production and direction

Type: 
Topical Term
Subfield: 
x
Alias: 
production and direction

Dog Squad

2022
"Fred, a scrappy and lovable dog, gets cast as a stand-in for the lead role in Dog Squad, a show about crime-fighting dogs, and he soon finds out the action doesn't always stop on screen"--Provided by publisher.

Musicals, the definitive illustrated story

2021
Discusses the history of the musical including "The Phantom of the Opera," "The Sound of Music," "Les Mis?rables," and "Hamilton.".

Road of bones

2022
"Siberia's Kolyma Highway is 1200 miles of gravel packed permafrost within driving distance of the Arctic Circle. A narrow path where drivers face such challenging conditions as icy surfaces, limited visibility, and an average temperature of sixty degrees below zero, fatal car accidents are common. But motorists are not the only victims of the highway . . . Hundreds of thousands of people worked to death and left where their bodies fell, consumed by the frozen elements and plowed beneath the permafrost road. Fascinated by the history, documentary producer Felix "Teig" Teigland is in Russia to drive the highway, envisioning a new series . . . Only, when Teig and his team reach their destination, they find an abandoned town, save one catatonic nine-year-old girl--and a pack of predatory wolves . . . Pursued by the otherworldly beasts, Teig's companions confront even more uncanny and inexplicable phenomena along the Road of Bones, as if the ghosts of Stalin's victims were haunting them"--Publisher.

Hook, line, and sinker

a novel
King crab fisherman Fox Thornton has a reputation as a carefree flirt, and that's exactly how he prefers it. Until he meets Hannah Bellinger. She's immune to his charm and looks, but she seems to enjoy his ... personality? And wants to be friends? Bizarre. But he likes her too much to risk a fling, so platonic pals it is. Or is it?.

A Million Views

Brewster Gaines loves making videos to post on YouTube, and his one goal in life is to make a video that gets a million views. He asks charismatic new kid Carly to star in a ten-second video, but things soon get out of hand when Carly's intimidating friend Rosa joins them. Brewster soon finds himself joining forces with four other young artists to produce a trailer for an epic fantasy film. As the kids try to finish the trailer on time, Brewster learns some important lessons about friendship, family, and going viral.

J.D. and the family business

"Eight-year-old kid barber J.D. joins forces with his sister, who has beauty shop dreams, to find stardom online"--.

From the films of Harry Potter

an illustrated guide
Presents an illustrated guide to Diagon Alley from the Harry Potter films.

Augmented reality

Tom Swift Inventors' Academy is hosting an Invention Olympics, but Tom suspects that the crew filming a new reality show about the academy may be planning something nefarious.

Lights, camera, danger!

Buddy Burger escapes his home planet, lands in Hollywood, and is cast in a new television series, but must pretend his six eyes and suction-cup feet are the costume and his human skin is real.

Becoming a film producer

"At the center of every successful film is a producer. Producers bring films to life by orchestrating the major players--screenwriters, directors, talent, distributors, financiers--to create movie magic. . . . author and journalist Boris Kachka shadows award-winning producers Fred Berger and Michael London and emerging producer Siena Oberman as movies are pitched, financed, developed, shot, and released. Fly between Los Angeles and New York, with a stop in Utah at the Sundance Film Festival, for a candid look at this high-stakes profession. Learn how the industry has changed over the decades--from the heyday of studios to the reign of streaming platforms"--Dust jacket.

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - production and direction