Teach Yourself Accents - Europe
Teach Yourself Accents - Europe

Author: Robert Blumenfeld

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 2014-03-01

Total Pages: 141

ISBN-13: 0879108975

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(Limelight). The third volume in dialect coach Robert Blumenfeld's new series on accents, Teach Yourself Accents: Europe, A Handbook for Young Actors and Speakers covers the European accents most useful for the stage and screen: French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, and Yiddish. The most important features of each accent are detailed, enabling the actor to begin immediately to sound authentic, and Mr. Blumenfeld's unique approach makes the accents easily comprehensible. The incisive, succinct introduction to studying any accent is useful above and beyond the specific details of the accents covered here. The book provides a wealth of references to films where the reader can listen to authentic examples of the accents, and information as to what roles require the accents. There are extensive practice exercises, all included in the accompanying audio, as well as a selection of monologues and scenes. All of this makes the book not only a perfect guide for the young acting student but also an authoritative reference for more experienced actors and for speakers of all levels.

Film Studies: An Introduction: Teach Yourself
Film Studies: An Introduction: Teach Yourself

Author: Warren Buckland

Publisher: Teach Yourself

Published: 2015-07-30

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 1473608805

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An unpretentious guide for all those who want to learn to analyse, understand and evaluate films. Film Studies: An Introduction provides an overview of the key areas in film studies, including aesthetics, narrative, genre, documentary films and the secrets of film reviewing. From Hitchcock and Tarantino to Spielberg and Bigelow, you will gain a critical understanding of legendary directors and the techniques and skills that are used to achieve cinematic effects. Whether you are a film studies student or just a film buff wanting to know more, this book will give you an invaluable insight into the exciting and incredibly fast-moving world of film. Understand Film Studies includes: Chapter 1: Film aesthetics: formalism and realism Chapter 2: Film structure: narrative and narration Chapter 3: Film authorship: the director as auteur Chapter 4: Film genres: defining the typical film Chapter 5: The non-fiction film: five types of documentary Chapter 6: The reception of film: the art and profession of film viewing

Teaching Creative Writing
Teaching Creative Writing

Author: Graeme Harper

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2006-06-23

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 9780826477262

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Featuring a collection of twelve teaching-focused essays, this work includes an introduction to the subject of creative writing by Graeme Harper. Each chapter draws on key points about the nature of teaching and learning creative writing, and covers vario

Teaching Yourself Social Theory
Teaching Yourself Social Theory

Author: David Harris

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2002-12-13

Total Pages: 267

ISBN-13: 1849207143

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`Social theory is a very difficult subject to teach and it is one that students generally find hard to get to grips with. Teaching Yourself Social Theory offers a highly original and comprehensive resource that will be welcomed by students and teachers alike′ - Barry Smart, University of Portsmouth `I have no hesitation in recommending Harris′ text to students and teachers of social theory′ - Sociology This refreshing and accessible text demonstrates how social theory can be made into an intelligible discourse that touches upon key aspects of everyday life. The abstraction and formalism of much contemporary social theory is criticized as unnecessarily `scholastic′ for the beginner. The author maintains that the main problems in studying the subject are not intrinsic to social theory, but derive from how the subject is taught as a university discipline. This lively book uses non-specialist terms to introduce more complex themes, and incorporates a Website with questions and reading guides to some of the classic works.

Alfred's Teach Yourself to Play Mandolin
Alfred's Teach Yourself to Play Mandolin

Author: Dan Fox

Publisher: Alfred Music

Published: 2005-05-03

Total Pages: 75

ISBN-13: 1457408260

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Learn to play mandolin and open up a brand new world of musical knowledge with this exciting method from Alfred. Beginners of all ages can start their journey to a lifetime of musical enjoyment. Beginning with the fundamentals, you will learn about the history of the mandolin, its components, picks, how to tune it, and getting acquainted with standard musical notation. You will then move right along to playing different notes, scales, and songs, lesson by lesson, all while continuing to increase your ever-growing knowledge of reading and understanding standard musical notation. You will learn important mandolin techniques such as tremolo, cross picking, and more. Upon completion of the book, you will be able to play your favorite songs on the mandolin, know how to read music, and play with a musical group in many different styles, including folk, blues, country, and even pop. The book features the following resources for reference during and after your lessons: * Mandolin accompaniments * Mandolin chord dictionary * Mandolin fingering chart Be your own teacher, and let Alfred be your resource every step of the way.

Contemporary Film Theory
Contemporary Film Theory

Author: Antony Easthope

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-07-22

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 1317895673

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During the twentieth century, the medium of film has developed as a means of understanding the complexity of modern life. Since 1968, film theory has concentrated not so much on theme or content but on the deeper question of how the medium works on its viewer. Film theory has been profoundly influenced by the writings of such modern thinkers as Saussure, Freud, Lacan, Anthusser, Derrida and Kristeva. It combines modes of textual analysis relating to linguistics and semiology, a Marxist reading of ideology, and theories of subjectivity, the spectator and gender redefined by psychoanalysis. This judicious selection from key work by Stephen Heath, Fredric Jameson, Laura Mulvey, Mary Ann Doanne and others, represents some of the most important contemporary writing about film. It provides a consistent and developing analysis that will be of interest to students concerned with film and film studies, as well as students of cultural, media and communication studies.

Screen Teen Writers
Screen Teen Writers

Author: Christina Hamlett

Publisher: Christina Hamlett

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 1566080789

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Provides basics on screen writing, from what to write and the legalities to finding an agent and getting it on the screen.

Film and Television
Film and Television

Author: S. J. Stratford

Publisher: Infobase Publishing

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 0816075980

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Explains the steps to starting a career in the film and television industry, with suggestions on how to market and hone existing skills and advice on issues that face different age groups.

Cinema and Classical Texts
Cinema and Classical Texts

Author: Martin M. Winkler

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2009-02-12

Total Pages: 363

ISBN-13: 0521518601

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This book interprets films as visual texts and demonstrates the affinities between Greco-Roman literature and the cinema.