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Profiles film careers, with information on work settings, job outlook, education and training, skill requirements, earnings, and advancement opportunities.
Who Wrote That Movie?
Before the director or actors can work their magic onscreen a writer, often working alone, faces the blank page and must be the first to create the magic. Yet the writer is usually ignored by critics eager to give credit to the director or sometimes an actor. Not only that, the original vision of the screenwriter rarely makes it to the screen intact-Imagine if your favorite movie could have even been better had that image-conscious actress not demanded changes to the script? The screenplays and movies discussed include: A Beautiful Mind Adaptation Almost Famous Ararat Black Hawk Down Blade 2 Cast Away Catch Me if You Can City by the Sea The Cell Dancer in the Dark Far From Heaven Frailty The Gift Gladiator John Q. Insomnia In the Bedroom Memento MIB2 Minority Report Monster's Ball Ocean's Eleven Panic Room Pay it Forward Pearl Harbor Proof of Life Road to Perdition Signs Spy Game We Were Soldiers Windtalkers Traffic Unbreakable
Future Imperfect
Examines the first eight cinematic adaptations of Dick's fiction in light of their literary sources.
The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock: An Anatomy of the Master of Suspense
Winner of the 2022 Edgar Award for Best Biography An Economist Best Book of 2021 A fresh, innovative biography of the twentieth century’s most iconic filmmaker. In The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock, Edward White explores the Hitchcock phenomenon—what defines it, how it was invented, what it reveals about the man at its core, and how its legacy continues to shape our cultural world. The book’s twelve chapters illuminate different aspects of Hitchcock’s life and work: “The Boy Who Couldn’t Grow Up”; “The Murderer”; “The Auteur”; “The Womanizer”; “The Fat Man”; “The Dandy”; “The Family Man”; “The Voyeur”; “The Entertainer”; “The Pioneer”; “...
Make a Real Living as a Freelance Writer
Step-by-step instructions on how writers can earn top dollar writing for magazines are provided in this book. Secrets are revealed about what the high-paying magazines really want, how to build relationships with editors, how to ascertain which sections of a magazine are open to freelancers, what kinds of stories are in demand, what to do if a deadbeat publisher doesn’t pay up, how to market reprints, and how to become an expert in one’s chosen writing field. Basic terms like query, clips, and source sheet are defined for beginning writers, and tips on everything from coming up with an idea to pitching a syndicated column are also included. Writers learn about the little-known sources top freelancers use to find new stories and experts. In addition, they learn how to get their first paying assignments even if they have no prior clips, how to negotiate for better pay, how to find high-paying magazines that aren’t swamped with queries, and how to worm their way into editors’ inboxes even if their e-mail addresses aren’t publicized.
Cele douasprezece vieti ale lui Alfred Hitchcock
Titlu desemnat de Economist drept cea mai buna carte din 2021. Volum finalist al Premiului Edgar 2022 pentru cea mai buna biografie. Biografia celui mai iconic regizor al secolului XX, Cele douasprezece vieti ale lui Alfred Hitchcock: O anatomie a maestrului suspansului, exploreaza fenomenul Hitchcock - ce il defineste, cum a fost inventat, ce dezvaluie despre omul din nucleul sau si modul in care mostenirea sa continua sa modeleze lumea noastra culturala. Potrivit Book Marks, Cele douasprezece vieti ale lui Alfred Hitchcock: O anatomie a maestrului suspansului a avut in 2021 opt recenzii "pozitive", doua recenzii "elogioase" si doua recenzii "mixte". Aceasta carte prezinta douasprezece dint...
