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Special Makeup Effects for Stage and Screen

Author : Todd Debreceni

Publisher : Taylor & Francis

Page : 530 pages

File Size : 47,31 MB

Release : 2013

Category : Performing Arts

ISBN : 024081696X

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Transforming an actor into a character for film or theater takes a great deal of skill, prowess, and creativity, and in this new edition, author Todd Debreceni empowers you with just those qualities. From his years of film, TV, and theatrical experience, he shows you tips and techniques that will have you applying your own makeup effects like a pro in no time. Along with walking you through genre-specific considerations (horror, fantasy, sci-fi, and so on) Todd also teaches you about the gear you will need, how to maintain your kit, how to take care of the actor's skin, how to airbrush properly when HD is involved, and so much more. Learn how to sculpt and mold your own makeup prosthetics, with a focus on how human anatomy relates to sculpture, to create the most realistic effects. Recipes scattered throughout the book show you exactly what you need and how to use it, helping you to create the best SFX makeup applications. Case studies feature some of the world's top makeup effects artists including Steve Wang, Thom Flouts, Ve Neill, Neill Gorton, Greg Nicotero, Kazuhiro Tsuji, Jordu Schell, Howard Berger, Matthew Mungle, Christien Tinsely, Vittorio Sodano, and Tami Lane. Put your new techniques into practice right away and see how some of the looks from the book were achieved with the step-by-step tutorials on the companion website, www.focalpress.com/cw/debreceni. New to this edition: * Animatronics * Specialty contact lenses * Collapsible core molds * Contoured or conforming molds * Making resin and silicone eyes * Even MORE information about silicone rld's top makeup effects artists including Steve Wang, Thom Flouts, Ve Neill, Neill Gorton, Greg Nicotero, Kazuhiro Tsuji, Jordu Schell, Howard Berger, Matthew Mungle, Christien Tinsely, Vittorio Sodano, and Tami Lane. Put your new techniques into practice right away and see how some of the looks from the book were achieved with the step-by-step tutorials on the companion website, www.focalpress.com/cw/debreceni. New to this edition: * Animatronics * Specialty contact lenses * Collapsible core molds * Contoured or conforming molds * Making resin and silicone eyes * Even MORE information about silicone



Performance Affects

Author : J. Thompson

Publisher : Springer

Page : 211 pages

File Size : 21,57 MB

Release : 2009-04-28

Category : Performing Arts

ISBN : 0230242421

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Performance Affects explores performance projects in disaster and war zones to argue that joy, beauty and celebration should be the inspiration for the politics of community-based or participatory performance practice, seeking to realign the field of Applied Theatre away from effects towards an affective role, connected to sensations of pleasure.



The Sound of Theatre

Author : David Collison

Publisher :

Page : 280 pages

File Size : 19,81 MB

Release : 2008

Category : Theaters

ISBN : 9780955703515

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An Introduction to Technical Theatre

Author : Tal Sanders

Publisher : Pacific University

Page : 120 pages

File Size : 23,5 MB

Release : 2018-09

Category : Arts

ISBN : 9781945398872

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"An Introduction to Technical Theatre draws on the author's experience in both the theatre and the classroom over the last 30 years. Intended as a resource for both secondary and post-secondary theatre courses, this text provides a comprehensive overview of technical theatre, including terminology and general practices. Introduction to Technical Theatre's accessible format is ideal for students at all levels, including those studying technical theatre as an elective part of their education. The text's modular format is also intended to assist teachers approach the subject at their own pace and structure, a necessity for those who may regularly rearrange their syllabi around productions and space scheduling" -- From publisher website.



The Prop Effects Guidebook

Author : Eric Hart

Publisher : Taylor & Francis

Page : 526 pages

File Size : 27,40 MB

Release : 2017-12-06

Category : Performing Arts

ISBN : 1351395483

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In The Prop Building Guidebook, author Eric Hart demonstrated how to cut, glue, sculpt, and bend raw materials to build props. Now in The Prop Effects Guidebook, he shows us how to connect and assemble components and parts to make those props light up, explode, make noise, and bleed. It delves into the world of electricity, pneumatics, liquids, and mechanical effects to teach you how to make your props perform magic in front of a live audience. The book is complemented by a companion website featuring videos of how to create individual prop special effects: www.propeffectsguidebook.com.



Alienation Effects

Author : Branislav Jakovljevic

Publisher : University of Michigan Press

Page : 383 pages

File Size : 25,18 MB

Release : 2016-06-13

Category : Art

ISBN : 0472053140

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Examines the interplay of artistic, political, and economic performance in the former Yugoslavia and reveals their inseparability



Theatre Sound

Author : John A. Leonard

Publisher : Psychology Press

Page : 212 pages

File Size : 33,74 MB

Release : 2001

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 9780878301164

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First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.



Renaissance Fun

Author : Philip Steadman

Publisher : UCL Press

Page : 418 pages

File Size : 26,84 MB

Release : 2021-04-13

Category : Art

ISBN : 1787359158

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Renaissance Fun is about the technology of Renaissance entertainments in stage machinery and theatrical special effects; in gardens and fountains; and in the automata and self-playing musical instruments that were installed in garden grottoes. How did the machines behind these shows work? How exactly were chariots filled with singers let down onto the stage? How were flaming dragons made to fly across the sky? How were seas created on stage? How did mechanical birds imitate real birdsong? What was ‘artificial music’, three centuries before Edison and the phonograph? How could pipe organs be driven and made to play themselves by waterpower alone? And who were the architects, engineers, and craftsmen who created these wonders? All these questions are answered. At the end of the book we visit the lost ‘garden of marvels’ at Pratolino with its many grottoes, automata and water jokes; and we attend the performance of Mercury and Mars in Parma in 1628, with its spectacular stage effects and its music by Claudio Monteverdi – one of the places where opera was born. Renaissance Fun is offered as an entertainment in itself. But behind the show is a more serious scholarly argument, centred on the enormous influence of two ancient writers on these subjects, Vitruvius and Hero. Vitruvius’s Ten Books on Architecture were widely studied by Renaissance theatre designers. Hero of Alexandria wrote the Pneumatics, a collection of designs for surprising and entertaining devices that were the models for sixteenth and seventeenth century automata. A second book by Hero On Automata-Making – much less well known, then and now – describes two miniature theatres that presented plays without human intervention. One of these, it is argued, provided the model for the type of proscenium theatre introduced from the mid-sixteenth century, the generic design which is still built today. As the influence of Vitruvius waned, the influence of Hero grew.



Visual Intelligence

Author : Donald D Hoffman

Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company

Page : 324 pages

File Size : 49,92 MB

Release : 2000-02-22

Category : Medical

ISBN : 9780393319675

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Book Description

In an informal style replete with illustrations, Hoffman presents the compelling scientific evidence for vision's constructive powers unveiling a grammar of vision--a set of rules that govern our perception of line, color, form, depth, and motion. 150 illustrations, 20 in color.



Sound and Music for the Theatre

Author : Deena Kaye

Publisher : Taylor & Francis

Page : 428 pages

File Size : 13,87 MB

Release : 2015-09-25

Category : Performing Arts

ISBN : 1317690583

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Covering every phase of a theatrical production, this fourth edition of Sound and Music for the Theatre traces the process of sound design from initial concept through implementation in actual performances. The book discusses the early evolution of sound design and how it supports the play, from researching sources for music and effects, to negotiating a contract. It shows you how to organize the construction of the sound design elements, how the designer functions in a rehearsal, and how to set up and train an operator to run sound equipment. This instructive information is interspersed with ‘war stores’ describing real-life problems with solutions that you can apply in your own work, whether you’re a sound designer, composer, or sound operator.