Lights, Camera, Diwali!
Lights, Camera, Diwali!

Author: Amita Roy Shah

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2016-06-12

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9781530761401

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Light, Camera, Diwali! helps children gain a better understanding of Diwali, the Indian festivals of lights. Through this engaging story, children learn how Indian-American families celebrate Diwali in their homes. Dia receives a camera as a Diwali gift and uses it to capture her memories of this special day. She takes photos of her family decorating clay lamps, creating unique rangoli designs, preparing sweets called ladoos, setting off firecrackers and more! This captivating story also helps children learn why Diwali is celebrated. While Dia explores the rituals of Diwali with her camera, children learn about a Prince named Rama who was exiled into a forest for 14 years. After fighting off a demon, he is welcomed back into his city with a "row of lights." Children learn about how Diwali teaches us that light will overcome darkness and good will conquer evil.

LIGHTS CAMERA ACTION
LIGHTS CAMERA ACTION

Author: Adarsh Swaroop

Publisher: Blue Rose Publishers

Published: 2023-03-01

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13:

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Young Arman Bakshi falls in love with movies after his parents take him to see Hindi Film "Dacaiti" Armed with a camera, Arman starts to make his own films at home, much to the delight of his supportive mother.

It's Time for Holi!
It's Time for Holi!

Author: Amita Roy Shah

Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing

Published: 2011-02

Total Pages: 26

ISBN-13: 1608449432

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IT'S TIME FOR HOLI helps children gain an understanding of the Indian culture by learning more about Holi, the festival of colors. This story begins during the winter season, with a boy who is anxiously waiting for spring and the celebration of Holi to begin. When Holi day finally arrives, he can't wait to celebrate. He decides to use his colored powders-- before his family and friends arrive As he explores the different colored powders, he starts to relate the colors to what he sees happening in nature during springtime. Through his own exploration, he learns more about the significance of this colorful festival. It's Time for Holi won the Kids Are Readers Too (KART) award for memorable content that enhances the gift of learning. A review of this book was published in the Journal Worlds of Words (Volume III, Issue 3) for highlighting issues of cultural authenticity. It's Time for Holi was featured at the Children's Museum in Atlanta and was recommended by the San Francisco radio station KALW 91.7. Furthermore, this book has been integrated into the curricula of many schools in the U.S. and abroad under interdisciplinary units of "Mother Nature," "Changing Seasons," or "Multicultural Celebrations." Dr. Amita Roy Shah enjoys teaching children about South Asian American cultures. She has spent her career in multicultural education and curriculum development. Currently, she is a professor at San Jose State University and serves as a consultant for various educational publishing firms.

Lights Camera War!
Lights Camera War!

Author: Rammesh

Publisher: Notion Press

Published: 2021-05-14

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 1636335039

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Lights Camera WAR! looks at 50 Indian war films from 1950 to 2020 across various Indian languages and examines their balance between entertainment and history. It looks at factors such as the real history behind the plots; the equipment and uniforms depicted; the use of music in the context and setting or, as often in Indian films, as a narrative device in the nautanki tradition, or for temporary relief; and the use of “filmy” coincidences, and other plot devices. The author’s sometimes surprising view is that some Indian war films classified as “flops” deserved more respect, at least in that they have been authentic in the depiction of history while some “hits” leave much to be desired. There are also comparisons with Hollywood and the West, where war films form a distinct genre. Some Indian war films, including major hits, are clearly “inspired” by such Hollywood films, and what they lose (or gain) in transplanting to the Indian screen is also discussed. The book also includes small historical capsules for comparison with the on-screen action, to illustrate how far the Indian war film accurately presents the history, serves as ‘masala’ entertainment, or manages a balance between them.

Lights! Camera! Alice!
Lights! Camera! Alice!

Author: Mara Rockliff

Publisher: Chronicle Books

Published: 2018-09-11

Total Pages: 61

ISBN-13: 1452146098

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Meet Alice Guy-Blaché. She made movies—some of the very first movies, and some of the most exciting! Blow up a pirate ship? Why not? Crawl into a tiger's cage? Of course! Leap off a bridge onto a real speeding train? It will be easy! Driven by her passion for storytelling, Alice saw a potential for film that others had not seen before, allowing her to develop new narratives, new camera angles, new techniques, and to surprise her audiences again and again. With daring and vision, Alice Guy-Blaché introduced the world to a thrilling frontier of imagination and adventure, and became one of filmmaking's first and greatest innovators. Mara Rockliff tells the story of a girl who grew up loving stories and became an acclaimed storyteller and an inspiration in her own right.

Celebrate Diwali
Celebrate Diwali

Author: Deborah Heiligman

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9781426302916

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This book takes a look at the Indian celebration of Divali(Diwali).

Diwali the Magical Diyas
Diwali the Magical Diyas

Author: Anitha Rathod

Publisher:

Published: 2019-07-30

Total Pages: 38

ISBN-13: 9781086343830

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This Diwali, Jay and Tina make 101 clay diyas and cannot wait to light them all. Diwali is only a day away and the diyas are taking their own sweet time to dry up. Will they be ready in time? Will Jay and Tina celebrate the festival with the bright lights of their diyas?Learn the legend behind the most celebrated festival in India and understand the rituals and traditions associated with Diwali. The book brings you a magical story and the mythological significance of Diwali celebration. Come, let's celebrate Diwali with Jay and Tina as they prepare and look forward to celebrating this special day with their family.

Lights, Camera, Masala
Lights, Camera, Masala

Author: Sheena Sippy

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13:

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"Lights, Camera, Masala is a celebration of contemporary Hindi cinema - popularly known as Bollywood. The book documents the process of making a typical commercial Hindi film through the adventures of a pair of fictitious characters called Vijay and Ravi as they endeavor to make a Bollywood film of their own. Photographs capture the grandeur, grit and madness that is Bollywood."--BOOK JACKET.

The 'I' of the Camera
The 'I' of the Camera

Author: William Rothman

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 428

ISBN-13: 9780521527248

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Originally published in 1988, The I of the Camera has become a classic in the literature of film. Offering alternatives to the viewing and criticism of film, William Rothman challenges readers to think about film in adventurous ways that are more open to movies and our experience of them. In a series of eloquent essays examining particular films, filmmakers, genres and movements, and the Americanness of American film, Rothman argues compellingly that movies have inherited the philosophical perspective of American transcendentalism. This second edition contains all of the essays that made the book a benchmark of film criticism. It also includes fourteen essays, written subsequent to the book s original publication, as well as a new foreword. The new chapters further broaden the scope of the volume, fleshing out its vision of film history and illuminating the author s critical method and the philosophical perspective that informs it.