" Close Up is an innovative and accessible new annual series devoted to the close analysis of film and television. Each volume will contain three extended individual studies linked by a concern to explore in detail the decisions that go into the making of films or television programmes. Filmmakers' Choices, John GibbsDesigned for the launch of the series, Filmmakers' Choices explores different areas of decision-making within film product ..."
Mise-en-scène(2nd Edition) Mise-en-scene: Film Style and Interpretation (Short Cuts) by Professor JohnGibbs Paperback, 144 Pages, Published 2002 by Wallflower Press ISBN-13: 978-1-903364-06-2, ISBN: 1-903364-06-X
"Explores the fundamental concepts of composition, framing, costume and set design in cinema. In uncovering the history of mise-en-scene within academic film studies and popular film criticism, John Gibbs offers a full introduction to this central component of film analysis and provides detailed readings of such films as Rebel Without a Cuase, Imitation of Life and Lone Star. Explores the fundamental concepts of composition, framing, cos ..."
"Excerpt from Letters From Graefenberg, in the Years 1843, 1844, 1845,& 1846: With the Report, and Extracts From the Correspondence, of the Enniscorthy Hydropathic Society My Lord, I do not know to whom I can dedicate, with more propriety, these letters, than to your Lordship. You have been, I believe, the earliest convert, in a high station, in this country, to the water cure. You have had the courage to think for yourself; and, having ..."
The Long Take Critical Approaches by JohnGibbs, Douglas Pye 263 Pages, Published 2017 by Springer ISBN-13: 978-1-137-58573-8, ISBN: 1-137-58573-0
"Critical Approaches John Gibbs, Douglas Pye. (since there is no exit in front of us
) and either stop, sit, or retreat; only then do we ... Sam Taylor Wood's acutely
slow-motion/stop-motion single shots shift between photographic poses and fine
art poses, while Bill Viola restages gestures from religious paintings on film and
Tacita Dean's various films about artists invite comparisons with the painted
portrait. Finally, Francis Alÿ ..."
The life of mise-en-scène Visual style and British film criticism, 1946-78 by JohnGibbs 288 Pages, Published 2015 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-5261-0313-0, ISBN: 1-5261-0313-3
"... affinities between the two journals is an incisive perception, cutting through the
strata of critical history and the terms of the argument, and one which no one else
seems able to have achieved. Notes Ian Cameron, 'Films', Oxford Opinion, No. 38
(30 April 1960), p. 36. Interview with Charles Barr, 19 June 1997. 3 Anderson and
Reisz had by this point largely withdrawn from film criticism, but of a younger
generation there is al ..."
The life of mise-en-scène Visual style and British film criticism, 1946-78 by JohnGibbs 288 Pages, Published 2015 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-5261-0314-7, ISBN: 1-5261-0314-1
"Film: the journal of the Federation of Film Societies, printed exchanges of views
between the writers of Oxford Opinion, Definition and Sight and Sound across
four successive issues.5 Its editor, Peter Armitage, surveyed the field in 'The
Current Picture' in No. 26. Number 27 invited readers to a discussion hosted by
the London Regional Group, involving representatives of all sides, entitled '
Pistols for Three, Coffee for One'.6 Gr ..."
The life of mise-en-scène Visual style and British film criticism, 1946-78 by JohnGibbs Hardcover, 208 Pages, Published 2013 by Oxford University Press, Usa Illustrated ISBN-13: 978-0-7190-8866-7, ISBN: 0-7190-8866-6
"The Life of Mise-en-scène offers a critical history of key debates about visual style in British film journals in the postwar period. It reclaims an often-ignored or misrepresented history, including: the concept of film poetry in the journal Sequence, changing attitudes in Sight and Sound during the 1950s, and the battle over the significance of film style which raged between a number of small journals and the national press in the ear ..."
Short Cuts Mise-en-Scène : Film Style and Interpretation by JohnGibbs 144 Pages, Published 2012 by Columbia University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-231-50311-2, ISBN: 0-231-50311-3
"Mise-en-scène and point of view As suggested at the end of Chapter 5, Pye's '
Movies and Point of View' is the perfect place to begin an enquiry into the subject.
George M. Wilson's Narration in Light: Studies in Cinematic Point of View is one
of the most important books of the 1980s. Both Wilson's theoretical discussion,
and the analyses of individual films, provide an example of a critic's ability to
remind you of the complexity o ..."
Short Back and Sides by JohnGibbs Paperback, 74 Pages, Published 2011 by JohnGibbs ISBN-13: 978-1-84944-145-2, ISBN: 1-84944-145-6
"National Service was a regime where Dukes mixed with Dustmen and were better for it. Young men were taken, often against their will, from the comfort of a family environment and thrust into military life and discipline. I was one, a true virgin soldier. My story meanders from my military training in Aldershot to my service in Germany. Humour is never far away. You will mile, as I did, at the funny and outrageous episodes that became par ..."
"Men's Cinema focuses on how film style conveys and articulates a sense of masculinity. It examines the use of mise-en-scene in classical cinema to emphasize the frequently repressed traumas of masculinity. The book then analyzes a selection of such contemporary "men's" films as Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), Raging Bull (1980), The Right Stuff (1983), and Gladiator (2000)."
"The Royal Opera, Covent Garden. Puccini's tragic love story is set in the Latin Quarter of Paris among the bohemian students whose hectic gaiety only partially masks the despair and pain that threaten their lives. It remains one of the most popular of all operas with its stark contrasts of lively humour and poignant tragedy. This recording of the well-known Covent Garden production by John Copley, in Julia Trevelyan Oman's authentic set ..."
"The third edition of this popular handbook has been completely updated to include information on the latest pharmacological, alternative, and surgical treatments for epilepsy in children and adolescents."
"The third edition of a benchmark reference, Epilepsy in Childhood and Adolescence has been completely updated to include information on the latest pharmacological, alternative, and surgical treatments for epilepsy in children and adolescents. Presenting the information in a convenient tabular format, the book reviews the impact of epilepsy that develops in childhood. After defining what is and what is not a seizure, the authors guide yo ..."