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LRC resources for film and media studies

Useful books

Unreal Engine 5 Character Creation, Animation, and Cinematics
Design for Motion
Principles of Logo Design
Logo Modernism
The TV Studio Production Handbook
Schooling New Media
Visual effects
Digital Media and Society
Directing and producing for television
An Actors Life for Me?
WJEC Eduqas film studies for A level & AS

Print books

Below is a range of subjects, with their class mark. Clicking on the links takes you through to a list of resources at that class mark on the library catalogueMatching the class mark to the number on the shelves will show you where you will find the book.

Advertising
659.1
Animation and anime
791.4334
Careers and university
331.7
Communication
302.2
Culture
306
Directing
791.4302
Editing
777.55
Ethics
170
Film genre
791.436
Film studies
791.43
Graphic novels and manga
741.5
Media
302.23
Performing arts
792
Radio production
791.44
Research methods
300.72
Study skills
371.3028
Television studies
791.45
Writing
808

 

e-books

The different e-book collections provide access to a number of useful e-books. You can browse some of the titles in the collections below but there are many more available in each e-book database.

If you are accessing the e-books in college simply click on the book's cover image. If you are accessing the e-books from home follow the access instructions for each database below. 

Credo Reference

How to access Credo Reference from off campus
50 Speeches that made the Modern World
Animation
Collins English Dictionary
Collins English-Polish Dictionary
The Columbia Encyclopedia
Epics
The Essential Job Interview Handbook
Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications
Film Quotations
The Literature of Propaganda
Key Concepts in Media and Communications
Dictionary of Media and Communication Studies

Ebook Central

How to access Ebook Central from off campus
Media Production
The TV Studio Production Handbook
Level up! the Guide to Great Video Game Design
Advanced Level Media
Key Concepts and Skills for Media Studies
Level Film Studies
Studying for Success

Gale eBooks

How to access Gale eBooks from off campus
A New Pot of Gold
An Evening's Entertainment
Boom and bust 1998
Bowling Beatniks and Bell-Bottoms Pop Culture of 20th- and 21st-Century America
Contemporary Theatre, Film & Television Series
Employment
Grand Design
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
Lost Illusions
Magill's Cinema Annual
Personal Finance
Newsmakers
Schrimer Encyclopedia of Film
Social Skills
St James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture
The Emergence of Cinema
The Sixties
The Sixties in America Reference Library
The Talkies
The Transformation of Cinema
Transforming the Screen 1950-1959
UXL Encyclopedia of World Biography

English and Maths e-books in Ebook Central

AQA GCSE English Language Grades 1-5 Student Book
AQA GCSE English Language Grades 5-9 Student Book
Mathematics for Dyslexics : Including Dyscalculia