Performing Arts, Film & Video
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Reel Mediation
A Dispute Resolution Journey Through Film by Helen Leah Lightstone
Some might concede that the seminal legal drama 12 Angry Men might have something to teach us about conflict resolution. Might the same be said, though, of Danny DeVito’s 1989 black comedy, The War of the Roses? What could Clint Eastwood’s 2008...
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Movies of the '90s
A Comprehensive Series of Reviews of the Best, Worst, and Many More Films from that Decade by Riley Webster
The 1990s was an amazing decade for movies, witnessing the release of dozens of incredible films, including The Matrix, The Shawshank Redemption, Pulp Fiction, Goodfellas, Fargo, Jurassic Park, and so many more. Despite this embarrassment of...
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They Don't Pay Me To Say No
My Life in Film and Television Props by Dean Goodine
Props are integral to the success of any movie or TV show. Weapons, books, newspapers, eyeglasses, military gear, medical equipment—virtually anything that a character holds, reads, uses, or shoots on screen is provided by the props department....
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Don't F*ck Up Your No Budget Movie!
Inexpensive Filmmaking In This Content-Hungry Age by Ivan Peric
Don't F*ck Up Your No-Budget Movie! 1. Plan Backward 2. Target Audience and Marketing 3. Distribution 4. Film Festivals 5. Locations 6. Editing 7. Sound 8. Color & Vex 9. Casting 10. Crew 11. Budget & Financing 12. A Script You Can Afford 13....
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"Drop the Baby; put a Veil on the Broad!"
Marisa Pavan's story by Margaux Soumoy
THIS IS THE FIRST biography ever written about Italian-born French actress, dancer, singer, and producer Marisa Pavan, who acquired fame during the Golden Age of Hollywood in the 1950s and in American television in the 1960s and 1970s. Pavan is...
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Magic Golden Sword
Lords with Spears by Lucien Nzeyimana
LORDS WITH SPEARS is the first part of a series called MagIc Golden Sword. It is a story about the long-time peaceful people of an imaginary country of Burunga, who received an influx of Spear refugees from neighbouring Dandy. The Spears were...
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Shanghai Cuts
A Hollywood Film Editor's Misadventures in China by Rick Tuber
Shanghai Cuts (A Hollywood Film Editor’s Misadventures in China) is a first-person account of a film editor working on a television production in Shanghai. Divided from his family in the midst of a crisis, Rick connects with an eclectic cast of...
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Side by Side: Two Screenplays
The Zoo and Duet by Pamela Wielgus-Kwon
Although they have no characters in common, The Zoo and Duet are two screenplays deeply connected thematically. These compelling narratives, set in the Auschwitz concentration camp (The Zoo) and in East Berlin behind the Berlin Wall (Duet), bring...
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D.W. Griffith: Master of Cinema
by Ira H. Gallen
Exhaustively researched and accessibly written, D.W. Griffith: Master of Cinema is a remarkably comprehensive biography of the legendary director and his days creating his craft at the American Biograph Company between 1908 through 1913....
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Sailor Moon Reflections
The inside story of the original recordings of the English version of Sailor Moon by Roland Parliament
The work of a voice artist isn't necessarily what it may seem to the viewer or listener. It is a craft that is learned through intense study and practice. The cast of Sailor Moon were paragons of this art form and reveal their techniques in...
