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Digital cinematography Documentary films Production and direction Horror films Production and direction Motion picture producers and directors Motion pictures Production and direction Motion pictures Production and direction History Music videos Production and direction Romanek, Mark Theater Production and direction United StatesSummary: When renowned director Werner Herzog and fellow filmmaker Zak Penn set off to explore the legend of Scotland's Loch Ness monster, they uncover much more than they bargained for. Unexplained sightings of the creature and chaos among the crew create an uneasy feeling that things aren't what they seem. But what really happened on the infamous lake remains a mystery. Poses the provocative question...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY INCBergstrom, Signe
Summary: "Newt, Tina, Queenie, and Jacob, the beloved heroes of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, are back! In The Archive of Magic, an exciting full-color companion volume to Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, readers are transported behind the scenes of J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World for an enchanting, close-up look at Newt Scamander and his colorful trove of cohorts--beasts and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Design, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 BERSummary: London-based Chris Cunningham has created some of the most provocative and visually disturbing subject matter in the history of the music video or film. His unnerving, award-winning works have included Aphex Twin's Come To Daddy (an elderly woman is chased through an English council housing complex by pint-sized Richard James mutants); Bjork's All is Full of Love (Two robots fall in love as one...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Palm Pictures 2003
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Summary: "Drawing on the narrative tools of the creative writer, the unique strengths of a visual and aural media, and the power of real-world content truthfully presented, Documentary Storytelling offers advice for producers, directors, editors, and cinematographers seeking to make ethical and effective nonfiction films, and for those who use these films to educate, inform, and inspire. Special...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Focal Press, an imprint of Elsevier 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 070.1 BERMcIntyre, Gina
Summary: "Greta Gerwig's 2019 adaption of Little Women is bringing new fans to Louisa May Alcott's beloved classic, and this comprehensive, in-world guide follows the making of this highly anticipated film--starring Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Timothée Chalamet,Laura Dern, Meryl Streep, Bob Odenkirk, and Chris Cooper. Readers will see the character sketches and costumes that brought these cherished...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: French-born Michel Gondry is known for his visually groundbreaking imagery and re-interpretations of reality. A former drummer, his first collaboration with Björk for "Human Behaviour" (featuring Bjork as a hunter who eventually winds up inside a bear's stomach), helped revive what was then a dwindling music video industry, and went on to win nearly every music video award. A collection of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Train Productions 2003
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Summary: "There have been iconic moments in the action movie genre over the years, but nothing has come close to matching the kinetic, balletic gun-fu of the John Wick films. In They Shouldn't Have Killed His Dog: The Complete Uncensored Ass-Kicking Oral History of John Wick, Gun-Fu and The New Age of Action, bestselling authors Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross take you behind the scenes of a franchise...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Kasper Carr is a master thief, targeting businesses in the Chicago area. He stakes out fresh opportunities in front of a documentary film crew, which gradually becomed complicit in his crimes. As the director and producer become entangled in the allure of their fascinating subject and the legal ramifications of their actions, Carr pursues a series of larger-scale and more dangerous jobs. All...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Indie Films 2007
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF STRKostroff, Michael
Summary: "The Stage Actor's Handbook is an invaluable guide to theatre's traditions, protocols, etiquette, and best practices for current and aspiring performers. Spanning from first rehearsal to final curtain, it details the well-established, often-unwritten rules of theatre and includes insights from a host of well-known stage actors"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 792.02 KOSSummary: An extensive biography of the American film producer and director William Castle, with a focus on his classic horror films. Castle was famous for directing films with many gimmicks which were ambitiously promoted, despite being reasonably low budget B-movies. Includes extensive film clips and commentary by his family, friends and actors, producers, directors and film historians.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Automat Pictures 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SPISummary: In his unique fiction/documentary hybrid, the pioneering William Greaves presides over a beleaguered film crew in New York's Central Park, leaving them to try to figure out what kind of movie they're making. This wildly innovative sixties counterculture landmark is expanded 35 years later by its unconventional follow-up, Take 2 1/2. The sequel sees the actors reunited in a more personal,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DOC SYMSantopietro, Tom
Summary: "With mingled reverence and wry humor, best-selling author Tom Santopietro embarks on an investigation to decode the enduring power of a landmark movie"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books 2023
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: 791.43 SANStoller, Bryan Michael
Summary: "Imagining Hogwarts is a fun, practical guide to making your very own movie set at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. With guided activities on every aspect of moviemaking, from creating your own storyboard to making costumes and even postproduction, this book will teach you how to create your movie masterpiece step-by-step. Stickers, posters, and other removable extras packed inside...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Insight Editions 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The top working theatre professionals offer hard, factual information to those interested in producing for Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway, anywhere in North America, as well as in the United Kingdom. Interviews, contributions, and a resource directory are included from 30 theatre professionals who have won a total of 45 Tony Awards. Agents, directors, production designers, general...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 792.02 COMBany-Winters, Lisa.
Summary: Introduces the concepts of music, dance, and acting, suggesting how to create a musical production through games and role-playing and describing all aspects of a show from auditions to curtain call.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 792.6 BANSummary: Working for change: Explores the birth of the social documentary in the U.S. and U.K. during the years of the Great Depression and the New Deal, featuring interviews with several of the people who helped define and shape the form.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TOAckroyd, Peter
Summary: "Alfred Hitchcock was a strange child. Fat, lonely, burning with fear and ambition, his childhood was an isolated one, scented with fish from his father's shop. Afraid to leave his bedroom, he would plan great voyages, using railway timetables to plot an exact imaginary route across Europe. So how did this fearful figure become the one of the most respected film directors of the twentieth...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HITCHCOCK, ALFRED ACKCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B HITCHCOCK ACKSummary: Presents a rare, behind-the-scenes look at Jackson as he developed, created, and rehearsed for his sold-out concerts at London's 02 Arena. Drawn from more than one hundred hours of behind-the-scenes footage, the singer, dancer, filmmaker, architect, creative genius, and great artist at work is captured in raw and candid detail as he created and perfected his planned final London shows.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC MICSummary: Explores the making and meaning of Film, a 1965 short film starring Buster Keaton, that was written by Samuel Beckett, directed by Alan Schneider, and produced by Barney Rosset. Topics covered include the circumstances leading to the film's production, the production process itself, and the film's critical reception. Includes outtakes, never-before-heard audio recordings of production meetings,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC NOTSummary: The definitive documentary on one of the most iconic and sought after special effects artists in horror film history, whose genre-defining creations earned him the title "The King of Splatter." We follow Savini from his childhood in Pittsburgh and his tour of duty during the Vietnam War, leading into his legendary collaboration with George Romero (Dawn of the Dead, Creepshow) and beyond. Here....
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SMOSummary: Includes the director's music videos for the bands Jay-Z, Linkin park, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Johnny Cash, Audioslave, No Doubt, Mick Jagger, Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, Fiona Apple, Nine Inch Nails, Beck, Weezer, Eels, Snic Youth, Madonna, R.E.M., G. Love & Special Sauce, David Bowie, Lenny Kravitz, Keith Richards, En Vogue and kd lang, as well as interviews, commentaries and a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Palm Pictures 2005
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC WORKazan, Elia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.4302 KAZWallace, Nancy K.
Summary: Explains what is needed to put on a play, and provides the script for an adaptation of a fairy tale in which Snow White escapes the huntsman she is saved by seven dorks. All is well until she uses social media to try to find her prince!
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 812.6 WALSummary: Charts the early years of HandMade Films seen through the eyes of the filmmakers, key personnel, and the man who started it all: former Beatle George Harrison. Featuring unreleased archive interviews and footage with Harrison, exclusive interviews with Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Richard E. Grant, Neil Jordan, Ray Cooper, and unseen interviews with Bob Hoskins.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020