Performing Arts

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780861967056Author Laura PontieriFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint John Libbey & Co LtdPublisher John Libbey & CoWeight(grams) 544g

The face contributes a vital, yet often overlooked, component of dance performance. Facial Choreographies: Performing the Face in Popular Dance examines what the face does in dance and what it may mean. Author Sherril Dodds focuses on popular...

Basic TV Technology is the essential basic guide to the fundamentals underlying all television and video systems, written for students and nontechnical professionals. You don't need to have a math or science background in order to understand this...

Todays film industry is a legal and financial obstacle course that all independent filmmakers must learn to master. The most comprehensive guide to negotiating that obstacle course is The Biz, a highly accessible overview of the industrys important...

There is no archive or museum of human movement, no place where choreographies can be collected and conserved in pristine form. The central consequence of this is the incapacity of philosophy and aesthetics to think of dance as a positive and empirical...

In The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock Edward White explores the Hitchcock phenomenon-what defines it, how it was invented, what it reveals about the man at its core and how its legacy continues to shape our cultural world. The book's twelve chapters...

Richard Dyer's classic study of movie stars and stardom has been updated, with a new introduction by the author discussing the rise of celebrity culture and developments in the study of stars since publication of the first edition in 1986. Dyer's...

In his bestselling book The Grapevine: A Report on the Secret World of the Lesbian (1965), Jess Stearn announced that, contrary to the assumptions of many Americans, most lesbians appeared indistinguishable from other women. They could mingle...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996912228Author Mitch DitkoffFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Idea ChampionsPublisher Idea ChampionsWeight(grams) 417g

This new study provides an introduction to TV aesthetics and viewership from the 1940s to the present day, at a time when television as a medium is 'converging' with the pc and laptop.About the AuthorGlen Creeber is Senior Lecturer in Television Studies...

In Queer African Cinemas, Lindsey B. Green-Simms examines films produced by and about queer Africans in the first two decades of the twenty-first century in an environment of increasing antiqueer violence, efforts to criminalize homosexuality, and other...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788763544931Author Peter EckersallFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Museum Tusculanum PressPublisher Museum Tusculanum PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566081993Author Mick NapierFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Christian Publishers LLCPublisher Christian Publishers LLCWeight(grams) 312g

In Ramon Griffero's seminal work, The Dramaturgy of Space, the playwright and director describes his aesthetic philosophy and theoretical approach to theatrical creation, illustrating his theory through practical application in a series of exercises. ...

The macabre world of monsters, killers on the loose and revenge from beyond the grave existed not only in the movies, but also on the radio before television's dominance in American homes. One of many distinct genres born of early broadcasting,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781946248114Author Aaron BarnhartFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Quindaro PressPublisher Quindaro PressWeight(grams) 592g

Jean-Luc Godard's Pierrot le fou, made at the height of the French New Wave, remains a milestone in French cinema. More accessible than his later films, it represents the diverse facets of Godard's concerns and themes: a bittersweet analysis of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781557042460Author Stephen KingFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Newmarket Press,U.S.Publisher Newmarket Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 270gDimensions(mm)...

* Individual, partner, and group exercises to make any actor more expressive * Crucial acting tips based on the work of distinguished theorist Rudolf Laban * 65 original illustrations of anatomy and warm-up exercises This in-depth, fully illustrated...

Over the last quarter-century, Palestinian cinema has emerged as a major artistic force on the global scene. Deeply rooted in the historic struggles for national self-determination, this cinema is the single most important artistic expression of a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398489257Author Christopher John ElliottFormat PaperbackPage Count 162Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers

Master what it takes to make your rotoscoping and digital painting blend seamlessly into each shot. Through illustrious four color presentation, the book features step-by-step instruction on the artistic techniques of rotoscoping and digital painting...

The history of Star Trek's resurrection, between the 1969 cancellation of the original series and the 1979 release of Star Trek-The Motion Picture, has become legend. Like many legends, it tends to get printed instead of the facts. Drawing on hundreds of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781557043672Author Andrew NiccolFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Newmarket Press,U.S.Publisher Newmarket Press,U.S.

This companion volume to Mystery Movie Series of 1940s Hollywood (McFarland, 2010) focuses on 22 different series and 167 individual films, primarily released during the 1930s. It was a decade that featured some of the most famous cinema detectives of...

Looking for a comprehensive chronicle of the films of legendary director, screenwriter, and producer John Hughes? You re holding it in your hands. Covering the entirety of Hughes s career, from his earliest features through to his mainstream box-office...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615931750Author Mr Lee Zahavi JessupFormat PaperbackPage Count 166Imprint Michael Wiese ProductionsPublisher Michael Wiese ProductionsWeight(grams) 286g

Leni Riefenstahl's Olympia (1938) is one of the most controversial films ever made. Capitalising on the success of Triumph of the Will (1935), her propaganda film for the Nazi Party, Riefenstahl secured Hitler's approval for her grandiose plans to film...

Olivia and Gabe are moving into their first apartment together. They've just packed up all of their belongings and driven halfway across the country, to start a new life together in Chicago. Their moving day doesn't go exactly as planned, though, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781938493072Author Jill MartinFormat PaperbackPage Count 106Imprint Buzz Books USAPublisher Buzz Books USAWeight(grams) 125gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm *...

Raqs sharqi, the Egyptian dance form also known as belly dance, has for generations captured imaginations around the globe. Yet its origins have been obscured by misinformation and conjecture, rooted in Orientalist attitudes about the Middle East-a...

Masculine Singular is an original interpretation of French New Wave cinema by one of France's leading feminist film scholars. While most criticism of the New Wave has concentrated on the filmmakers and their films, Genevieve Sellier focuses on the social...

Come and listen to the story 'bout a man named Jed"" and the rest of the colorful Clampett family, perhaps television's most unlikely phenomenon to spring from the sixties. Hated by the critics but enthusiastically embraced by audiences around the world,...

With more than 250 images, new information on international cinema-especially Polish, Chinese, Russian, Canadian, and Iranian filmmakers-an expanded section on African-American filmmakers, updated discussions of new works by major American directors, and...

New to this edition:* Learn how many Hollywood techniques--previously impractical on video--can help solve problems on smaller productions* Expanded cookbook recipes section* Technically updated throughoutMake your soundtracks as good as your pictures...

Through the Looking Glass examines John Cage's interactions and collaborations with avant-garde and experimental filmmakers, and in turn seeks out the implications of the audiovisual experience for the overall aesthetic surrounding Cage's career. As the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780963288042Author Tony ParkesFormat PaperbackPage Count 520Imprint Hands Four ProductionsPublisher Hands Four ProductionsWeight(grams) 753g

Films like The Eternal Daughter and the diptych The Souvenir and The Souvenir Part II have cemented Joanna Hogg's reputation as an original voice in contemporary cinema. Her rigorous and quiet style draws on the histories of film and art to tell stories...

From the queasy zooms in Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo to the avant-garde mystery of Michael Snow's Wavelength, from the excitement of televised baseball to the drama of the political convention, the zoom shot is instantly recognizable and highly...

"In the 1990s when I was watching reruns of The Fugitive on the Arts and Entertainment Network twice a day, I couldn't take my eyes off it. . . . No one in The Fugitive ever relaxes as you watch and you can't relax either, even though for long stretches...