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Special Effects: An Oral History

Special Effects: An Oral History

Pascal Pinteau

Theatre: technical & background skills; Films, movies & cinema; Fiction-related items; History: specific events & topics

Hardback

Spanning a century of film technology from the early innovations of George Melies to the most recent Matrix films, a tribute... [more]

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Ritual Imports: Performing Medieval Drama in America

Ritual Imports: Performing Medieval Drama in America

Claire Sponsler

Theatre: technical & background skills; Plays & playscripts; Literary studies: general

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Throughout the Americas, performances deriving from medieval European rituals, ceremonies, and festivities made up a crucial... [more]

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Introduction to Stage Lighting: The Fundamentals of Theatre Lighting Design

Introduction to Stage Lighting: The Fundamentals of Theatre Lighting Design...

Charles I. Swift

Theatre Studies; Theatre: technical & background skills

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An indispensable reference for drama teachers, directors, architects and design professionals. Twelve chapters in three sections:... [more]

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Model Making for the Stage: A Practical Guide

Model Making for the Stage: A Practical Guide

Keith Orton

Theatre Studies; Theatre: technical & background skills

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Model Making for the Stage explains the practical techniques that will promote accurate scale model making for the theatre.... [more]

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The Dramatic Imagination: Reflections and Speculations on the Art of the Theatre

The Dramatic Imagination: Reflections and Speculations on the Art of the...

Robert Edmond Jones

Theatre: technical & background skills

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Robert Edmond Jones's innovations in set design and lighting brought new ideas to the stage, but it is greater understanding... [more]

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Understanding Digital Cinema: A Professional Handbook

Understanding Digital Cinema: A Professional Handbook

Charles S. Swartz

Photographic equipment & techniques; Theatre: technical & background skills; Films, movies & cinema; Digital photography: consumer & user guides

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Covers various aspects of finishing, distributing and displaying film digitally. This book offers an exploration of every... [more]

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Theatrical Design and Production: An Introduction to Scene Design and Construction, Lighting, Sound, Costume, and Makeup

Theatrical Design and Production: An Introduction to Scene Design and Construction,...

J.Michael Gillette

Theatre: technical & background skills

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Examines the technical and design aspects of play production, including scene design and construction, lighting, sound, costume,... [more]

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Pantomime: A Practical Guide

Pantomime: A Practical Guide

Colin Winslow, Ruth Staines, Tina Bicat

Theatre: technical & background skills; Other performing arts

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This is a practical guide for people who find themselves involved in putting a pantomime on stage, particularly for those... [more]

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Lighting for Film and Digital Cinematography: with InfoTrac

Lighting for Film and Digital Cinematography: with InfoTrac

Dave Viera, Maria Viera

Theatre: technical & background skills; Films, movies & cinema

Paperback

Exploring the basic concepts necessary for designing and implementing lighting set-ups, this text focuses on ideas and set-ups... [more]

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Show Me the Money!: The Standard Catalog of Motion Picture, Television, Stage and Advertising Prop Money

Show Me the Money!: The Standard Catalog of Motion Picture, Television,...

Fred Reed

Theatre: technical & background skills; Coins, banknotes, medals, seals (numismatics)

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Movie money is often one of the key factors in cinema plots and Hollywood has produced imitation greenbacks, which have become... [more]

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Eugenio Barba

Eugenio Barba

J. Turner

Theatre: technical & background skills

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Eugenio Barba is one of the most important theatre practitioners working today. This guidebook provides exercises for both... [more]

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Augusto Boal

Augusto Boal

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Theatre: technical & background skills

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This volume looks at the scope of Boal's career - from a playwright and director, to his manifesto in the 1970s for a 'Theatre... [more]

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Lighting and the Design Idea

Lighting and the Design Idea

Linda Essig

Theatre Studies; Theatre: technical & background skills; Television

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Emphasising the design process by which lighting designers turn their ideas about a piece into the medium of stage lighting,... [more]

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George Stevens: Interviews

George Stevens: Interviews

George Cooper Stevens, Paul Cronin

Theatre: technical & background skills; Films, movies & cinema; Biography: general

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FILM BIOGRAPHY <p>At first glance, George Stevens (1904 1975) appears to be the quintessential Hollywood director. A closer... [more]

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Van Helsing: The Making of the Thrilling Monster Movie

Van Helsing: The Making of the Thrilling Monster Movie

Stephen Sommers

Theatre: technical & background skills; Films, movies & cinema; Writing & editing guides

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A richly illustrated look at the making of the new Universal Pictures film Van Helsing from the perspective of the screenwriter... [more]

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So You Want to be a Theatre Director?

So You Want to be a Theatre Director?

Stephen Unwin

Theatre: technical & background skills

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A hands-on guide to directing plays. Stephen Unwin takes a step-by- step approach, covering: choosing the play; casting; design;... [more]

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Stage Source Book: Sets

Stage Source Book: Sets

Gill Davies

Theatre Studies; Theatre: technical & background skills

Paperback

Covering various periods of time and architectural styles, this book aims to simplify the process of creating artistic and... [more]

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Art of Darkness: Staging the Philip Pullman Trilogy

Art of Darkness: Staging the Philip Pullman Trilogy

Robert Butler

Theatre: technical & background skills

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In this work, Robert Butler tells the story of this theatrical epic from first rehearsal to first night, taking the reader... [more]

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The Perfect Stage Crew

The Perfect Stage Crew

John Kaluta

Theatre Studies; Theatre: technical & background skills

Paperback

For anyone producing a stage show with limited time and money, here is a guide to the intricacies of backstage work. Middle... [more]

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Ralph Koltai: Designer for the Stage

Ralph Koltai: Designer for the Stage

Ralph Koltai

Individual designers; Theatre: technical & background skills

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Ralph Koltai is a consistently prolific British stage designer. This book contains a full-colour presentation of models and... [more]

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Terry Gilliam: Interviews

Terry Gilliam: Interviews

David Sterritt, Lucille Rhodes, Terry Gilliam

Theatre: technical & background skills; Individual film directors, film-makers; Biography: arts & entertainment

Hardback

FILM A] BIOGRAPHY--> <p>This collection of interviews with the renowned filmmaker, animator, artist, and member of the Monty... [more]

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Directing Shakespeare: A Scholar Onstage

Directing Shakespeare: A Scholar Onstage

Sidney Homan

Theatre: technical & background skills; Shakespeare studies & criticism

Hardback

The question - Why is Shakespeare eternal? - drove Sidney Homan after 50 years in the theatre to ponder just what makes... [more]

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Robert Aldrich: Interviews

Robert Aldrich: Interviews

Edwin T. Arnold, Eugene L. Miller

Theatre: technical & background skills; Films, movies & cinema; Biography: arts & entertainment

Hardback

In this collection of interviews, Rober Aldrich (1918-1983) tells fascinating stories of making motion pictures with such... [more]

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Fritz Lang: Interviews

Fritz Lang: Interviews

Barry Keith Grant, Fritz Lang

Theatre: technical & background skills; Film, TV & Radio; Individual film directors, film-makers; Biography: arts & entertainment

Paperback

This fascinating collection covers his conversations about his life and his works over a period of forty years. They reveal... [more]

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New Visions in Performance: The Impact of Digital Technologies

New Visions in Performance: The Impact of Digital Technologies

Colin Beardon, Gavin Carver

Performance art; Theatre: technical & background skills; Virtual reality

Hardback

<p>New Visions in Performance features the work of twelve performers and academics who are concerned with the integration... [more]

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