Entertainment Performing Arts category: 25367 books
Mathematics in Popular Culture
Essays on Appearances in Film, Fiction, Games, Television and Other Media
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
Mathematics has maintained a surprising presence in popular media for over a century. In recent years, the movies Good Will Hunting, A Beautiful Mind, and Stand and Deliver, the stage plays Breaking the Code and Proof, the novella Flatland and the hugely successful television crime series NUMB3RS...
by Lane Shefter Bishop
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
Every writing project has one thing in common—they all start with a single sentence. Writers constantly struggle to answer this question: What is your story about?
Finally, a guide by a leading Hollywood insider who actually knows the answer—and now she shows you how to do it yourself!...
Food Inc.: A Participant Guide
How Industrial Food is Making Us Sicker, Fatter, and Poorer-And What You Can Do About It
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2009
Food, Inc. is guaranteed to shake up our perceptions of what we eat. This powerful documentary deconstructing the corporate food industry in America was hailed by Entertainment Weekly as more than a terrific movie-it's an important movie.” Aided by expert commentators such as Michael Pollan and...
Yankee Theatre
The Image of America on the Stage, 1825–1850
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
The famous "Stage Yankees," with their eccentric New England dialect comedy, entertained audiences from Boston to New Orleans, from New York to London in the years between 1825 and 1850. They provided the creative energy for the development of an American-type character in early plays of native authorship....
Edo Kabuki in Transition
From the Worlds of the Samurai to the Vengeful Female Ghost
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
Satoko Shimazaki revisits three centuries of kabuki theater, reframing it as a key player in the formation of an early modern urban identity in Edo Japan and exploring the process that resulted in its re-creation in Tokyo as a national theatrical tradition. Challenging the prevailing understanding...
by Joe Kelleher
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2009
What happens to politics when it takes the form of theatre? How has theatre both exploited and undermined politics both in society and on the stage?
Theatre& Politics explores the complex relationship between theatre and politics, questioning some of the assumptions that often arise when they...
On-Demand Culture
Digital Delivery and the Future of Movies
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
The movie industry is changing rapidly, due in part to the adoption of digital technologies. Distributors now send films to theaters electronically. Consumers can purchase or rent movies instantly online and then watch them on their high-definition televisions, their laptops, or even their cell phones....
The Animation Business Handbook
Practical Real-Life Advice for the Animation Professional
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2004
Today, animation is more prevalent than ever in television, films, video games, and the Internet. Karen Raugust has created a much needed, comprehensive look at the entire business. She shows in detail how a successful animation studio or entrepreneur operates, describes the process of developing...
"I'll Be There for You"
Talking About Friends
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
A behind-the-scenes look at Friends, one of the most popular TV shows of all time—a wide-ranging interview with the cast and creators, excerpted from Top of the Rock, by former NBC President of Entertainment Warren Littlefield
It was a little show originally called Six of One, whose pilot...
Riding the Alligator
Strategies for a Career in Screenplay Writing and Not getting Eaten
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2011
This is the first book that explores both specific screenplay writing techniques, while simultaneously imparting industry-tested strategies for carving out a successful, long term career. Pen Densham reveals his emotional philosophies and professional secrets, plus insights from his company, Trilogy...
The Event Safety Guide
A Guide to Health, Safety and Welfare at Live Entertainment Events in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
The premier safety guidebook for anyone working in the event industry.
The Event Safety Guide is the United States’ first published safety guidance directed specifically at the live event industry. Culled from existing life safety standards and the insight of top professionals within the...
British TV and Film Culture in the 1950s
Coming to a TV Near You
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2005
This book focuses on the emerging historical relations between British television and film culture in the 1950s. Drawing upon archival research, it does this by exploring the development of the early cinema programme on television - principally Current Release (BBC, 1952-3), Picture Parade (BBC, 1956)...
The Hollywood Family Film
A History, from Shirley Temple to Harry Potter
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
The Hollywood family film is one of the most popular, commercially-successful and culturally significant forms of mass entertainment. This book is the first in-depth history of the Hollywood family film, tracing its development from its beginnings in the 1930s to its global box-office dominance today....
by Tim Crook
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
'Tim Crook has written an important and much-needed book, and its arrival on our shelves has come at a highly appropriate time.' Professor Seán Street, Bournemouth University
The Sound Handbook maps theoretical and practical connections between the creation and study of sound across the multi-media...