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"This new book provides a foundation in the techniques of sound design production for the interactive arts. Coverage ranges from basic acoustics and digital audio theory to creating, mixing, and implementing sound and music in such interactive spaces as Web sites, games, and virtual worlds. Readers are introduced to the essentials of recording and reproduction, the key strategies for successful sound design, and the musical and psychological aspects...
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Got an ear for audio but want to know more about how it all works? Audio Demystified gives you sound information on what makes audio-frequency (AF) electronics technologies hum. You'll start with an overview of basic electronics and mathematical concepts, followed by details on speakers, microphones, amplifiers, and equalizers. The book goes on to cover recording methods, home and car audio systems, amplifier design, and live sound reinforcement....
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Glenn Gould was one of the most innovative and prophetic musical thinkers of the twentieth century. Few musicians of his time have had as much influence on the way people think about the art of music, its purpose, its effects, its practitioners, its audiences. Glenn Gould, Music and mind was the first, and for many years the only, study of Gould's work. It is about Gould as a musical thinker, Gould as a literary artist, Gould as a glorious misfit....
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Stephanie Campbell (MFA, Acting/Directing, University of Arizona) is an international mask methods specialist and a theater professor at Montana State University. Ms. Campbell conducts mask workshops worldwide and offers an easily understood process of character creation for use in your own classes. Using character masks representing an entire range of emotions, participants can learn to more fully develop their ability to make and "allow" intuitive...
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Nationally syndicated film critic Roger Ebert takes students from rushes to the final cut of a dramatic bank robbery scene. Ebert's commentary provides insights into basic editing techniques such as matching action, parallel editing, and continuity, as well as the effects of camera angles, point of view, and reaction shots. The film concludes with two edited versions, illustrating the widely different approaches an editor might take in assembling...
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Imagine a world without the power to capture or transmit sound. Journey with Johnson to the Arcy sur Cure caves in northern France, where he finds the first traces of the desire to record sound - 10,000 years ago. He also learns about the difference that radio made in the civil rights movement and discovers that telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell thought that the best use for his invention was long-distance jam sessions. During an ultrasound...
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This informative program exposes areas of narrative-writing that most frequently pose challenges for beginners, providing tips and techniques for authoring a good read. Viewers learn how to create well-rounded characters, complete with motivations and character flaws; techniques for establishing tone and mood; and how to capture attention starting on page one. The video also covers writing realistic dialogue, developing a good plot line, building...
16) Richard Donner
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Released in 1978, Superman: The Movie became the archetype of the modern superhero film. It also established Richard Donner as a master of the action-adventure genre, propelling him on to a career that includes the Lethal Weapon franchise as well as Maverick, Conspiracy Theory, and Sixteen Blocks. In this program, Donner reflects on his accomplishments and shares what he has learned about working in Hollywood. He describes the challenges and rewards...
19) Budget Overview
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Film budgeting expert Diane Cornell reviews a horror film budget line by line, covering: above the line and costs, production below-the-line costs, cost reporting, and variance reports.
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