Arts / Mass Media / Television / Direction & Production

BoJack Horseman: The Art Before the Horse

by Chris McDonnell, Raphael Bob-Waksberg & Lisa Hanawalt

Netflix?s BoJack Horseman has quickly become one of the most critically acclaimed animated comedy series in recent memory. Set in an off-kilter, cynically spun rendering of modern-day Hollywood, the show follows...

Orphan Black

by Andrea Goulet & Robert A. Rushing

Orphan Black: Performance, Gender, Biopolitics presents a groundbreaking exploration of the hit television series Orphan Black, and the questions it raises for performance and technology, gender and reproduction,...

Wheels Rolling at Eight

by Arthur Anderson

Up the creek without a paddle (almost) in Papua New Guinea; a sheep's nose and silver horns in Kabardino-Balkarskaya; dancing with horses on the Hungarian plains; chasing whales in Newfoundland; snooker with...

Head of Drama

by Sydney Newman, Graeme Burk & Ted Kotcheff

The memoir of the creator of Doctor Who and a legend in British and Canadian TV and film

A major influence on the BBC and independent television in Britain in the 1960s, as well as on CBC and the National Film...

Modern Tv, Internet and Social Media News Production

by James J. McCluskey Ph.D.

The TV news business is all about authority, credibility, and professionalism: you must deliver the news with authority, strive to make it credible, and do everything in a professional manner. Everyone should...

Shooting Women

by Harriet Margolis, Alexis Krasilovsky & Julia Stein

Shooting Women takes readers around the world to explore the lives of camerawomen working in features, TV news, and documentaries. From first world pioneers like African American camerawoman Jessie Maple...

Shooting Women

by Harriet Margolis, Alexis Krasilovsky & Julia Stein

Shooting Women takes readers around the world to explore the lives of camerawomen working in features, TV news, and documentaries. From first world pioneers like African American camerawoman Jessie Maple...

Whatever It Takes

by Christopher Ward, Stephen Stohn & Martin Gero

• Stohn has over forty years of experience in the entertainment world as a creator, a lawyer, and a producer
• Stohn has been involved with Degrassi since its inception
• Degrassi is the longest running fictional...

The Walking Dead Live!: Essays on the Television Show

by Philip L. Simpson & Marcus Mallard

Centering on media studies, this collection of essays examines both the show The Walking Dead and its source material, the graphic novels by Robert Kirkman. These essays look at the show from a variety of perspectives—from...

Firefly Revisited: Essays on Joss Whedon's Classic Series

by Michael Goodrum & Philip Smith

A short lived series created by Joss Whedon, Firefly nonetheless developed such a loyal following that Whedon was compelled to write and direct a big screen sequel in 2005. The show continues to generate a life...

Getting Out Alive

by Roger Mosey

Delinquent presenters, controversial executive pay-offs, the Jimmy Savile scandal... The BBC is one of the most successful broadcasters in the world, but its programme triumphs are often accompanied by management...