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  • Playing Sherlock Holmes

    Interviews with John Wood, Robert Stephens and Christopher Lee

    by Michael Pointer ...
    Playing Sherlock Holmes contains three verbatim interviews - with John Wood, Robert Stephens and Christopher Lee - about their very different experiences of appearing as Holmes on stage and screen. The interviews were conducted in 1974. At the time, John Wood was appearing on stage in an acclaimed revival of William Gillette’s play Sherlock Holmes, a Royal Shakespeare Company production; Robert ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • An Actor Prepares

    by Constantin Stanislavski ...
    Stanislavski's simple exercises fire the imagination, and help readers not only discover their own conception of reality but how to reproduce it as well. ... Read more

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  • Film Directing: Shot by Shot: Visualizing from Concept to Screen

    Visualizing from Concept to Screen

    by Steven Katz ...
    A complete catalogue of motion picture techniques for filmmakers. It concentrates on the 'storytelling' school of filmmaking, utilizing the work of the great stylists who established the versatile vocabulary of technique that has dominated the movies since 1915. This graphic approach includes comparisons of style by interpreting a 'model script', created for the book, in storyboard form. ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Confessions of a Casting Director

    Help Actors Land Any Role with Secrets from Inside the Audition Room

    by Jen Rudin ...
    A must-have for any aspiring actor or stage parent––the definitive guide to breaking into film, television, theater, and even YouTube from a top casting directorPacked with information that aspiring actors clamor for, this up-to-the-minute advice from a true expert is essential reading for anyone pursuing an acting career. Longtime casting director Jen Rudin demystifies the intimidating and ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Backwards & In Heels

    The Past, Present And Future Of Women Working In Film (Incredible Women Who Broke Barriers in Filmmaking)

    by Alicia Malone ...
    Women in Filmmaking and Their Struggle Against Bias"After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels" –Ann Richards#1 Bestseller in Acting & Auditioning, Performing Arts, and Guides & ReviewsWomen in filmmaking since the beginning. Women have been instrumental in the success of American cinema since its very beginning. One of the first peop ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Digital Compositing with Nuke

    by Lee Lanier ...
    Whether you're a novice compositor or a well-versed one moving over from After Effects or Shake, this is THE book for you to learn the ins and outs of the powerful compositing software, Nuke. In addition to covering all of the menus, buttons, and other software-specific topics, it also offers critical lessons in compositing theory, including working in 2.5D and stereoscopic 3D.Through a tutorial ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Breath in Action

    The Art of Breath in Vocal and Holistic Practice

    by Debbie Green, Jessica Wolf, Katya Bloom, Mel Churcher, David Carey, Stephanie Martin, Joanna Weir Ouston, Judy Lee Vivier, Rocco Dal Vera, Rebecca Cuthbertson, Gillyanne Kayes, Floyd Kennedy, Yolanda Heman-Ackah, Michael Morgan, Kristin Linklater, Marj McDaid, Tara McAllister-Viel, April Pierrot, Lisa Wilson, Roger Smart ...
    Breath in Action looks at the significance of breath to human life - not just the simple fact that if we stop breathing, we die, but also the more subtle ways in which our breath interacts with our voice and our being. Written by experts in vocal and holistic practice, the book is divided into four sections: Breath and the Body; Breath and the Mind; Breath and Holistic Practice; Breath and ... Read more

    $26.19 USD

  • Let Me Play the Lion Too

    How to be an Actor

    by Michael Pennington ...
    How do you prepare for your first day on the set? Why might a bad audition lead to a good job offer? How should you research? What's the effect of a long tour on your love-life? Can you have a glass of wine before a matinee? What's the difference between transitive and intransitive corpsing? What is stage fright?In Michael Pennington's highly personal guide and memoir there are sections on ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Voiceovers

    Techniques and Tactics for Success

    by Janet Wilcox ...
    Ever been told you have a great voice? Put it to use with a career as a voice-over actor! In Voice-Overs, a veteran voice-over actor, writer, producer, and voice-over teacher provides the inside scoop on the industry and gives all the tools needed for personal training. A treasure trove of exercises, games, and improv and acting techniques helps readers build their skills. Sample scripts from real ... Read more

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  • The Working Actor

    A No Bullshit Approach to Winning the Acting Game

    by Pat Skipper ...
    Buckle your seatbelt. The Working Actor is unlike any other acting book you’ve ever read. Most acting books are deadly dull. They get hung up on intellectual “intentions” and “choices.” Not this one. The Working Actor is “a gutsy, funny, straightforward, bawdy, and indispensable book.” It’ll help get you work. Using real world lessons the author has learned in over three decades in the Acting Game ... Read more

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  • The Modern Supernatural and the Beginnings of Cinema

    by Murray Leeder ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This study sees the nineteenth century supernatural as a significant context for cinema’s first years. The book takes up the familiar notion of cinema as a “ghostly,” “spectral” or “haunted” medium and asks what made such association possible. Examining the history of the projected image and supernatural displays, psychical research and telepathy, spirit photography and X-rays, the skeletons of ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Hearths of Darkness

    The Family in the American Horror Film, Updated Edition

    by Tony Williams ...
    Hearths of Darkness: The Family in the American Horror Film traces the origins of the 1970s family horror subgenre to certain aspects of American culture and classical Hollywood cinema. Far from being an ephemeral and short-lived genre, horror actually relates to many facets of American history from its beginnings to the present day. Individual chapters examine aspects of the genre, its roots in ... Read more

    $21.99 USD