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41) Survivor girl
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Twelve-year-old Ali is unsure about joining her brother and their reality-show celebrity father, Survivor Guy, on location and disappointed when she learns how much of the show is fake, but heroic when wildfire strikes.
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Three unusual people--"defense intellectual" Richard Elster, who was involved in the management of the country's war machine; young documentary filmmaker Jim Finley, who is intent on documenting Elster's experience; and Elster's daughter Jessica, who behaves like an "otherworldly" woman from New York--train their binoculars on the desert landscape of California and build an odd, tender intimacy, something like a family. Then a devastating event throws...
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"Nora Hamilton knows the formula for love better than anyone. As a romance channel screenwriter, it's her job. But when her too-good-to work husband leaves her and their two kids, Nora turns her marriage's collapse into cash and writes the best script of her life. No one is more surprised than her when it's picked up for the big screen and set to film on location at her 100-year-old-home. When former Sexiest Man Alive, Leo Vance, is cast as her ne'er...
45) Cat crew
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"Fred, a stray dog who became the star of the show Dog Squad, is working on a new show called Cat Crew-but when he notices the felines acting strange, he wonders if the cat crew is being electronically controlled"--
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This video is broken into 6 topics intended to inform theatre workers and students of safety laws and prevent unnecessary injuries. The first segment covers current safety laws and how they apply to theatres, as well as general safety practices. The second segment covers chemical hazards and personal protection equipment, stage lighting safety, costume shop safety, and scene and prop shop safety. Specific information is provided concerning response...
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"When we first meet Maria Lagana, she's rewriting scripts at Mercury Pictures, a failing Hollywood studio known for its schlock. Maria's job is to re-craft dialogue and action to circumvent the censors, a skill she's mysteriously adept at. Born in Italy, as a teenager Maria witnessed Mussolini's censors arrest her father, an event that will destroy her family and burden Maria with questions of guilt and responsibility she will carry with her throughout...
49) Ghostlight
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A summer film project turns spooky when the setting turns out to actually be haunted.
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""On rare occasions I read a book that reminds me of why I fell in love with storytelling in the first place. This is such a book." -Stephen King Peter Blauner's epic Picture in the Sand is a sweeping intergenerational saga told through a grandfather's passionate letters to his grandson, passing on the story of his political rebellion in 1950s Egypt in order to save his grandson's life in a post-9/11 world. When Alex Hassan gets accepted to an Ivy...
51) Director's cut
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"An abandoned movie set is said to be cursed after a film shoot gone terribly wrong. Disaster befalls those living on or near the set, and rumor has it the curse is to blame"--Provided by publisher.
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This video teaches actors how to move through any Shakespearean text with a highly physical series of exercises presented by Shakespeare specialist Kathleen F. Conlin. Designed for the American actor, the video goes from the exploration of specific words and movements to the development of the Hamlet ghost scene.
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In Part 12 of this Digital Cinema Training series, viewers go behind the scenes and watch an indie movie production on its eighth day of filming. Crew members troubleshoot several issues with location, equipment, noise, and communication. Learn on-set terminology and etiquette.
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In this video, award winning instructor Ron Ranson Jr. illustrates his time-saving scenic painting program which gives students an instant vocabulary and teaches skills that will improve work immediately. He present safety tips, discusses important clean up procedures, examines common types of paints, and offers critiques of student work.
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The Movie Production volume of Digital Cinema Training applies numerous concepts of basic production in the real world, such as lighting, lenses, shots, depth of field, composition, and axes of movement. Part 2 details the entire process of writing a screenplay. The segment provides step-by-step instructions on how to access the creative mind, explains how to outline the format of a screenplay, and provides tips on how to write the 1st draft.