Performing Arts

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683839590Author Insight EditionsFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Insight EditionsPublisher Insight EditionsWeight(grams) 136gDimensions(mm) 91mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486212524Author Jean HugardFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 475gDimensions(mm)...

The first film to gross over $1 billion worldwide, winner of eleven Academy Awards (for Best Picture, Director, Cinematography, Film Editing, Art Direction, Costume Design, Original Dramatic Score, Original Song, Visual Effects, Sound, and Sound Effects...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781401310790Author Stephen GloverFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint HyperionPublisher HyperionWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 202mm * 132mm * 28mm

How should the student set about analysing contemporary American cinema? This book takes an innovative approach to film analysis: each chapter examines the assumptions behind one traditional theory of film, distils a method of analysis from it, and then...

If It's Purple, Someone's Gonna Die is a must-read book for all film students, film professionals, and others interested in filmmaking. This enlightening book guides filmmakers toward making the right color selections for their films, and helps movie...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957261020Author Christopher FraylingFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Reel Art PressPublisher Reel Art PressWeight(grams) 2029g

The Harry Potter Film Vault series condenses the rich concept art of the Harry Potter film series into twelve collectible volumes. Harry Potter: The Film Vault compiles the filmmaking secrets and visionary artistry behind the Harry Potter films into a...

In Always More Than One, the philosopher, visual artist, and dancer Erin Manning explores the concept of the "more than human" in the context of movement, perception, and experience. Working from Whitehead's process philosophy and Simondon's theory of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781493067855Author Charles DennisFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint ApplausePublisher Globe Pequot PressWeight(grams) 277gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 152mm *...

A tweet by American actor and activist Alyssa Milano, sent on October 15, 2017, opened the floodgates to an outpouring of testimony and witnessing across the Twitterverse that reverberated throughout social media. Facebook status lines quickly began to...

The shortest runs can have the longest legacies: for too long, scholarship surrounding British musical theatre has coalesced around the biggest names, ignoring important works that have not had the critical engagement they deserve. Through academic...

As Nick and Nora Charles in the six Thin Man movies from 1934 to 1947, the husband-and-wife team of William Powell and Myrna Loy showed that marriage didn’t have to mean the end of the romantic comedy. From the comedic delight that was the initial The...

Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, directed by German director Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau in 1922, is not only regarded as one of the most intriguing and disquieting films to have been produced during the years of Weimar cinema but is also a key step in...

The fifteen groundbreaking essays contained in this book address the concept of adaptation in relation to horror cinema. Adaptation is not only a key cultural practice and strategy for filmmakers, but it is also a theme of major importance within horror...

This is a comprehensive and highly practical screenwriting manual. An eagerly anticipated successor to the authors internationally acclaimed book Scriptwriting Updated, it covers classic to avant-garde scripts, from The African Queen and Tootsie to 21...

What possesses a right-minded comedian to quit the day job for life as a breakfast radio DJ? The opening DJ on the Beeb's new alternative radio channel, 6Music, Phill Jupitus was a maverick on the flat landscape of inane commercial breakfast...

Written both for students and working professionals, this book walks readers step-by-step through the foundations of color grading for projects of any size, from music videos and commercials to full-length features.In this clear, practical, and...

Winner of the Best Picture at the 1998 European Film Awards and the Grand Jury Prize at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.'A masterpiece. Romantic, hilarious, and astonishingly moving.' Chicago Tribune1939: Guido, an Italian Jew, comes to a Tuscan town in...

Diana Gabaldon has captivated millions of readers with her critically acclaimed Outlander novels. Now Gabaldon serves up The Outlandish Companion, Volume Two, an all-new guide to Books 5-8 in the series: A Fiery Cross, A Breath of Snow and Ashes, An Echo...

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Intimacy Directing for Theatre provides much needed strategies on how teachers and artists can do intimacy work in the classroom and rehearsal room that is safe and just.This book puts forth intimacy work that is based on human rights and consent for...

This second edition of the highly successful Popular Singing serves as a practical guide to exploring the singing voice while helping to enhance vocal confidence in a range of popular styles. The book provides effective alternatives to traditional voice...

This title provides a guide to the political and historical context of the 1950s and to the African American cultural context.August Wilson is generally acknowledged to be the most respected African American playwright. His cycle of plays spanning the...

Alan J. Pakula's political thriller All the President's Men (1976) was met with immediate critical and commercial success upon its release, finishing second at the box office and earning seven Academy Award nominations. Through a close reading of key...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935950066Author Mike McPaddenFormat PaperbackPage Count 560Imprint Bazillion PointsPublisher Bazillion PointsWeight(grams) 1082g

The audition is the most vital part of what you do as an actor. Brendan McNamara's successful career as both an actor and casting director gives him a special insight into the audition process, which he shares in this fresh and insightful book. Developed...

An in-depth behind-the-scenes guide to the forthcoming Avengers: Infinity War sequel, Avengers: Endgame!A deluxe collector's edition detailing the follow-up film to the epic cinematic phenomenon Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame. Go behind the...

Journalism is in transition. Irrevocable decisions are being made, often based on flimsy evidence, which could change not only the future of journalism, but also the future of democracy. This book, based on extensive research, provides the opportunity to...

Hollywood's first sex symbol, the ' It ' girl, Clara Bow was born in the slums of Brooklyn in a family plagued with alcoholism and insanity. She catapulted to fame after winning Motion Picture magazine's 1921 " Fame and Fortune" contest. The greatest...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400052226Author Marc EliotFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Crown Publishing Group (NY)Publisher Crown Publishing Group (NY)Weight(grams)...

This first volume of David Hare's plays contains his work from the 1970s, including his landmark play of that decade, Plenty, charting the development of 'one of the great post-war British playwrights' (Independent on Sunday).The volume also includes the...

Targeted at young aspiring artists seeking to develop their technical skills and build a repertoire of fantasy female subjects, this title is suitable for children aged 5-11 years old. Acclaimed author Lee J. Ames shows readers how to draw dozens of...

Arnold Schwarzenegger - a bodybuilder-turned-real-estate mogul who turned an undefeated streak at the Mr Olympia contest into an astonishing film career and eight years as the governor of California - is, for many people, the embodiment of the American...

In 1938, China City opened near downtown Los Angeles. Featuring a recreation of the House of Wang set from MGM's The Good Earth, this new Chinatown employed many of the same Chinese Americans who performed as background extras in the 1937 film. Chinatown...

Comprehensive and insightful, , is the ultimate companion to the master director's latest work. Inspired by William Lindsay Gresham's cult 1947 novel, Nightmare Alley stars Bradley Cooper as Stanton "Stan" Carlisle, a talented but troubled drifter who...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683838531Author Richard Ashley HamiltonFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Insight EditionsPublisher Insight Editions

Between 1967 and 1970 Italian auteur Giovanni 'Tinto' Brass directed four feature films in London, each starring a woman as the main character. Exploring the political, cultural and sexual ideas of their time, often in a deliberate pop-art style, they...

On the Buses: The Filming Locations is the most comprehensive guide to filming locations used in the classic British sitcom and its spin-off films ever compiled. Over 200 filming locations with now and then photographs depicting the changes over the...

The show that we're about to do is a story about the future. The story that we're going to tell is the story of us; the story of our future. It's a story that we are going to tell together. I hope that sounds okay. From the makers of Five Encounters...