motion pictures

Eighth-grader Arthur Bean's life has taken a turn for the adventurous - two girlfriends to deal with, and a blockbuster film to co-write, produce and direct. How crazy can one school year get?.

Presents the Disney Junior Encyclopedia of Animated Characters along with facts and trivia about each one including Abu from "Aladdin," Bagheera from "The Jungle Book," Pluto, and Boo from "Monsters, Inc.".

What do people do in Hollywood? Readers pick from eight different scenarios and experience "next best thing to being there yourself" opportunities for interactive career exploration. Sidebars promote additional learning activities and independent reaserch Glossary of key words; Index.

Feline stunt cat Mr. Puffball and cat actor El Gato visit landmarks across America while attempting to make a spectacularly exciting film.

Contains profiles of the locations and sets that were used in the Harry Potter films, discussing how they were designed, built, furnished, and digitally enhanced.

Introduces filmmaking fans to Newt Scamander, Magizoologist, and the principal characters, locations, artifacts and beasts that he encounters in 1920s New York. Each section contains profiles of the key characters, with revealing insights from Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudol, Dan Fogler, Colin Farrell, and many others, together with sections on set design, costumes, make-up, special effects, art department & props (especially wands!), which are illuminated by interviews with David Heyman, David Yates, Stuart Craig, Colleen Atwood and a magical army of other crew.

Discusses the science behind movies, explaining turning sounds and images into digital signals and back again, tricking the brain into seeing things that do not exist, and other related topics.

A collection of illustrations that humorously depict the conflict between characters in well know movies.