Entertainment Performing Arts category: 25367 books
by Stella Bruzzi, Stella Bruzzi
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Praise for New Documentary:
'It's refreshing to find a book that cuts through the tired old debates that have surrounded documentary film and television. It heralds a welcome new approach.'
Sight and Sound
'Documentary practice changes so fast that books on the subject are often...
Creating Our Own
Folklore, Performance, and Identity in Cuzco, Peru
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2008
In Creating Our Own, anthropologist Zoila S. Mendoza explores the early-twentieth-century development of the “folkloric arts”—particularly music, dance, and drama—in Cuzco, Peru, revealing the central role that these expressive practices played in shaping ethnic and regional identities. Mendoza...
Other Cinemas
Politics, Culture and Experimental Film in the 1970s
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
The 1970s was an enormously creative period for experimental film. Its innovations and debates have had far-reaching and long-lasting influence, with a resurgence of interest in the decade revealed by new gallery events, film screenings and social networks that recognise its achievements. Professor...
The History of Genocide in Cinema
Atrocities on Screen
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2016
The organization 'Genocide Watch' estimates that 100 million civilians around the globe have lost their lives as a result of genocide in only the past sixty years. Over the same period, the visual arts in the form of documentary footage has aided international efforts to document genocide and prosecute...
Andrei Tarkovsky
Elements of Cinema
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2008
The masters of Russian arts and letters are a prestigious fraternity that includes such renowned artists as Tolstoy, Rachmaninoff, and Shostakovich. But alongside these luminaries stands a lesser-known but equally revered figure, filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky. Robert Bird offers in Andrei Tarkovsky an...
Sports-Talk Radio in America
Its Context and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
An inside look at the hosts, hot spots, and history of sports-talk radio
Sports-Talk Radio in America looks at major-, medium-, and small-market stations across the United States that feature an all-sports format, with a focus on the unique personalities and programming strategies that make...
StoryTraining
Selecting and Shaping Stories That Connect
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
Change Your Training Narrative
As a trainer, you try to facilitate connections for learners, knowing you must first make connections for yourself. One way to do that is to be a storyteller. But how do you tell stories? How do you find stories to tell? StoryTraining: Selecting and Shaping Stories...
by Lisa Dethridge
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2003
You have no excuse for not writing a great script now. This book will do the heavy lifting for you. All you have to do is come up with a great story to tell; the rest is covered in this thoughtful, thorough tour of the screenwriting process.
Christopher Vogler, author of The Writer's Journey:...
by Mary Mercer
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
CRAFT AN EMOTIONALLY CHARGED STORY THAT KEEPS READERS TURNING PAGES Have you ever started writing a story, feeling full of inspiration and enthusiasm, only to lose direction somewhere in the middle? Grab hold of a bright lifeline for writers trekking across their novel’s...
by Darcel Walker
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2013
SPM/Sustainable Production Model Your dream is clear: you’re an independent media artist, and you want to make your film/video/web series/television pilot/sitcom, etc. And you want to get paid to do what you love to do.
But how do you start when you don’t have the funds?
SPM...
by Kenneth Goldsmith
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2016
Using clear, readable prose, conceptual artist and poet Kenneth Goldsmith’s manifesto shows how our time on the internet is not really wasted but is quite productive and creative as he puts the experience in its proper theoretical and philosophical context.
Kenneth Goldsmith wants you to...
Photography
The Art of Composition
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2012
Since the beginning of the twentieth century, photographic composition has been taught mostly by applying the principles from the field of graphic design. But the factor that distinguishes the work of master photographers is their ability to see and describe scenes visually. This book follows contemporary...
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Building Arts Audiences Through Dynamic Subscription Promotion
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1981
"Buy it, borrow it, steal it, but get your hands on it! If you follow Danny's advice on how to sell tickets, you won't have an unsold seat in the house all season long!"--Ralph Black, American Symphony League
You're On!
101 Tips to improve your public speaking skills
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
A useful guide for pastors, group leaders, coaches, & storytellers, Ruth Stotter’s little guide will boost your confidence if you are new to public speaking, and it will remind experienced speakers of the basics that insure success in front of large audiences and small. The author’s experience...