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Smart, quirky, female-centric, drenched in pop-culture references—Amy Sherman-Palladino's singular TV voice has won her legions of fans and critical appreciation over the past two decades, thanks to shows like "Gilmore Girls," "Bunheads," and "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel." Sherman-Palladino—the first woman ever to win Emmy Awards for both comedy writing and directing in a single year—may write about different decades and milieus, but her sensibility is unique and unmistakable throughout. Her great...

This book explores the practice of artist filmmaker William Raban from 1970 to the present.  The trajectory from his early experimental, landscape and expanded cinema works of the 1970s leads into more recent films on the River Thames and London; his techniques are examined and engagingly explained to attract a wide readership including both experts and those with little knowledge of the subject. This is a personal account of what it means to make work in a radical filmmaking context to explore...

Beyond Virtual Production brings together a range of creative practice research projects that have been undertaken in The Void, an early-adopter university-based virtual production studio at Flinders University in South Australia. From a cross-disciplinary short virtual production film, to a VR simulation of the last 100 seconds of life of earth, to the live performance of the virtual band Big Sands, to augmented and extended reality, to archaeological projects, this collection captures the pot...

Locating Migrating Media details the extent to which media productions, both televisual and cinematic, have sought out new and cheaper shot locations, creative staff, and financing around the world. The book contributes to debates about media globalization, focusing on the local impact of new sites of media production. The book's chapters also question the role that film and television industries and local and regional governments play in broader economic develop and tax incentive schemes. Whil...

Robert Simpson's comprehensive volume covers all aspects of lighting control systems. It starts with two foundation chapters outlining the basics of electricity, light and electronics as they apply to lighting control. It then reviews all current artificial lightsources, and comments on their suitability for control. A section on lighting control components covers electronic and electromagnetic dimmers, ballasts and transformers. The next section reviews lighting control systems, including those...

Successful single camera operators must have the knowledge and ability to undertake a variety of tasks traditionally associated with a multi-camera crew. They must be skilled in lighting, composition and framing as well as audio and editing techniques. This text introduces the problems of location lighting for single camera operators and provides insight into the technology and techniques required to solve these problems. The approach is of a basic and introductory nature, geared towards student...

With this workbook, written and revised by the author, you can check your comprehension of material covered. It's organized to follow the main text, and tear-out worksheets reinforce and review chapter material. Richly illustrated; includes multiple-choice questions, true/false questions, and open-ended creative application problems for each chapter.

Drawing heavily from the authors' twenty years of combined experience, Producing Animation offers a clear overview of this exciting industry and a comprehensive guide to the process of developing a project from conception to final delivery. Written from the perspective of a producer, this book offers the foundation of how a project is created in addition to describing the role of the producer at each phase. Answers are provided to many of the most commonly asked questions about animation rangi...

The official story of the studio that brought you Red vs Blue, RWBY, and moreOne of the world's leading voices in computer gaming culture, Rooster Teeth is the digital studio behind a host of web video series, podcasts, conferences, and games that reach millions of fans every week. With a unique, irreverent attitude, they have created long running animated comedy series like Red vs. Blue and RWBY and a series of events under the RTX banner that each attract tens of thousands of fans in the US,...

Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) surveillance is one of the fastest growing areas in the security industry. This book is an essential guide for professionals involved the installation and maintenance of CCTV systems, system design, specification and purchasing and the management of CCTV systems. Unlike most existing books on CCTV, this title is not just a discussion of security issues, but a thorough guide to the technical side of the subject - cameras and monitors, video recording, cabling and...