Сборник по теории и практике актерского мастерства, в котором впервые соединены самые популярные и известные труды К. С. Станиславского «Работа актера над собой», часть 1-я и 2-я и «Работа актера над ролью», и работа С. В. Гиппиуса – известного театрального педагога, режиссера дубляжа, кинорежиссера. «Гимнастика чувств. Тренинг творческой психотехники», состоящего из теоретической части и актерских упражнений. В настоящее время это самый популярный учебник по актерскому мастерству, используемый...
Analyzing art house films from the African continent and the African diaspora, this book showcases a new generation of auteurs with African origins from political, aesthetic, and spectatorship perspectives. Focuses on art house cinema and discusses commercial African cinema Enlarges our understanding of African film to include thematic and aesthetic influence Highlights aesthetic and political aspects including racial identity, women’s issues, and diaspora Heavily illustrated with over 90 film...
A Companion to Russian Cinema provides an exhaustive and carefully organised guide to the cinema of pre-Revolutionary Russia, of the Soviet era, as well as post-Soviet Russian cinema, edited by one of the most established and knowledgeable scholars in Russian cinema studies. The most up-to-date and thorough coverage of Russian, Soviet and post-Soviet cinema, which also effectively fills gaps in the existing scholarship in the field This is the first volume on Russian cinema to explore...
Авторы книги – люди, чья жизнь тесно связана с кинематографом, поэтому дилемма, описанная словами «уйти нельзя остаться», для них и предмет профессионального интереса, и часть их собственного существования. Книга открывается 20 реальными историями, рассказанными известными и начинающими представителями творческих профессий в кино – режиссерами, сценаристами, продюсерами, редакторами, операторами, режиссерами монтажа и др. Все истории разные и весьма откровенные: о подводных камнях в...
Карл Фёдорович Вальц (1846-1929) – декоратор Московского Большого театра, прослуживший в нём шестьдесят пять лет. Выдающийся мастер, представитель старой школы театральных декораторов, Вальц являлся одновременно живописцем, машинистом, постановщиком сложных сценических эффектов. Первое издание книги воспоминаний К.Ф. Вальца увидело свет в 1928 году. Правдиво и интересно описывает мемуарист театральную жизнь Москвы второй половины XIX – начала XX века, рассказывает о постановках, антрепризах,...
Unraveling French Cinema provides a much needed introduction to the complexities of French film for students, cineastes, and the movie-loving public. Looks at the differences between French and American national cinema Explores how French directors shape their films around two potentially divergent goals: the narration of a story and an elaboration of some theory about film itself. Demystifies the «difficulty» of French cinema, allowing the American movie-goer to enjoy films that are too often...
A History of the American Musical narrates the evolution of the film musical genre, discussing its influences and how it has come to be defined; the first text on this subject for over two decades, it employs the very latest concepts and research. The most up-to-date text on the subject, with uniquely comprehensive coverage and employing the very latest concepts and research Surveys centuries of music history from the music and dance of Native Americans to contemporary music performance in...
Written in 1948, “The Royal Road to Card Magic” by Jean Hugard and Frederick Braué, is an important and classic beginner’s guide to over 100 different card tricks. Jean Hugard, born John Gerard Rodney Boyce in Queensland, Australia in 1872, began his professional career as a magician in 1896, eventually moving to America in 1915, where he worked in vaudeville and as a stage magician. He retired from performing professionally around 1930 and began a prolific and successful career writing books on...
Until fairly recently, only serial killers and lunatics had profiles. Yet today, almost everyone is profiled through social media, mobile phones, and a multitude of other methods. But where does the idea of “profiling” come from, how has it changed over time, and what are its implications? In this book, Andreas Bernard examines contemporary profiling’s roots in late-nineteenth-century criminology, psychology, and psychiatry. Data collection techniques previously used exclusively by police or...