Author : Paul Stadelman
Publisher : Piccadilly Books, Ltd.
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 38,5 MB
Release : 2003-08
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780941599061
How to talk to your hand without looking stupid.
Author : Edgar Bergen
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 31,6 MB
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780486410869
Easy-to-follow guide offers expert advice from an internationally renowned performer. Helpful tips on "near" ventriloquism, the doll dummy, hand puppets, shadowgraphs and cardboard dummies, staging and entertainment, "distant" ventriloquism, more. 48 illustrations.
Author : Frederic Maccabe
Publisher :
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 14,58 MB
Release : 1875
Category : Ventriloquism
ISBN :
Author : Kolby King
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 29,43 MB
Release : 1997-06-17
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780486296838
How to speak without lip movement, develop dialogue and special effects, use props, plan a show, and much more. Indispensable for the absolute beginner.
Author : Jon Padgett
Publisher :
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 39,87 MB
Release : 2016-10-17
Category :
ISBN : 9780692799642
With themes reminiscent of Shirley Jackson, Thomas Ligotti, and Bruno Shulz, but with a strikingly unique vision, Jon Padgett's The Secret of Ventriloquism heralds the arrival of a significant new literary talent. Padgett's work explores the mystery of human suffering, the agony of personal existence, and the ghastly means by which someone might achieve salvation from both. A bullied child who seeks vengeance within a bed's hollow box spring; a lucid dreamer haunted by an impossible house; a dummy that reveals its own anatomy in 20 simple steps; a stuttering librarian who holds the key to a mill town's unspeakable secrets; a commuter whose worldview is shattered by two words printed on a cardboard sign; an aspiring ventriloquist who spends a little too much time looking at himself in a mirror. And the presence that speaks through them all.
Author : George Schindler
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 12,22 MB
Release : 2011-01-20
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 0486477606
One of the world's most famous magicomedians and ventriloquists discusses every aspect of his art, revealing a wealth of insider's tricks. Schindler shows how to cultivate a variety of voices and offers helpful suggestions for putting an act together, developing comedy material and scripts, and handling bookings and publicity. 38 figures and photos.
Author : Paul Winchell
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 27,56 MB
Release : 2013-04-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1447493680
This early work is a fascinating read for entertainment enthusiasts. Thoroughly recommended for the bookshelf of the amateur or professional ventriloquist it contains a wealth of information that is still useful and practical today. Contents Include: So You Want To Be a Ventriloquist, From Witchcraft to Music Halls, The Voice-The Beginning of Ventriloquism, How To Build a Dummy-Part 1, How To Build a Dummy-Part 2, Mechanism for Realism-Part 1, Moving Mouth, Mechanism for Realism-Part 2, Moving Eyes, Painting the Dummy and Building the Body, Synchronization and Manipulation, Additional Manipulation, Character, Costume and Conversation, Routines and Sketches, Just for Fun, For Profit, and A Few Conclusions. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Author : Taylor Mason
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 25,39 MB
Release : 2010-05-04
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1101197773
The art of "bellyspeaking" isn't for dummies The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Ventriloquism teaches everyone to speak from their bellies, create and substitute sounds, use all the registers of their voice, and create diversions to attract the listener's ear—whether they invest in a fancy puppet or create their own figure out of a sweat sock. • Includes tips for making, manipulating, and talking with their dummy and for it—both at the same time • Advice for getting an act together and taking it on the road-getting gigs, getting paid, and how to improve performances • How to write dialogue and jokes and rehearsal techniques
Author : Jeff Dunham
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 11,13 MB
Release : 2011-09-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0451234693
"The most popular standup comic in the U.S." --Time Whether he's breathing life into Walter, an old curmudgeon; Peanut, an over-caffeinated purple maniac; or Achmed, a screaming, skeletal, dead terrorist, comedian and ventriloquist Jeff Dunham is the straight man to some of the wildest, funniest partners in show business. All By My Selves is the story of one pretty ordinary guy, one interesting hobby, one very understanding set of parents, and a long and winding road to becoming America's favorite comedian. With wit, honesty, and lots of great show business detail, Dunham shares all the major moments in his journey to worldwide fame and success.
Author : Michael S. A. Graziano
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 27,88 MB
Release : 2013-08-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0199928657
What is consciousness and how can a brain, a mere collection of neurons, create it? In Consciousness and the Social Brain, Princeton neuroscientist Michael Graziano lays out an audacious new theory to account for the deepest mystery of them all. The human brain has evolved a complex circuitry that allows it to be socially intelligent. This social machinery has only just begun to be studied in detail. One function of this circuitry is to attribute awareness to others: to compute that person Y is aware of thing X. In Graziano's theory, the machinery that attributes awareness to others also attributes it to oneself. Damage that machinery and you disrupt your own awareness. Graziano discusses the science, the evidence, the philosophy, and the surprising implications of this new theory.
