Best Theater
The third edition updates this popular reference book with new terminology and materials, and adds dozens of new illustrations of grip hardware, film lighting equipment and painting tools.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"It is easily the most useful book that I have ever encountered in the world of technical theatre."
"If you run a school drama program or a church christmas play every year you need this book."
"This book contains reference material, formulas & descriptions."
"I currently work in theater and television and this book is great as a reference guide."
"Some small omissions, other than that, a good book to have around."
"Bought it for my sister for her theater class and it helped her a lot!"
"It manages to meet the needs of users of various levels of experience, no easy feat."
Respect for Acting. "This fascinating and detailed book about acting is Miss Hagen's credo, the accumulated wisdom of her years spent in intimate communion with her art. "Uta Hagen's Respect for Acting . "There are almost no American actors uninfluenced by Uta Hagen." "Uta Hagen wanted us never to settle, period, to keep on endlessly exploring, digging deeper, and aiming higher in our scenes, in our plays, in our careers. Hagen draws on her own struggle with the techniques of acting as well as her decades of teaching experience to break down the areas in which actors can work and search for realities in themselves that serve the character and the play. Part Two, "The Object Exercises," offers specific and detailed work for the actor, covering a broad range of problems and circumstances, from making an entrance to using the Fourth Wall.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I've a few other acting books (Acting for Film and Television [Benedetti], Acting in Film [Michael Caine], even Ivana Chubbuck and David Mamet)."
"I bought this book for a beginning acting course at college, and it was brilliantly helpful."
"Every actor needs to read this book."
"This is the second copy of the book I have owned."
"Uta Hagen's "Respect for Acting" provides the reader with an accessible guide to what the actor should go through in preparing to act a role on stage, as well as how to approach the task of acting with self-respect and ability to perform a role."
"One of the best acting books out there."
"This book is a must read and a must do!"
Transforming an actor into a character for film or theater takes a great deal of skill, prowess, and creativity, and in this new edition, author Todd Debreceni empowers you with just those qualities. -Neill Gorton, BAFTA winner for Best Makeup and Hair Design Help (2005), nominee for Best Makeup and Hair Design The Catherine Tate Show (2007), Royal Television Society (UK) winner for Best Makeup Design Help (2005), and nominee for Best Makeup Design Doctor Who (2005, 2006).
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Find Best Price at Amazon"A hefty paperback book that is one part brilliant step-by-step instruction, many parts learning, and another part meet the masters."
"My daughter wants to do this for a job while attending UCLA, she couldn't put the book down when I first gave it to her."
"Wish I had it when I was just starting but so happy to have it bow, has been a huge addition to my FX manuals."
"I bought this as a gift for my daughter who aspires to be a special effects makeup artist and she loves it the text explains why certain methods are better than others as well as products she will find this book an excellent reference for her in the future."
"This looks to be a fantastic and informative book for those already in the industry."
"It includes everything from a Glossary of terms and recipies for different products, to conversion charts and a list of suppliers!"
"Easy to understand and a pleasure reading."
"Excellent book."
Best Miming
The great French mime performer, Claude Kipnis, reveals the mechanisms and techniques of mime in an easy-to-understand translation.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"A complete book for one wanting to learn the art of mime."
"I highly recommend this book to anyone who's looking to take their first steps into the wide would of mime."
"I would definitely recommend purchasing these products."
"Product was what I expected I plan to use during church event all other products i am able to use to increase my mime skill."
"Perhaps then they too can become like me, a proud mime!"
"ITS VERY IMPOTANT TO ME BECAUSE I FOUND FOR CHILDHOOD PSICOLOGY DIFFERET TIPES OF BODYWORKS TO EXPRESS THEIR FEELING PLAYING ,ACTING OR DRAWING ."
"Seems to be a copy of a copy."
Best Dance
'Friday the 13th' introduced moviegoers to a new kind of cinematic terror - shocking, visceral, and graphic. "A must-have for the library of anyone who likes Hollywood biographies, film books, or horror. "This book was utterly fantastic; in its presentation, substance and obvious adoration for the material.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Fantastic, not only great for F13th fans, anybody who loves movies should read this amazingly detailed behind the scenes of movie making book, BUT if you are a fan of Horror flicks or the Slasher genre you'll find this book an intensely interesting read on how to bring to life a scary film , BUT if you are a Friday the 13th fanatic GET THIS BOOK NOW it is a MUST read, everything is here... writers, directors, actors, producers, studio heads, everybody details how, when, where and why these films were made: for every single classic Jason movie, its super long, but it is so good, you don't want it to end, and it will make you see the movies many times again, even the ones you don't like that much, highly recommended."
"There are many delightful insights into the making of this franchise: Sean Cunningham’s own tortuous journey to making the slasher of slashers in 1980; a casting coup involving Betsy Palmer, a role she took up because her Mercedes conked out and she needed a new gas guzzler for the new decade: the details are what makes this book a wonder."
"All ten of the Friday The 13th movies (plus Freddy vs Jason but not the 2009 remake) are covered in absolute detail with loads of interviews with the actors (the stars for lack of a better word), the producers/directors etc you name it but the opinions are honest if people regretted ever being associated with the franchise, didn't get along with x it's still put in and helps make it such an outstanding read."
"Peter Bracke did an excellent job putting together this behind the scenes chronicle of arguably the most popular, controversial, and longest running horror franchise in cinematic history."
"I also own the hardcover copy of this, but decided to double-dip for the enhanced digital ebook, and it did not disappoint."
"Believe it not this is a quick read."
"If you're a fan of the Friday The 13th films or if you are simply interested in filmmaking, this is a wonderful read."
"With interviews and pictures rarely seen, this book tells fans everything they've wondered, and much of what they didn't."
Best Music
(Guitar Method).
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Great product to learning guitar methods."
"If you try to learn guitar yourself, it is not an easy book, it needs more detail for beginner."
"My daughter's music teacher recommended this book and it has helped my daughter learn the basic skills she needs to get to the next level."
"Arrived way ahead of scheduled and was in excellent condition."
"This is a tightened up version of the Essential Elements Guitar book."
"As advertised and an interesting twist in the included CDs in that they use various guitar types(Eletric/acoustic.jazz) and backgrounds."
"I honestly would like the Complete Edition better if there was another DVD for books 2 and 3 and more tunes that I am familiar with."
Best Film & Television
Among this book s wealth of practical information are sample query letters, useful worksheets and checklists, hundreds of examples, sample scenes, and straightforward explanations of screenwriting fundamentals. The sixth edition is chock-full of new examples, the latest practices, and new material on non-traditional screenplay outlets. David Trottier is a script consultant, writer, producer, and screenwriting teacher.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"This is the third edition of this book that I've purchased since I first became interested in screenwriting."
"I have bought several books on screenwriting, some of which were of great reputation, but none of them come close to the quality of what Trottier has put together."
"First time script writer and this book , let me rephrase that.."
"This book was recommended to me by my Screenwriting teacher to help with formatting and questions related to format."
"This book is a must have for screen writers, covering the organic process of story telling and the practical approach to properly formatting your script."
"For anyone interested in correct and forceful screen writing this is a must."
"Love this book."