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  • Story

    Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting

    by Robert McKee ...

    $216.69 HKD

  • Sanford Meisner on Acting

    by Sanford Meisner, Dennis Longwell ...
    Sanford Meisner was one of the best known and beloved teachers of acting in the country. This book follows one of his acting classes for fifteen months, beginning with the most rudimentary exercises and ending with affecting and polished scenes from contemporary American plays. Written in collaboration with Dennis Longwell, it is essential reading for beginning and professional actors alike. ... Read more

    $75.19 HKD

  • British Thrillers, 1950-1979

    845 Films of Suspense, Mystery, Murder and Espionage

    by Franz Antony Clinton ...
    The three decades following WWII are considered the golden age of the British thriller film. Newer characters like James Bond, along with established icons such as Sherlock Holmes, Miss Marple and The Saint, all contributed to the era's bountiful array of cinematic mystery, danger, excitement and suspense. For the first time, the extensive output of British thrillers from 1950 to 1979 is covered ... Read more

    $294.89 HKD

  • Essentials of Screenwriting

    The Art, Craft, and Business of Film and Television Writing

    by Richard Walter ...
    Hollywood's premier teacher of screenwriting shares the secrets of writing and selling successful screenplays in this perfect gift for aspiring screenwriters.Anyone fortunate enough to win a seat in Professor Richard Walter's legendary class at UCLA film school can be confident their career has just taken a quantum leap forward. His students have written more than ten projects for Steven Spielberg ... Read more

    $71.79 HKD

  • Tattoo for beginners

    The Comprehensive Guide to Drawing Classic Tattoos for Beginners with Mastering Traditional Tattoo Designs, Aftercare Essentials, and Exploring Various Tattooing Techniques.

    by Dewei Chu. ...
    .The body is a canvas, waiting to be filled with the story of your soul."Introducing "Tattoo For Beginners: The Comprehensive Guide to Drawing Classic Tattoos for Beginners with Mastering Traditional Tattoo Designs, Aftercare Essentials, and Exploring Various Tattooing Techniques". This book is your one-stop guide to transforming your interest in tattoos into a proficient skill.Master the Art of ... Read more

    $30.73 HKD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Back to the Body

    Infusing Physical Life into Characters in Theatre and Film

    by Jean-Louis Rodrigue, Scott Weintraub ...
    Back to the Body: ***Infusing Physical Life into Characters in Theatre and Film***guides you to experience and use your body and its energy as a basic point of departure for performance and expression. You will learn to apply your entire self in acting, with your voice, body, mind, and emotion. This integrated training is designed to combine all these elements of yourself with your material, the ... Read more

    $126.19 HKD

  • A Dictionary of Bharata Natya

    by U. S. K.Rao ...
    The dictionary is a response to a long-felt need of students, scholars and afficionados of the art for a comprehensive coverage of the terminology peculiar to Bharata Natya. ... Read more

    $23.38 HKD

  • Lillian Crombie’s Biography Book

    The Untold truth behind the death of Lillian Crombie

    by Bryce M. Luck ...
    She came from the shadows of history, a blazing soul in a stolen age.More than an actor, Lillian Crombie was a prism, refracting the tales of her people with unrelenting brightness. On stage, she was a flurry of emotions, demanding attention with the calm dignity of an old river and the raw strength of a desert storm. Her life was a tapestry woven with strands of tenacity, resistance, and an ... Read more

    $46.83 HKD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Methuen Drama Handbook of Theatre History and Historiography

    Edited by Claire Cochrane, Jo Robinson ...
    Series series Methuen Drama Handbooks
    Shortlisted for the 2021 TaPRA Edited Collection PrizeThe Methuen Drama Handbook of Theatre History and Historiography is an authoritative guide to contemporary debates and practices in this field. The book covers the key themes and methods that are current in theatre history research, with a particular focus on expanding the object of study to include engagement with theatre and performance ... Read more

    $328.99 HKD

  • How To Draw Animals

    Your Step By Step Guide To Drawing Animals

    by HowExpert, Therese Barleta ...
    If you want to learn how to draw all kinds of animals from A to Z in a step by step way, then check out How to Draw Animals.In this book How to Draw Animals, you will learn how to draw ALL types of animals in a step-by-step manner.Do you love animals and like art activities? If you have always wanted to draw animals from scratch by yourself, and wanted to learn it in a quick and easy way without ... Read more

    $78.10 HKD

  • Sondheim

    His Life, His Shows, His Legacy

    by Stephen M. Silverman ...
    Lively, sophisticated, and filled with first-person tributes and glorious images, Sondheim: His Life, His Shows, His Legacy lifts the curtain on a Broadway legend. "Aside from Sondheim's own exceptional books...this may be the best coffee-table volume devoted to his work."(Shelf Awareness)Brimming with insights from a veritable Who's Who of Broadway Babies and complemented by more than two hundred ... Read more

    $108.99 HKD

  • Spaghetti Westerns--the Good, the Bad and the Violent

    A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography of 558 Eurowesterns and Their Personnel, 1961-1977

    by Thomas Weisser ...
    Spaghetti Westerns--mostly produced in Italy or by Italians but made throughout Europe--were bleaker, rougher, grittier imitations of Hollywood Westerns, focusing on heroes only slightly less evil than the villains. After a main filmography covering 558 Spaghetti Westerns, another section provides filmographies of personnel--actors and actresses, directors, musical composers, scriptwriters, ... Read more

    $192.29 HKD

  • Dis, quand reviendras-tu ?

    by Hubert Ballay, Alain le Meur ...
    Avant d'interpréter en récital sa chanson " Dis, quand reviendras-tu ? ", Barbara avait coutume de dire au public : " A cette époque je chantais seulement les autres ; quand un monsieur me donna l'occasion d'écrire ma première chanson ". Cet homme, Hubert Ballay, fut l'authentique amour impossible de Barbara. Sa vie ? Un vrai roman d'aventures. A 14 ans, en 1942, il sauve des familles juives ; à ... Read more

    $140.29 HKD

  • Miss un jour, maman toujours

    by Sophie Thalmann, Sandra Kollender ...
    Sophie, reine de beauté, a rencontré le prince charmant. De leur union sont nés deux magnifiques enfants : une fille (Charlie) et un garçon (Mika). Le choix de la reine !Dans cet ouvrage, elle nous raconte son quotidien de maman. Une maman comme les autres... enfin pas tout à fait puisqu'elle pose avec des inconnus sur des photos souvenirs et qu'elle est obligée de réfléchir à la meilleure ... Read more

    $100.19 HKD

  • The Dreadful Years: Collected Interviews & Reflections - 2018 to 2021

    by Joshua Millican ...
    Forewords by Gigi Saul Guerrero & Heather BuckleyIt was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Joshua Millican dreamed of working for a legacy horror site like Dread Central since he began blogging in the early 2010s. He became a regular contributor in 2016, Managing Editor in 2018, and through sheer determination and fate, became the site's Editor in Chief in 2019. But the apex of Millican ... Read more

    $54.99 HKD

  • The Art of Frozen 2

    by Disney Book Group ...
    Through never-before-seen development art, character sketches, storyboards, and color scripts, The Art of Frozen 2 gives fans a front-row view of the vast creative effort behind the epic sequel to Frozen. Filled with gorgeous four-color images and fascinating facts and details from the production team, it's the ultimate insider's look. ... Read more

    $112.49 HKD

  • La Classe morte (mise en scène Tadeusz Kantor - 1975)

    Les Fiches Spectacle d'Universalis

    by Encyclopaedia Universalis ...
    Une fiche de référence sur La Classe morte, un spectacle mis en scène par Tadeusz Kantor.Tour à tour peintre, plasticien, scénographe, puis metteur en scène et auteur, Tadeusz Kantor (1915-1990) fonde en 1955 le Théâtre Cricot 2 (anagramme de « to cyrk », le cirque). Dans la cave de la galerie Krysztofory à Cracovie, il poursuit une recherche théâtrale issue de diverses influences p...Un ouvrage ... Read more

    $74.59 HKD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Antony and Cleopatra

    Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition

    by Joseph Candido, Professor Brian Vickers ...
    Series series Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition
    This new volume in the Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition series increases our knowledge of how Antony and Cleopatra has been received and understood by critics, editors and general readers. The volume provides, in separate sections, both critical opinions about the play across the centuries and an evaluation of their positions within and their impact on the reception of the play. The ... Read more

    $347.99 HKD

  • Projection Design

    The Basics

    by Davin E. Gaddy ...
    Series series The Basics
    Projection Design: The Basics explores the concepts of visual elements in live entertainment. It provides a conversational view of the fundamentals of projection design, from production meetings and the elements of visual design to the equipment necessary to make it all happen.This text examines the themes and theories universal to a wide range of topics, to provide a foundation for anyone ... Read more

    $226.64 HKD

  • Thinking in the Dark

    Cinema, Theory, Practice

    by Murray Pomerance, R. Barton Palmer, Jeremy T. Blatter, Tom Gunning, Steven Woodward, Johannes von Moltke, Colin Williamson, Sarah Keller, Matthew Solomon0, Dominic Lennard1, Nathan Holmes2, William Brown3, William Rothman4, Dudley Andrew5, Will Scheibel6, Daniel Morgan7, Tom Conley8, Steven Rybin9, Alex Clayton0, Gilberto Perez1, Jonah Corne2, Kristen Hatch3 ...
    Today’s film scholars draw from a dizzying range of theoretical perspectives—they’re just as likely to cite philosopher Gilles Deleuze as they are to quote classic film theorist André Bazin. To students first encountering them, these theoretical lenses for viewing film can seem exhilarating, but also overwhelming.Thinking in the Dark introduces readers to twenty-one key theorists whose work has ... Read more

    $191.09 HKD

  • The Decorative Arts and The Philosophy of Dress

    by Oscar Wilde ...
    Two essays from one of the many lectures Wilde gave on the decorative arts in 1882.Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish playwright, poet, and author of numerous short stories, and one novel. Known for his biting wit, and a plentitude of aphorisms, he became one of the most successful playwrights of the late Victorian era in London, and one of the greatest celebrities of his day. ... Read more

    $31.19 HKD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Intent to Live

    Achieving Your True Potential as an Actor

    by Larry Moss ...
    “I call this book The Intent to Live because great actors don’t seem to be acting, they seem to be actually living.”–Larry Moss, from the IntroductionWhen Oscar-winning actors Helen Hunt and Hilary Swank accepted their Academy Awards, each credited Larry Moss’s guidance as key to their career-making performances. There is a two-year waiting list for his advanced acting classes. But now everyone ... Read more

    $99.09 HKD

  • Theater - Zettel - Sammlungen

    Erschließung, Digitalisierung, Forschung

    by Paul S. Ulrich, Silvia Freudenthaler, Gertrude Cepl-Kaufmann, Birgit Peter, Markus Lehner, Caroline Herfert, Dominik Kepczynski, Eva Hanauska, Nadja Sailer, Tanita Müller, Dominique Piech, Margret Schild, Franziska Voss, Johannes H. Stigler, Joachim Eberhardt, Thorsten Lemanski, Rainer Weber, Arne Langer, Ksenia Lapina, Axel Schröter, Franz Josef Gangelmayer, Daniela Franke, Claudia Mayerhofer, Jana-Katharina Mende, Nora Gumpenberger ...
    Series Book 1 - Bibliographica
    Theaterzettel sind, sofern es sich um Ankündigungen berühmter Opern- und Theateraufführungen handelt, beliebte Ausstellungsstücke, und für die Spielplanforschung seit jeher eine bedeutende Quelle. In den letzten Jahren hat das Interesse an Theaterzetteln in auffälliger Weise zugenommen: Die Theaterwissenschaft nimmt sich nun verstärkt dieses Mediums an, was eine deutliche Erweiterung des ... Read more

    $188.00 HKD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bertrand Cantat, Marie Trintignant : l'amour à mort

    by Stéphane Bouchet, Frédéric Vézard ...
    Samedi 26 juillet 2003. Alors que Marie Trintignant séjourne en Lituanie pour le tournage du téléfilm Colette, une femme libre, une dispute éclate avec l'homme qui partage sa vie depuis 18 mois, le chanteur Bertrand Cantat. Le ton monte, les coups pleuvent. À la quatrième gifle, Marie s'effondre. Le 1er août, transportée à Paris, elle meurt. Le leader du groupe Noir Désir est incarcéré, en ... Read more

    $80.09 HKD