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  • Story

    Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting

    by Robert McKee ...
    Robert McKee's screenwriting workshops have earned him an international reputation for inspiring novices, refining works in progress and putting major screenwriting careers back on track. Quincy Jones, Diane Keaton, Gloria Steinem, Julia Roberts, John Cleese and David Bowie are just a few of his celebrity alumni. Writers, producers, development executives and agents all flock to his lecture series ... Read more

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  • Essentials of Screenwriting

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

    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

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  • 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

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  • The Back Stage Guide to Stage Management, 3rd Edition

    Traditional and New Methods for Running a Show from First Rehearsal to Last Performance

    The Most Widely Used Manual For Aspiring And Veteran Stage Managers - Now Revised and ExpandedThe next best thing to shadowing a Broadway stage manager, this detailed, behind-the-scenes book as been brought completely up to date. First published in 1991, it is widely used and has been lauded as the most comprehensive, educational book on stage management available. From preproduction planning and ... Read more

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  • Welcome to the O.C.

    The Oral History

    “A fascinating peek behind the making of a megahit, and a delightful bit of nostalgia for those of us who remember life before streaming TV.” —Town & CountryWelcome to the O.C., b*tch: it’s the definitive oral history of beloved TV show The O.C., from the show’s creators, featuring interviews with the cast and crew, providing a behind-the-scenes look into how the show was made, the ups and downs ... Read more

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  • The Fangirl Life

    A Guide to All the Feels and Learning How to Deal

    Are You a Fangirl?• Do you survive boring classes or meetings by imagining your favorite TV couple making out?• Have you posted a lengthy diatribe on the Internet defending a fictional character?• Have you gotten carsick from reading fan fiction on your smartphone?• Has Netflix presented you with the “Are you still watching?” button at least once?If you answered yes, you are a fangirl. (But you ... Read more

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  • Touring Theatrical Productions

    An International Guide

    by Dinesh Yadav ...
    Touring Theatrical Productions: An International Guide is a practical and comprehensive overview of planning, staging and closing international touring productions.This book offers a step-by-step chronological journal of preparing a company for international touring, from applying for international visas to returning home after a tour. It includes discussions of invitations, contracts, scheduling, ... Read more

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  • Sanford Meisner on Acting

    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

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  • The Art of Cosplay and Creative Makeup

    Create Incredible Looks with Simple Techniques and Affordable Materials

    Body painter extraordinaire Chris Peck, aka Rainbowskinz, shows you the fundamental techniques he uses to create an infinite number of extraordinary looks.Learn the secrets of stunning transformations with cosplay superstar Chris Peck in The Art of Cosplay and Creative Makeup. Known as Rainbowskinz on social media, Peck shares invaluable techniques for aspiring and experienced cosplayers alike, ... Read more

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  • Historical Dictionary of American Cinema

    Series series Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts
    One of the most powerful forces in world culture, American cinema has a long and complex history that stretches through more than a century. This history not only includes a legacy of hundreds of important films but also the evolution of the film industry itself, which is in many ways a microcosm of the history of American society as a whole.The Historical Dictionary of American Cinema provides ... Read more

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  • The Art of Ventriloquism

    "Decidedly the most living exponent of the art of ventriloquism." -The Illustrated London News"Maccabe is a thorough artist in the peculiar vocation to which he has devoted himself." - Daily TelegraphThe great book "The Art of Ventriloquism" (1875) was Written by the celebrated Frederic Maccabe, one of the most famous of the world's ventriloquists. Mr. Maccabe here clearly shows that ventriloquism ... Read more

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  • The Complete Book of 1980s Broadway Musicals

    by Dan Dietz ...
    For Broadway audiences of the 1980s, the decade was perhaps most notable for the so-called “British invasion.” While concept musicals such as Nine and Stephen Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George continued to be produced, several London hits came to New York. In addition to shows like Chess, Me and My Girl, and Les Miserables,the decade’s most successful composerAndrew Lloyd Webberwas also ... Read more

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  • Threatened Masculinity from British Fiction to Cold War German Cinema

    by Joseph Willis ...
    Series series Among the Victorians and Modernists
    The impact of the Cold War on German male identities can be seen in the nation’s cinematic search for a masculine paradigm that rejected the fate-centered value system of its National- Socialist past while also recognizing that German males once again had become victims of fate and fatalism, but now within the value system of the Soviet and American hegemonies that determined the fate of Cold War ... Read more

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  • GET INTO ACTING

    Essential Guide for Aspiring Actors

    Do you want to become an actor but aren’t sure where to start, or would you like to further your acting career and get more auditions? Then this is book is for you.An essential guide to getting into acting and a helpful resource for aspiring actors or those who are at the beginning of their acting career.Tips on getting startedGetting actor headshots that get you auditionsDeveloping your resume ... Read more

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  • The Professional Actor's Handbook

    From Casting Call to Curtain Call

    by Julio Agustin ...
    While there are many books that attempt to teach people how to act, there are few that show aspiring actors what it takes to succeed as a working professional.The Professional Actor’s Handbook: From Casting Call to Curtain Call provides struggling artists—stage and screen actors, dancers, singers—with strategies that will help them successfully negotiate every stage of their careers. This second ... Read more

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  • Petits Crimes et Grandes Intrigues

    Écrire un Roman

    by Sylvie Bardet ...
    Petits crimes et grandes intrigues est un livre sur l’écriture conçu de façon tout à fait inédite.L’auteure, afin de montrer comment se construit une intrigue, rédige pour la première fois « en direct » le synopsis détaillé d’un nouveau roman policier.Cette approche permet de mieux cerner le fonctionnement de l’effet papillon, dévoile les astuces pour éviter la page blanche et rappelle l ... Read more

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  • 887 (mise en scène Robert Lepage - 2015)

    Les Fiches Spectacle d'Universalis

    Une fiche de référence sur 887, un spectacle mis en scène par Robert Lepage.Considéré à juste titre comme une personnalité marquante de la scène internationale contemporaine, Robert Lepage, metteur en scène, scénographe et comédien québécois, a donné au Théâtre de la Ville, dans le cadre du festival d’Automne à Paris, sa dernière création, représentée pour la première f...Un ouvrage conçu par des ... Read more

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  • Sakountala (chorégraphie Marie-Claude Pietragalla - 2000)

    Les Fiches Spectacle d'Universalis

    Une fiche de référence sur Sakountala, un spectacle chorégraphié par Marie-Claude Pietragalla.Sakountala, spectacle créé en 2000 par Marie-Claude Pietragalla pour le Ballet national de Marseille, évoque, dans une grande fresque spectaculaire, la vie et l'œuvre de Camille Claudel (1864-1943). Associant la danse, les arts du cirque et le théâtre, cette création s'inscrit dans une d...Un ouvrage ... Read more

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  • So, Your Child Wants to go to Drama School?

    Everything YOU need to know, when your child decides to chase their dream

    This book guides parents from the initial “I want to go to drama school’ conversation, through to their child’s first day. This light-hearted but invaluable guide is a must for any parent who wants to help and support their child in achieving their dream of getting into drama school. Chapters include:DRAMA SCHOOL AUDITIONSPERSONAL STATEMENTSTHE AUDITION PROCESSRECALLS, INTERVIEWS & OFFERS... ... Read more

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  • The Encyclopedia of Film Composers

    For more than a century, original music has been composed for the cinema. From the early days when live music accompanied silent films to the present in which a composer can draw upon a full orchestra or a lone synthesizer to embody a composition, music has been an integral element of most films. By the late 1930s, movie studios had established music departments, and some of the greatest names in ... Read more

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  • Off the Page

    Screenwriting in the Era of Media Convergence

    Off the Page examines the business and craft of screenwriting in the era of media convergence. Daniel Bernardi and Julian Hoxter use the recent history of screenwriting labor coupled with close analysis of scripts in the context of the screenwriting paraindustry—from “how to write a winning script” books to screenwriting software—to explore the state of screenwriting today. They address the ... Read more

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  • Ciné Fetish - Tome 2

    Fétichisme, désir et rapports de pouvoir au cinéma

    Series Book 2 - Ciné Fetish
    Quel fétiche, quel film ?Des cheveux coupés, une robe qui se soulève, une clé mystérieuse, une paire de menottes, un fouet qui claque... Autant d'images mémorables vues au cinéma.Dans ce deuxième tome, Lady Saylie et Armand Duval vous guident à travers un riche univers de fétiches, ou kinks, soigneusement sélectionnés. Pour chacun d'eux, vous découvrirez les films qui les illustrent le mieux et ... Read more

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  • Reel Winners

    Movie Award Trivia

    Do you know which televised awards show gives a prize for "Favourite Smile"?Or which Oscar host announced that he was going to raffle off a car during the ceremony?Do you know who won the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress of the 20th Century?In Reel Winners, Richard Crouse, Reel to Real movie critic and CBC Radio’s "titan of trivia," gives you the lowdown on movie awards, from eight decades ... Read more

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  • The Actor's Detective Guide to Writing Letters to Celebrities

    by Chris Lucas ...
    How would you like to get a personal letter or phone call from your favorite star? Or to have them send you an autographed item that can help you raise money for a charity? This book shows you exactly how to make those things happen!"The Actor's Detective Guide to Writing Letters to Celebrities," is part memoir, part "how to" guide. It tells the story of how a love for writing letters to famous ... Read more

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