in The Lodger, giving one of the most haunting performances in Hollywood history. It was the climax of a strange celebrity that saw the young American actor--who stood 6' 3" and weighed more than 300 pounds--earn distinction as a portrayer of psychopaths and villains. Determined to break free of this typecasting, he desperately desired to become "a beautiful man," embarking on an extreme diet that killed him at 31. This first biography of Cregar tells the heartbreaking story of the brilliant but doomed actor. Appendices cover his film, theatre, and radio work. Many never before published photographs are included.

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330

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McFarland

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1476628440

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9781476628448

The History of Lord Seaton's Regiment, (the 52nd Light Infantry,) at the Battle of Waterloo

Vol. I

By: William Leeke

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The History of Lord Seaton's Regiment, (the 52nd Light Infantry,) at the Battle of Waterloo

Vol. I

By: William Leeke

Reprint of the original, first published in 1866.

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442

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3752561386

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9783752561388

The Very Witching Time of Night

Dark Alleys of Classic Horror Cinema

By: Gregory William Mank

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The Very Witching Time of Night

Dark Alleys of Classic Horror Cinema

By: Gregory William Mank

The book covers unusual and often surprising areas of horror film history: (1) The harrowingly tragic life of Dracula's leading lady, Helen Chandler, as intimately remembered by her sister-in-law. (2) John Barrymore's 1931 horror vehicles Svengali and The Mad Genius, and their rejection by the public. (3) The disastrous shooting of 1933's Murders in the Zoo, perhaps the most racy of all Pre-Code horror films. (4) A candid interview with the son of legendary horror star Lionel Atwill. (5) The censorship battles of One More River, as waged by Frankenstein director James Whale. (6) The adventures (and misadventures) of Boris Karloff as a star at Warner Bros. (7) The stage and screen versions of the horror/comedy Arsenic and Old Lace. (8) Production diaries of the horror noirs Cat People and The Curse of the Cat People. (9) Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man revisited. (10) Horror propaganda: The production of Hitler's Madman. (11) Horror star John Carradine and the rise and fall of his Shakespearean Repertory Company. (12) The Shock! Theatre television phenomenon. And (13) A Tribute to Carl Laemmle, Jr., producer of the original Universal horror classics, including an interview with his lady friend of almost 40 years.

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McFarland

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0786449551

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9780786449552

Book's by William Houseley

Managing in the Media

Managing in the Media

Hillforts, Warfare and Society in Bronze Age Ireland

Hillforts, Warfare and Society in Bronze Age Ireland

Pulp Fiction to Film Noir

Pulp Fiction to Film Noir

Laird Cregar

Laird Cregar

The History of Lord Seaton's Regiment, (the 52nd Light Infantry,) at the Battle of Waterloo

The History of Lord Seaton's Regiment, (the 52nd Light Infantry,) at the Battle of Waterloo

The Very Witching Time of Night

The Very Witching Time of Night

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