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Publisher
FiGa Films
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (22 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A “quasi-musical” approach on contemporary urban life that reflects Brazilian society and many others throughout the world. This documentary describes at the same time a place, a neighborhood, a city and a country. The real place, Boa Viagem – Recife, Pernambuco 51111-260, Brazil, encompasses all of the Brazilian way of life, highlighting a reality that is before us but often goes unnoticed.
Publisher
Artless Media
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (27 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The Acetate Diary Series encompasses four collaborative films made in the wake of a serious car collision. The films, which include Blood on the Window, Broken Jaw, On Surgery, and Acetate Diary (which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival) are simultaneously documents of trauma and stunning self-portraits. By exploring abstraction, these films work to express the complex and often obtuse mental and physical ramifications of bodily trauma.
Publisher
Filmmakers Showcase
Pub. Date
1900.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (153 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
THE MECHANIZED EYE is part of the film retrospective UNSEEN CINEMA that explores long-forgotten American experimental cinema.. 17 films by featured directors: Frederick Armitage, Artkino, G.W. “Billy” Bitzer, Paul Burnford, Russell Collins, Emlen Etting, Walker Evans, Jerome Hill, Elia Kazan, Elman Koolish, Irving Lerner, Jean Michelson, NYKino, M.G. MacPherson, Henwar Rodakiewicz, Ralph Steiner, Molly Day Thatcher, A.E. Weed, James White.. The...
Publisher
Kathy Brew
Pub. Date
1990.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (20 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
An experimental video collage that incorporates found footage, performance, interviews with young girls, documentary, animation, images from advertising and television, and a dream narrative in a work that examines gender-stereotyping in popular culture, concluding with a post-modern version of the Pandora myth..
Publisher
Filmmakers Showcase
Pub. Date
1899.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (139 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
PICTURING A METROPOLIS is part of the film retrospective UNSEEN CINEMA that explores long-forgotten American experimental cinema.. Since the beginning of cinema, filmmakers have been infatuated with capturing on film dynamic images of New York City. Avant-garde experiments pop up in the most unlikely of places including turn of the 20th century actualities, and commercial and radical newsreels. City symphonies are represented by the landmark American...
Publisher
Filmmakers Showcase
Pub. Date
1894.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (148 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
VIVA LA DANCE is part of the film retrospective UNSEEN CINEMA that explores long-forgotten American experimental cinema.. Dance and film have shared the aspiration to creatively sculpt motion and time. Some of the first films ever made featured Annabelle’s skirt dance, hand-painted in glowing colors. Isadora Duncan and Ruth St. Denis’ innovations found their way into Diana the Huntress (1916) and Soul of the Cypress (1920). Highly cinematic renditions...
Author
Publisher
Amherst Media, Incorporated
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
Second edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (128 pages)
Language
English
Description
"Updated to include timely tips for navigating popular social networking sites and other internet marketing opportunities, this guide to running a successful portrait studio goes beyond the initial components of a photography business and focuses on successful customer service, networking, diversification, and business management strategies. From setting goals for a business to creating an elegant studio atmosphere that impresses clients while respecting...
Author
Publisher
Amherst Media, Incorporated
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
Second edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (160 pages)
Language
English
Description
"A profitable, efficient senior portrait studio is made possible with the help of the invaluable information in this book. Whether revving up a slow studio, branching into the teen and senior market, or capitalizing on building a profitable studio from the bottom up, photographers will find all the how-to details in this updated edition. Pricing strategies to ensure the business can stay afloat even during slow times, how to craft successful marketing...
Author
Publisher
Amherst Media, Incorporated
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
Second edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (144 pages)
Language
English
Description
"From creating a strong internet presence and high-quality, eye-catching mailers to ensuring happy customers and promoting word-of-mouth referrals, this indispensable handbook details the multitudinous ways wedding and portrait photographers can supercharge their marketing efforts to bring in more clients and better profits. Containing a step-by-step guide to the power marketing method-a systematic, proactive approach that takes advantage of the best...
Author
Publisher
Amherst Media, Incorporated
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (128 pages)
Language
English
Description
"Targeting new and experienced commercial photographers alike, this invaluable guide explores the different aspects and challenges of succeeding in the industry. Approaching the subject systematically, the topics begin with determining what kind of commercial photography to pursue and how to get the training needed to carve out a niche in the market. Continuing to delve further, the topics expand to marketing techniques, negotiation skills, estimating...
Author
Publisher
Amherst Media, Incorporated
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (128 pages)
Language
English
Description
"Going beyond how to capture memorable family photos, this examination spotlights the special touches and relationship-building skills that turn subjects from clients into friends. The author's signature techniques for generating repeat business are shared, revealing how to remain a family's constant photographer for years-from maternity portraits and baby photos to wedding images and senior snapshots. Specific suggestions are featured, including...
Author
Publisher
Amherst Media, Incorporated
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (128 pages)
Language
English
Description
"With do-it-yourself projects and inspiring and instructional images, this comprehensive resource teaches photographers the tricks of the trade for creating a thriving business without breaking the bank. Drawing on the first-hand experiences of established professionals, this reference discusses opening a photography studio from the ground up, what equipment to purchase, how to make the most of marketing, and how to streamline production efforts....
Author
Publisher
Amherst Media, Incorporated
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (128 pages)
Language
English
Description
"Spotlighting a unique service that provides a competitive edge to any professional photographer, this thorough handbook teaches all of the essential skills for creating glamorous portraits. Stressing the importance of facilitating a stronger, healthier sense of self-admiration, tips are provided for emphasizing the subject's desirable features and downplaying perceived flaws. Offering breakthrough techniques for applying highlight and shadow, corrective...
Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Here, by popular demand, is the updated edition to Joel Best's classic guide to understanding how numbers can confuse us. In his new afterword, Best uses examples from recent policy debates to reflect on the challenges to improving statistical literacy. Since its publication ten years ago, Damned Lies and Statistics has emerged as the go-to handbook for spotting bad statistics and learning to think critically about these influential numbers."--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Updated to include 50 additional grooves, this encyclopedic book and two-CD set contains more than 450 musical examples in standard notation, showing grooves and practical variations. Overviews of the history and development of almost all popular music styles are covered alongside innumerable helpful performance tips. The two accompanying CDs feature performances of nearly 200 of the grooves, including every primary style example, all performed both...
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