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Rock & Cinema explores–from Elvis Presley’s rock and roll to the present day–the successful encounters between music and cinema that have given rise to works that have become milestones of contemporary culture.

Much has been written about the mutual influence between rock and the big screen, but little attention has been paid to the impact that certain films and their soundtracks have had on the world of music and on the artists themselves.

There are numerous cases of films that have become true symbols for entire movements or subcultures. Cinema has represented a natural step for many rock stars, and has also become a precious opportunity for underground bands to experiment with new expressive languages.

The main aim of this book is to observe the relationship between rock and cinema from a new perspective: the musical one. It is a journey that traces the history of rock on the big screen, in a passionate project curated down to the smallest detail.

With its critical and yet informative approach, accessible to both expert readers and cinema lovers at their first movies, this book examines the most significant artistic, historic, technological and social stages that have marked the history of cinema.

From cave paintings to magic lanterns, through to the invention of cinematograph by the Lumière brothers, followed by contextualising events in mainly chronological, but also digressive sequence, from the first “legendary” projection of Arrival of a train at La Ciotat, to the astonishment still felt by the audience on viewing the stunning landscapes in Avatar 2. Silent movies and the golden age of Hollywood; the genres and auteur movies; movements, schools, waves: neorealism, the “vagues”, the New Hollywood, post-modern cinema, the crisis of theatres and the relaunch of cinecomics, sagas and reboots, arriving at the challenges of new languages in the age of on-demand platforms.

A thoroughly reasoned journey, with a wealth of images and specific text boxes, whose aim is to provide information about the origins, but which especially tries to create a connection with the present time, and ventures to think about the future.

How do you make an effective video? How do you choose the right frame? How do you put a creative idea into writing? This is an enlightening journey behind the scenes of video making, from idea to execution.

The book is a guide to the world of videomaking aimed at professionals as well as first-timers. It is packed with inspiring hints, tips and practical suggestions that are easy to understand; it also provides an organic description of the fundamental themes of video creation, like you have never seen before in just one book.

The book is entirely colour-printed and features a number of explanatory graphs summarising themes and images from famous films used to analyse the various shooting techniques. It is designed in particular for students of directing, videomaking and photography, as well as for youtubers, instagrammers, influencers and anyone who wants to master the creative and technical processes behind the creation and execution of an audiovisual film. The book also features suggestions sourced from the author’s own experience in the industry.