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Clique novels. Original series volume 6
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English
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Just as the Pretty Committee is getting bored with being expelled and Massie begins worrying about losing her spot as the most popular girl, Claire is cast in a Hollywood film, and as Massie and Alicia report live from the set, Kristen and Dylan keep them posted on events in Westchester County.
82) Don't look down
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English
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Recruited to finish a four-day action movie shoot, commercial director Lucy Armstrong finds the job challenged by egomaniacal actors, her stunt director ex-husband, and a would-be killer.
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Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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"Rebecca is thrilled to spend the day at a real movie studio, and when a super, spectacular opportunity presents itself, she is quick to volunteer. But how will this scene play out? Then, on a visit to Coney Island, Rebecca gets the chance to use her acting skills to lighten the mood in an embarrassing situation--and her climbing skills to rescue someone in a dangerous spot. But a factory tour makes Rebecca believe her skills are needed there, too....
84) Hail, Caesar!
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
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An all-star comedy set during the latter years of Hollywood's Golden Age. It follows a single day in the life of a studio fixer who is presented with plenty of problems to fix.
"Grade B+...It's coen lite, basically, but still filled with their best signatures..."--Entertainment Weekly.
"The combination of the Coen brothers' filmmaking acumen and George Clooney in absolute buffon mode is again Hollywood magic."--USA Today.
"An inside-showbiz lark...
85) What is Cinema?
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Chuck Workman's documentary WHAT IS CINEMA? tackles the question of its title through over 100 clips and new interviews with filmmakers such as Mike Leigh, Jonas Mekas, David Lynch, Robert Altman, Kelly Reichardt, Costa-Gavras, and Michael Moore. Featuring archival interviews from Robert Bresson, Alfred Hitchcock, Chantal Akerman, Akira Kurosawa, Abbas Kiarostami, and more. Featuring commissioned sequences from experimental...
86) Hitchcock
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English
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Plagued by both a reckless ego and nagging self-doubt, Hollywood legend Alfred Hitchcock becomes obsessed with a grisly murder story that the studios won't back. Determined, he risks his reputation, his home and even the love of his wife, Alma, as he sets out to make the film "Psycho".
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"Fresh out of prison for an arson conviction, clueless 20-year old Billy Bonney finds himself drifting through the seedy and unsavory world of cut-rate moviemaking, even more out of place amongst his peers than he felt as a teen six years earlier when he got busted. Following his brother to the sets of grade B and exploitation 1970s Hollywood seems like a path of least resistance, until he accidentally lands a job as a handler to a has-been actor....
88) Great circle
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Read with Jenna volume 2021
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"After being rescued as infants from a sinking ocean liner in 1914, Marian and Jamie Graves are raised by their dissolute uncle in Missoula, Montana. There --after encountering a pair of pilots passing through town in a beat up Cessna--Marian commences her lifelong love affair with flight. At fifteen, she drops out of school and finds an unexpected and dangerous patron in a wealthy rancher who provides a plane and subsidizes her lessons, an arrangement...
89) Saving Mr. Banks
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Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
When P.L. Travers travels from London to Hollywood in 1961 to finally discuss Walt Disney's desire to bring her beloved character, Mary Poppins to the motion picture screen (a quest he began in the 1940s as a promise to his two daughters), Disney meets a prim, uncompromising sexagenarian not only suspect of the impresario's concept for the film, but a woman struggling with her own past. During her stay in California, Travers' reflects back on her...
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Babymouse.Tales from the locker volume 1
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Babymouse joins the school Film Club and writes the greatest cinematic masterpiece of all time! But when the movie gets shown to the entire school, will it be a box office hit or a flop?"--
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Lead Painter: Also known as lead scenic artist. Paints all the sets on a production, as well as backdrops as needed. On-Set Painter: The person responsible for the upkeep and continuity of paint elements during shooting. Location Sound Mixer: The person responsible for sound recording, including the selection of appropriate microphones and their placement and use. During production, this person is responsible for the recording and integrity of all...
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Costume designer: designs, creates, acquires and supervises the construction and fitting of all costumes and wardrobe. Works in consultation with the production designer and the director. --Camera operator: Responsible for the actual operation of the camera. --1st assistant camera: responsible for adjusting the focus of the lens while filming. Also known as the focus puller. --2nd assistant camera: Responsible for marking the actors places, slating,...
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2014.
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English
Description
Art director: reports to the production designer. The person responsible for designing and supervising the construction of all sets and scenery, overseeing the painting and dressing of all sets, and coordinating much of the logistical elements for the art department. --Set decorator: responsible for overseeing research, acquisition and allocation of items required to dress the various sets. --Gaffer: the head of the lighting and electrical departments...
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2014.
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English
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Special effects supervisor: also known as the special effects coordinator, the sfx supervisor is the head of the department and designs and directs all the special effects needed on the job. This position requires special skills in pyrotechnics, rigging, engineering and safety. Construction coordinator: The head of the crew responsible for constructing all the sets in a production. Locations manager (LM): The head of the department responsible for...
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Head (or key) hair stylist: styles the hair on all on-camera talent. Also supervises the fitting of any wigs or mustaches, as well as hair tinting. Head of department. production coordinator: Provides organizational, logistical and clerical support to the production. Responsible for setting up and managing the office, arranging for travel and permits, creating and distributing paperwork such as scripts, script changes, call sheets, schedules and location...
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"Christmas comes early to McCredie's little Old Town bookshop in Edinburgh. It's summer, but an American production company has decided that McCredie's is the perfect location to film a Christmas movie. Carmen Hogan, the bookshop's manager, is a bit horrified by the goings-on, but the money the studio is paying is too good to pass up. She uses the windfall from filming to create new displays and fend off a buyout offer from a millionaire who wants...
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A guide to the Harry Potter films offers an inside look at everything it took to bring J.K. Rowling's novels to life and includes interviews with the films' stars, behind-the-scenes stories, photos of props and sets, and extra removable facsimile reproduction items.
99) A slave of love
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Russian
Description
Hailed by the New York Times as "An unexpected masterpiece," A slave of love is a witty and haunting film about moviemaking from the acclaimed Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov (Burnt by the sun). Within the sun-drenched beauty of the Crimean summer, a Russian movie crew grapples with film shortages, Tsarist secret police scrutiny, and their own dysfunctional dynamic to churn out one more silent melodrama before the revolution in Moscow consumes the...
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Props Master: head of the props department. Responsible for obtaining and providing all items that a performer picks up and uses during a production. --1st assistant director: The person in charge of creating the schedule, running the set and keeping a certain pace during shooting. As the directors right hand, the 1st AD operates as the conduit between the crew and the director. --Script supervisor: The person in charge of making sure that continuity...
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