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Notebook 05 Rich Maroon C: Take You Nots With 6X9 inches, 120 Page
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Official Blippi: Baby Farm Animals 10 button sound book
You’ll have a fantastic time on the farm with YouTube sensation Blippi in Blippi: Baby Farm Animals, a photographic book with 10 sound buttons to push.
Blippi introduces 10 baby farm animals in this photographic book that includes sound buttons of him talking and the animals making their awesome noises!
- Each page of Blippi: Baby Farm Animals includes a matching button to press with awesome animal sounds.
- Blippi introduces border collie puppies, calves, foals, piglets, chicks, and other baby farm animals and invites you to sound and act like them all.
- This sweet, easy-to-read story is perfect for toddlers and preschoolers.
You can baa, baa like a lamb, waddle like a duckling, climb like a baby goat, and more! Push the sound buttons to hear Blippi talk and listen to the sound each baby farm animal makes.
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Official Blippi: First Words
YouTube sensation, Blippi, makes learning the words for familiar objects fun and exciting in this bright and bold official Blippi board book.
Blippi: First Word is the perfect photographic board book for young children eager to learn the names of things they see every day! From foods to things that go, toys to clothing, colours, shapes and animals – there’s a word for that!
- A fun and cheery photo accompanies each word that Blippi introduces
- With over 60 exciting words for children to discover and learn
- The bright and poppy colourful pages make learning engaging and fun for little ones.
Join the high-energy educational YouTuber, Blippi, and his multi-million following in this official tie-in book!
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Official Funko Pop Harry Potter Coloring Book
Experience the magic in a brand-new way with the very first Harry Potter coloring book recreating iconic scenes from the films in the Funko Pop! style.Relax and enjoy coloring in your favorite Wizarding World scenes, brought to life with loveable Funko Pop!-inspired artwork. Experience the lighter side of the Wizarding World with these whimsical recreations of memorable scenes, drawn from a whole new perspective!
FAVORITE CHARACTERS AS FUNKO POP!: Harry, Ron, Hermione, Dumbledore, Snape, Malfoy, and more appear in the Funko Pop! art style with this new look at the Wizarding World.
MEMORABLE MOMENTS, BRAND NEW PERSPECTIVE: 64 pages of entertaining scenes delightfully recreated with Funko Pop! versions of favorite characters from the films.
FUN-INDUCING ILLUSTRATIONS: Original Funko Pop!-inspired illustrations lighten the mood and bring even more fun to coloring your favorite scenes.
OFFICIALLY WIZARDING WORLD, OFFICIALLY FUNKO POP!: Insight Editions’ original illustrations are fully licensed by both Funko Pop! and the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
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Official Walt Disney Quote Book, The: Over 300 Quotes with Newly Researched and Assembled Material by the Staff of the Walt Disney Archives (Disney Editions Deluxe)
Walt Disney once said, ‘There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates’ loot on Treasure Island and at the bottom of the Spanish Main…’ Never has this been truer than within these pages. This collection of quotations from the co-founder of The Walt Disney Company ranges from the well-known to the obscure, but all are assured to entertain, enlighten, and inspire. His words have been gleaned from publications, productions, and interviews over the breadth of his amazing career. Some are simple nuggets of homespun wisdom, while others are statements of knowledge gained while he crafted the enchanting films, televisions shows, and unparalleled experiences that are so beloved by audiences the world over. The Official Walt Disney Quote Book has been compiled for anyone eager to learn more about a man who had such an incredible, positive impact on his own time and on the future yet to be – Walt Disney, the Showman of the World.Read more
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On Behalf of the Committee: A History of Northern Comedy
From the Industrial Revolution to our own digital age – via music hall, Variety, working men’s clubs, radio, cinema & television – northern-born comedians have been at the heart of British popular culture.This witty and informative book investigates why that should be so, while also celebrating the contributions of such household favourites as George Formby, Gracie Fields, Al Read, Frank Randle, Hylda Baker, Jimmy Clitheroe, Les Dawson, Morecambe & Wise, Victoria Wood, Vic and Bob, Steve Coogan, Caroline Aherne, Johnny Vegas and Peter Kay along the way.
On Behalf of the Committee is a rich reassessment of British comedy history and cliché-free confirmation that you really do have to laugh – or else you’d cry.
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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: The First Novel By Quentin Tarantino (A Phoenix paperback, 3691)
Quentin Tarantino’s long-awaited first work of fiction – at once hilarious, delicious, and brutal – is the always surprising, sometimes shocking new novel based on his Academy Award-winning film.
RICK DALTON – Once he had his own TV series, but now Rick’s a washed-up villain-of-the week drowning his sorrows in whiskey sours. Will a phone call from Rome save his fate or seal it?
CLIFF BOOTH – Rick’s stunt double, and the most infamous man on any movie set because he’s the only one there who might have gotten away with murder . . .
SHARON TATE – She left Texas to chase a movie-star dream, and found it. Sharon’s salad days are now spent on Cielo Drive, high in the Hollywood Hills.
CHARLES MANSON – The ex-con’s got a bunch of zonked-out hippies thinking he’s their spiritual leader, but he’d trade it all to be a rock ‘n’ roll star.
HOLLYWOOD 1969 – YOU SHOULDA BEEN THERE
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Peter Lorre: MMAS: Midnight Marquee Actors Series
After coverning horror film icons Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney, Jr. and Vincent Price, Midnight Marquee Press wanted to go in a slightly different direction for our fifth edition of the Actors Series, by highlighting quasi-horror man Peter Lorre. While the other entries in the series were predominantly horror film actors, Peter Lorre made many horror film appearances, but was never actually considered a horror film star. Instead, it was Lorre’s persona, that of a quirky, deviant little man, sometimes charming, sometimes boiling over with venom, that made him a perfect match for horror films. However, Lorre also played opposite such mainstream stars as Clark Gable, Humphrey Bogart, Sydney Greenstreet, Kirk Douglas, Mickey Rooney and Bob Hope. Lorre felt just as comfortable enacting supporting roles in A films as he did starring in the Bs. This book takes an in-depth look at the film work of this versatile performer by providing analyses of films such as M, Mad Love, The Face Behind the Mask, The Maltese Falcon, The Raven and The Comedy of Terrors as well as many of the other films that made Peter Lorre a film legend.Read more
£18.60£33.30Peter Lorre: MMAS: Midnight Marquee Actors Series
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Pinewood Studios, 70 Years of Fabulous Filmaking: 70 Years of Fabulous Film Making
Some of the worlds most successful films have been made at Pinewood. Superman, Batman, Harry Potter, The Da Vinci Code and the ever popular Bond films, from the first Dr. No in 1962 right up to the highly acclaimed Casino Royale of 2006. Not content to rest on it’s laurels, Pinewood today is going from strength to strengh with the very latest cutting-edge technology and production standards. This fabulous celebration of it’s first 70 years pays fitting tribute to the past but also looks towards what the future promises for this renowned film institution.Read more
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Pokémon: Book of Joy: An official illustrated Pokémon pocket book of wisdom, new for Christmas 2023 – the perfect gift for fans of the video game and animated show!
“Anytime I’ve been sad or happy or really mad about something, Pokémon have always been there by my side, through it all.” ASH KETCHUM
Like our heroes Ash and Pikachu, we are all on a road to personal mastery. But life isn’t always sunshine and Jigglypuffs.
Written by some of the greatest Pokémon trainers in history, this inspirational book of wit and wisdom offers advice for every turn of life’s winding path, from the road to Viridian City to the heady heights of Indigo Plateau.
Bursting full of positivity, humour and fun, this charming book of inspirational quotes and illustrations shows that although Jigglypuff, Meowth and Pikachu may be Pokémon, their values could not be more human. We all live in a Pokémon world.
Pokémon Book of Joy will leave you ready to face every challenge along the way. And to truly catch ’em all!
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Press:Ghostbusters: P.K.E. Meter, m. B (Rp Minis)
This officially licensed kit includes a mini replica of the Psychokinetic Energy (P.K.E. Meter) from the 1984 classic movie, Ghostbusters!- SPECIFICATIONS 4” mini P.K.E. meter with sensor wings that pop open at the push of a button LIGHTS ON
- 2 light modes consisting of multi-color LEDs + light that glows along the wings
- SOUND EFFECT WITH AUTHENTIC RECOGNITION
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- INCLUDED BOOK INCLUDES 8 full-color stickers
- PERFECT GIFT A unique gift for fans of the Ghostbusters movies
- OFFICIALLY LICENSED Authentic collectible
™ &Amps &Copy 2019 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.
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Professional Storyboarding: Rules of Thumb
Storyboarding is a very tough business, and a new storyboarder really needs to have their wits about them and have professional savvy to survive in this competitive field. Storyboarding: Rules of Thumb offers highly illustrative examples of basic storyboarding concepts, as well as sound, career-oriented advice for the new artist. This book also features a number of veteran storyboard artists sharing their experiences in the professional world.
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Quadrophenia a Way of Life (Inside the Making of Britain’s Greatest Youth Film)
It’s nearly 35 years since the film Quadrophenia hit the world’s cinema screens. Jimmy the Mod’s search for identity against the backdrop of the May Bank Holiday riots of the 1960’s, is regarded as the finest example of a British “youth” movie and a warmly remembered timepiece for a generation. Set against the backdrop of the Mods and Rockers riots of 1964, the film took its lead from The Who’s classic rock opera of 1973. With a stellar cast including Phil Daniels, Leslie Ash, Toyah Wilcox and Police front man Sting, the film launched a whole generation of Britain’s finest actors. Even in 2013, the word Quadrophenia still resonates as a buzzword for youthful exuberance and Modernist imagery. As the generation that first saw it now approach their fifties with teenagers of their own, Quadrophenia has become a glorious benchmark for their own youthful excesses, hopes, dreams and nostalgia. To critics, admirers and casual observers, it’s intriguing: what makes a 30 plus year-old film like Quadrophenia still appealing? And similarly, why do people return to it time and time again? For the first time, QUADROPHENIA….A WAY OF LIFE explores the making of Britain’s great cult film and its subsequent influence on popular culture. With interviews with principal cast members, director Franc Roddam, scriptwriter Martin Stellman and other involved in the creation of the film, this is the definitive account of Britain’s greatest youth movie. Although most would credit Quadrophenia as a “Mod” film, it displays more of the fury of the late 1970’s than 1960’s post-war austerity. Nonetheless, this slightly surreal, timeless atmosphere the film exudes, adds to its charm. Ultimately, Mod and 1960’s references aside, Quadrophenia is a classic “boy meets girl, loses girl” parable; a theme which is perennially identifiable with.Read more
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Ralph Richardson: The Authorized Biography
Ralph Richardson was a contradictory genius who remains a legendary power and presence dominated stage and screen for over 50 years. Richardson eschewed most of the romantic heroes that made his two friends, Olivier and Gielgud, famous; he was the only one of the three thought capable of playing the ordinary man. In his search for the man behind the actor’s make-up, the author has talked to Ralph Richardson’s friends and colleagues. From their memories and Richardson’s own words, John Miller has woven a portrait which shows Richardson in all his complexity and reveals the inner drive which took him, against the odds, to the heights of public and critical acclaim. John Miller also disentangles the real from the apocryphal stories of the eccentricity that contributed to the Richardson legend, discovering most to be true and finding new ones. Sir Ralph believed in keeping the secrets of his art from the public, but those secrets he did show to his fellow players are now told in this biography.Read more
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Real-Time Video Content for Virtual Production & Live Entertainment: A Learning Roadmap for an Evolving Practice
Real-Time Video Content for Virtual Production & Live Entertainment looks at the evolution of current software and hardware, how these tools are used, and how to plan for productions dependent on real-time content.
From rock concerts to theatre, live television broadcast to film production, art installations to immersive experiences, the book outlines the various applications of real-time video content – the intersection of gaming and performance that is revolutionizing how films are made and how video content is created for screens. Rather than render out a fixed video file, new tools allow for interactive video content that responds to audience activity, camera position, and performer action in real time. Combining software renderers with environmental information, video content is generated nearly instantaneously to simulate depth, creating a new world of Virtual Production. This book provides an overview of the current software and hardware used to create real-time content while also reviewing the various external technologies the real-time content is dependent upon. Case studies from industry experts appear in each chapter to reinforce the tools described, establish industry practice, and provide insight on a complex and rapidly growing discipline.
Real-Time Video Content for Virtual Production & Live Entertainment prepares students and practitioners for a future working with real-time technologies and informs current entertainment technology professionals how to rethink about their old roles using these new tools.
The book includes access to a companion website featuring web-based and video resources that expand on topics covered in the text. Each chapter has a unique page that points to example material, video presentations, and professional studies on chapter topics. You can visit the companion website at rtv-book.com.
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Rebel Moon: Wolf: Ex Nihilo: Cosmology & Technology: Creating a Galaxy: Worlds and Technology
The first of two official companion books for the Zack Snyder-directed Netflix films Rebel Moon taking an exclusive in-depth look at the worlds and technology, ships and armament.
From Zack Snyder, the filmmaker behind 300, Man of Steel, and Army of the Dead, comes REBEL MOON, an epic science-fantasy event decades in the making. When a peaceful settlement on a moon in the furthest reaches of the universe finds itself threatened by the armies of the tyrannical Regent Balisarius, Kora (Sofia Boutella), a mysterious stranger living among the villagers, becomes their best hope for survival. Tasked with finding trained fighters who will unite with her in making an impossible stand against the Mother World, Kora assembles a small band of warriors ― outsiders, insurgents, peasants and orphans of war from different worlds who share a common need for redemption and revenge. As the shadow of an entire Realm bears down on the unlikeliest of moons, a new army of heroes is formed.
Rebel Moon: Wolf: Ex Nihilo: Cosmology & Technology goes behind the scenes of these much-anticipated films to explore the planets, ships and technology of the galaxy. Bursting with exclusive on-set photography, concept art, storyboards by Zack Snyder, and more, accompanied by cast and crew interviews, the book takes an in-depth look at the making of the films.
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Rick and Morty Wacky Waving Inflatable Mr. Meeseeks (RP Minis)
* SPECIFICATIONS: 18-inch waving Mr. Meeseeks with fan in base to make him dance, wiggle, and shake for when you remember that “existence is pain” (batteries not included)
* ILLUSTRATED MINI BOOK INCLUDED: Learn more about your Mr. Meeseeks with this 32-page tongue-in-cheek “user manual” complete with full color illustrations
* PERFECT GIFT FOR Rick & Morty FANS: Display on a shelf, desk, or bookcase and show off your love of Mr. Meeseeks
* OFFICIALLY LICENSED: Authentic Rick and Morty collectiblePLEASE NOTE: This product can be powered by a 9-volt battery or by a specific AC adapter. (Battery nor AC adapter included with purchase.) Please read and follow the instructions included in the box to ensure optimal performance.
If using a battery:
* A rechargable Ni-MH battery is recommended for best performance and is a more cost-effective alternative to a common Alkaline (single-use) battery.
* If using an Alkaline battery, it must be NEW. Refer to product information sheet included in box for recommended brands.
* DO NOT use a Carbon-Zinc battery (often labeled “Heavy-Duty”). This type of battery cannot produce enough power to operate the motor.
* To get the most life out of the battery, use in intervals no greater than 5 to 10 minutes. Operating in this manner will yield approximately 45 minutes of use.
* If your tube guy begins to get stuck in a downward position, it is time to replace the battery or recharge if using a rechargeable battery.If using an AC adapter, it must follow the below specifications:
* Input: AC 100-240V (50-60 Hz)
* Output: DC 9V (1A or 2A)RICK AND MORTY and all related characters and elements © & ™ Cartoon Network.
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RKO Radio Pictures: A Titan Is Born
One of the “Big Five” studios of Hollywood’s golden age, RKO is remembered today primarily for the famous films it produced, from King Kong and Citizen Kane to the Astaire-Rogers musicals. But its own story also provides a fascinating case study of film industry management during one of the most vexing periods in American social history. RKO Radio Pictures: A Titan is Born offers a vivid history of a thirty-year roller coaster of unstable finances, management battles, and artistic gambles. Richard Jewell has used unparalleled access to studio documents generally unavailable to scholars to produce the first business history of RKO, exploring its decision-making processes and illuminating the complex interplay between art and commerce during the heyday of the studio system. Behind the blockbuster films and the glamorous stars, the story of RKO often contained more drama than any of the movies it ever produced.Read more
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Robert De Niro at Work: From Screenplay to Screen Performance (Palgrave Studies in Screenwriting)
Robert De Niro at Work is the first critical study to examine how Robert de Niro, perhaps the finest screen actor of his generation, works with screenplays to imagine, prepare and denote his performance. In categorising the various ways in which De Niro works with a screenplay, this book will re-examine the relationship between actor and text. This book considers the screenplay as above all a working document and a material object, present at every stage of the filmmaking process. The working screenplay goes through various iterations in development and exists in many versions on set, each adapted and personalised for the specific use of the individual and their role. As the archive reveals, nobody works more closely with the script than the actor, and no actor works more on a script than De Niro.
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Robin
‘This well-written page-turner is the definitive biography of the genius of Robin Williams, whose life redefines the highs and lows of the American dream’ – Steve Martin
‘Tenderly written . . . frequently hilarious’ – Sunday Times
From his rapid-fire stand-up comedy riffs to his breakout role in Mork & Mindy and his Academy Award-winning performance in Good Will Hunting, Robin Williams was a singularly innovative and beloved entertainer. He often came across as a man possessed, holding forth on culture and politics while mixing in personal revelations – all with mercurial, tongue-twisting intensity as he inhabited and shed one character after another with lightning speed.
But as Dave Itzkoff shows in this revelatory biography, Williams’s comic brilliance masked a deep well of conflicting emotions and self-doubt, which he drew upon in his comedy and in celebrated films like Dead Poets Society; Good Morning, Vietnam; The Fisher King; Aladdin; and Mrs Doubtfire, where he showcased his limitless gift for improvisation to bring to life a wide range of characters. And in Good Will Hunting he gave an intense and controlled performance that revealed the true range of his talent.
Robin by Dave Itzkoff shows how Williams struggled mightily with addiction and depression – topics he discussed openly while performing and during interviews – and with a debilitating condition at the end of his life that affected him in ways his fans never knew. Drawing on more than a hundred original interviews with family, friends and colleagues, as well as extensive archival research, Robin is a fresh and original look at a man whose work touched so many lives.
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‘[Itzkoff] has written a book about the truth and the pain that lies in comedy, and the price paid by a sensitive soul’ – Amy Poehler
‘An amazing read’ – Patton Oswalt
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Rock ‘N’ Film: Cinema’s Dance With Popular Music
For two decades after the mid-1950s, biracial popular music played a fundamental role in progressive social movements on both sides of the Atlantic. Balancing rock’s capacity for utopian popular cultural empowerment with its usefulness for the capitalist media industries, Rock ‘N’ Film explores how the music’s contradictory potentials were reproduced in various kinds of cinema, including major studio productions, minor studios’ exploitation projects, independent documentaries, and the avant-garde.
These include Rock Around the Clock and other 1950s jukebox musicals; the films Elvis made before being drafted, especially King Creole, as well as the formulaic comedies in which Hollywood abused his genius in the 1960s; early documentaries such as The T.A.M.I. Show that presented James Brown and the Rolling Stones as the core of a black-white, US-UK cultural commonality; A Hard Day’s Night that marked the British Invasion; Dont Look Back, Monterey Pop, Woodstock, and other Direct Cinema documentaries about the music of the counterculture; and avant-garde films about the Rolling Stones by Jean-Luc Godard, Kenneth Anger, and Robert Frank.
After the turn of the decade, notably Gimme Shelter, in which the Stones appeared to be complicit in the Hells Angels’ murder of a young black man, 1960s’ music-and films about it-reverted to separate black and white traditions based respectively on soul and country. These produced blaxploitation and Lady Sings the Blues on the one hand, and bigoted representations of Southern culture in Nashville on the other. Ending with the deaths of their stars, both films implied that rock ‘n’ roll had died or even, as David Bowie proclaimed, that it had committed suicide. But in his documentary about Bowie, Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, D.A. Pennebaker triumphantly re-affirmed the community of musicians and fans in glam rock.
In analyzing this history, David E. James adapts the methodology of histories of the classic film musical to show how the rock ‘n’ roll film both displaced and recreated it.
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Rocliffe Notes : A Professional Approach to Being a Writer: A Professional Approach For Screenwriters and Writer-Directors (Creative Essentials)
This is a manual for screenwriters and filmmakers in the form of notes. These provide a step-by-step, common sense guide, with suggestions on how writers can best present themselves to the industry. This book does not explain how to write a screenplay. Instead, it provides insider confidences from established industry players and peers on how to have a professional approach to writing. A revelation for all would-be screenwriters, this is a guide to living the screenwriter’s life: the habits, creative processes and writing atmosphere.Read more
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Rocliffe Notes: A Guide to Low Budget Filmmaking
The second book in the Rocliffe Notes series, A Guide to Low-Budget Filmmaking is a practical, step-by-step guide to getting your film made, taking it all the way from a script to the screen. It covers every aspect of the process, including: budgeting and finance; casting, crewing and scheduling; shooting and post-production; and marketing and festival strategy. It also incorporates unique insights and insider confidences from peers and established industry players – from directors, writers and producers, through to sales and marketing consultants and distributors. Contributors include: Sean Baker, Saul Dibb, Destiny Ekaragha, Camille Gatin, Sarah Gavron, Shirley Henderson, John Madden, Maxine Peake and Asif Kapadia.
A revelation for all would-be filmmakers, it’s the essential guide to the nuts-and-bolts of making a film, and a must-have for anyone thinking of making a film on one of the low-budget Microwave, iFeatures or Catalyst schemes, whose recent critical and box-office successes include Lady Macbeth, God’s Own Country and The Levelling.
‘A really useful guide to getting on in the world of film’ – Richard Eyre, Writer & Director
‘This is the book I wish I had when I was started out working in the movies. Would that it had existed a few decades ago. It’s detailed, optimistic and full of practical and useful information’ – John Malkovich, Actor, Writer & Producer
‘An insightful and crystal clear read for anyone wanting to produce their first film be it a short or a feature’ – Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly, Producer
Look out for the other book in the series: Rocliffe Notes – A Professional Approach for Screenwriters and Writer-Directors.
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Ruled and Graph Paper: Versatile Writing and Drawing Space, Undated 6X9″ 200 pages ideal for kids, teens, Men and Women
Our Ruled and Graph Paper offers the perfect canvas for all your creative and organizational needs. With a combination of traditional ruled pages for writing and grid-patterned pages for precise drawings, this notepad is a versatile tool for students, artists, engineers, and anyone in need of organized space for ideas and calculations. The ruled pages encourage neat handwriting and orderly notes, while the grid paper aids in creating diagrams, charts, and graphs with precision. Whether you’re taking notes, sketching, or solving problems, our Ruled and Graph Paper ensures you have the right format for every task. Upgrade your productivity and creativity with this essential notepad.Read more
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Seventies British Cinema
Seventies British Cinema provides a comprehensive re-evaluation of British film in the 1970s. The decade has long been written off in critical discussions as a ‘doldrums’ period in British cinema, perhaps because the industry, facing near economic collapse, turned to ‘unacceptable’ low culture genres such as sexploitation comedies or extreme horror. The contributors to this new collection argue that 1970s cinema is ripe for reappraisal: giving serious critical attention to populist genre films, they also consider the development of a British art cinema in the work of Derek Jarman and Peter Greenaway, and the beginnings of an independent sector fostered by the BFI Production Board and producers like Don Boyd. A host of highly individual directors managed to produce interesting and cinematically innovative work against the odds, from Nicolas Roeg to Ken Russell to Mike Hodges. As well as providing a historical and cinematic context for understanding Seventies cinema, the volume also features chapters addressing Hammer horror, the Carry On films, Bond films of the Roger Moore period, Jubilee and other films that responded to Punk rock; heritage cinema and case studies of key seventies films such as The Wicker Man and Straw Dogs. In all, the book provides the final missing piece in the rediscovery of British cinema’s complex and protean history. Contributors: Ruth Barton, James Chapman, Ian Conrich, Wheeler Winston Dixon, Christophe Dupin, Steve Gerrard, Sheldon Hall I. Q. Hunter, James Leggott, Claire Monk, Paul Newland, Dan North, Robert Shail, Justin Smith and Sarah Street.Read more
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Sex, Class and Realism: British Cinema 1956-1963 (British Film Institute)
Hugely impressive in its scope, with introductory chapters on social history, the film industry and theories of realism, this indispensable history of these vital years contains unusually fresh discussions of films justly regards as important, alongside those unjustly ignored. The extensive filmography which accompanies Sex, Class and Realism will also prove to be an invaluable reference source in the teaching of British cinema history.Read more
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Shocking Cinema of the 70s
This collection focuses on 1970s films from a variety of countries, and from the marginal to the mainstream, which, by tackling various ‘difficult’ subjects, have proved to be controversial in one way or another. It is not an uncritical celebration of the shocking and the subversive but an attempt to understand why this decade produced films which many found shocking, and what it was that made them shocking to certain audiences. To this end it includes not only films that shocked the conventionally minded, such as hard core pornography, but also those that outraged liberal opinion – for example, Death Wish and Dirty Harry. The book does not simply cast a critical light on a series of controversial films which have been variously maligned, misinterpreted or just plain ignored, but also assesses how their production values, narrative features and critical receptions can be linked to the wider historical and social forces that were dominant during this decade. Furthermore, it explores how these films resonate in our own historical moment – replete as it is with shocks of all kinds.Read more
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Sixties British Cinema (The History of British Film)
British films of the 1960s are undervalued. Their search for realism has often been dismissed as drabness and their more frivolous efforts can now appear just empty-headed. Robert Murphy’s ‘Sixties British Cinema’ is the first study to challenge this view. He shows that the realist tradition of the late ’50s and early ’60s was anything but dreary and depressing, and gave birth to a clutch of films remarkable for their confidence and vitality: ‘Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, A Kind of Loving,’ and ‘A Taste of Honey’ are only the better known titles. ‘Sixties British Cinema ‘revalues key genres of the period – horror, crime, and comedy – and takes a fresh look at the ‘swinging London’ films, finding disturbing undertones that reflect the cultural changes of the decade. Now that our cinematic past is constantly recycled on television, Murphy’s informative, engaging, and perceptive review of these films and their cultural and industrial context offers an invaluable guide to this neglected era of British cinema.Read more
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Sixties British Cinema Reconsidered
Challenging assumptions around Sixties stardom, the book focuses on creative collaboration and the contribution of production personnel beyond the director, and discusses how cultural change is reflected in both film style and cinematic themes.Read more
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Sketching for Animation: Developing Ideas, Characters and Layouts in Your Sketchbook (Required Reading Range)
Drawing and sketching are central to the art of animation and can be crucial tools in designing and developing original stories, characters and layouts. Sketching for Animation offers a wealth of examples, exercises and tips from an army of professional animators to help you develop essential sketching, technical drawing and ideation techniques. With interviews and in-depth case studies from some of today’s leading animators, including Bill Plympton, Glen Keane, Tori Davis and John Canemaker, this is a unique guide to turning your sketchbook – the world’s cheapest, most portable pre-visualisation tool – into your own personal animation armory.Read more
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So You Want to be a Producer (Professional Media Practice)
So You Want to Be a Producer is packed with information and advice from top Hollywood producers, writers and directors and is a must-read for anyone interested in what it really takes to get a film made, including: – Finding your story – Obtaining the rights – Developing the script – Hiring your cast and crew – Distributing your movie
Lawrence Turman, the producer of more than forty films, including The Graduate, The River Wild, Short Circuit and American History X, offers an insider’s guide that covers every aspect of the role, from finding a story and hiring actors to developing a script and marketing the finished product.
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Special Effects: An Oral History; Interviews with 37 Masters: Interviews with 37 masters spanning 100 years
Spanning a century of film technology from the early innovations of George M li s to the most recent Matrix films, a tribute to the use of illusion in movies features interviews with thirty-seven international special effects masters and more than 1,000 illustrations, in a volume complemented by a list of recommended DVD films. 15,000 first printinRead more
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse: The Art of the Movie
Discover the world of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse in this stunning collection of art. Packed with concept art, final designs, and artist commentary plus previously unseen storyboards.
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the creative minds behind The Lego Movie and 21 Jump Street, bring their unique talents to a fresh vision of a different Spider-Man Universe, with a groundbreaking visual style that’s the first of its kind. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse introduces Brooklyn teen Miles Morales, and the limitless possibilities of the Spider-Verse where more than one wears the mask.
Unmasking the artistry behind the hotly-anticipated movie, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse The Art of the Movie contains concept art, sketches, and storyboards, and will give you fascinating insights into the creative process. With exclusive commentary from the animation team, plus a foreword written by Miles Morales co-creator Brian Michael Bendis, this extraordinary collection of art will take readers into the Spider-Verse.
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Spy Ninjas Graphic Novel 2 New Recruits
YouTube stars Chad Wild Clay and Vy Qwaint of the Spy Ninjas are back and ready to defeat Project Zorgo once and for all in their second original graphic novel!
After yet another trap set by Project Zorgo, Chad and Vy are left without the rest of their Spy Ninjas team. But this isn’t the end of the dynamic duo! After their friends leave the team, Chad and Vy get trapped in an endless loop of eating tacos and watching TV. But eventually they rally and train three new superfan recruits. They certainly have the skills to keep up, but do they have the heart?
The new recruits quickly learn the meaning of true teamwork in the face of a looming Project Zorgo threat. Will their hacker skills, parkour stunts, and secret disguises be enough to take down Project Zorgo? Or will the infamous hackers get the last laugh?
Join YouTube sensations the Spy Ninjas in their next hilarious graphic novel. The Spy Ninjas boast 40 million subscribers with millions of views a month, and fans will be thrilled with this second original story about their adventures!
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Spy Ninjas: The Ultimate Guidebook
The Spy Ninjas are on a mission to stop the evil shadow network once and for all in this exclusive guidebook based on the hit YouTube show!
The secret is out! The Spy Ninjas are on the case once more. Bursting with tips and tricks to becoming the ultimate spy ninja, as well as behind-the-scenes profiles of your favourite characters and villains. This guidebook is perfect for fans of the YouTube sensation.
- Complete with digital bosses, exploding food and wacky characters
- With amazing full-colour art
- This guidebook is perfect for readers searching for a whirlwind adventure!
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Star Trek Captains – The Autobiographies
The iconic Star Trek characters’ lifestories told for the first time in their own words; perfect for fans of the upcoming Star Trek: Strange New Words.
James T. Kirk chronicles the greatest Starfleet captain’s life (2233–2293), in his own words. From his youth spent on Tarsus IV, his time in the Starfleet Academy, his meteoric raise through the ranks of Starfleet, and his illustrious career at the helm of the Enterprise, this in-world memoir uncovers Captain Kirk in a way Star Trek fans have never seen.
Jean-Luc Picard tells the story of one of the most celebrated names in Starfleet history. His extraordinary life and career makes for dramatic reading: court martials, unrequited love, his capture and torture at the hand of the Cardassians, his assimilation with the Borg and countless other encounters as captain of the celebrated starship Enterprise.
Kathryn Janeway reveals her career in Starfleet, from her first command to her epic journey through the Delta Quadrant leading to her rise to the top as vice-admiral in Starfleet Command. The woman who travelled further than any human ever had before, stranded decades from home, encountering new worlds and species and overcoming one of Starfleet’s greatest threats – the Borg – on their own remote and hostile territory.
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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan – The Making of the Classic Film (Star Trek, 2)
An in-depth look at the making of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, featuring rare and previously unseen production art and new and exclusive interviews.
Forty years ago, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan saw Kirk and the U.S.S. Enterprise crew face one of the greatest foes in Star Trek history, Khan Noonien Singh, as well as the death of Spock. Celebrate this landmark anniversary by taking a deep dive into the stories behind this iconic science fiction classic. This beautiful coffee-table book is full to the brim with rare and previously unpublished archival material, behind-the-scenes photography, production art, cut scenes, script extracts, and much more, alongside new and exclusive interviews with the creatives, including director Nicholas Meyer.
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Star Trek: Lower Decks – Crew Handbook
A funny and illuminating guide to life on the U.S.S. Cerritos from Star Trek: Lower Decks, through the eyes of the beloved lower deckers themselves.
Join the crew of the U.S.S. Cerritos as they seek out new life and travel where people may, or may not, have been before!
Based on the hit Paramount+ animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks, Mariner, Boimler and all their friends offer advice and insider knowledge to new crewmembers. This hilarious and informative handbook will help you come to grips with the ship, your duties, and your fellow lower deckers, especially as they’ve generously left comments throughout.
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Star Wars Art: Ralph McQuarrie
Ralph McQuarrie is the most iconic artist in the history of Star Wars. He worked hand-in-hand with George Lucas to help establish the saga’s visual aesthetic, its inimitable look and feel. Beyond designing Darth Vader, C-3PO, and R2-D2, McQuarrie produced hundreds of pieces of Star Wars artwork, including conceptual paintings, costume designs, storyboards, and matte paintings, as well as posters, book covers, and album covers―even Lucasfilm’s annual Christmas cards―all rescanned and rephotographed for this book. In Star Wars Art: Ralph McQuarrie, readers will find the most definitive collection of the artist’s Star Wars work ever assembled, including hundreds of never-before-seen illustrations. Rare unpublished interviews, as well as recollections from McQuarrie’s colleagues and friends, complement and contextualise the art. Star Wars Art: Ralph McQuarrie is a comprehensive tribute to cinema’s most beloved and influential concept artist.Read more
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Star Wars Dawn of Rebellion The Visual Guide
Take a deep dive into a turbulent era of the Star Wars galaxy and chart the rise of the Rebellion from the prequel trilogy through Star Wars: Obi-Wan, Star Wars: Andor, and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story to the original trilogy.
For many years, the state of the galaxy between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope was a mystery to Star Wars fans. With the release of Star Wars Rebels and Rogue One, and more recently, Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi and Star Wars: Andor, an exciting new era has begun to emerge – the Dawn of Rebellion.
Before Luke Skywalker ever picked up a lightsaber, the rebels were scattered and desperate bands of idealists, fighting their own battles against the might of the Empire. Victories were few, losses high, and danger ever-present. This Visual Guide charts this darkest of times, revealing all of the key characters, locations, vehicles, and weapons from the hit Disney+ series, with supporting material from the Skywalker saga. Includes exclusive new cross-section artwork of the Fondor haulcraft.
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