motion pictures

"Every great filmmaker has role models and films which inspired him or her to greater and greater heights. Here, for the first time, is a guide that takes you into the inner workings of classic scenes, revealing the aspects that make them great and the reasons they have served as inspirations. An invaluable resource for screenwriter, cinematographer, actor, director, and editor, Richard Pepperman's book uses examples from six decades of international films to illustrate what happens when story, character, dialogue, text, subtext, and set-ups come together to create cinematic magic. With more than 400 selected movie frames in a wide-screen format, this book can help you emulate the masters and achieve your dreams."--BOOK JACKET.

Contains over 7,000 entries on directors, producers, stars, screenwriters and cinematographers; studios and film centers; styles, genres and schools; organizations and events, and; industry jargon and technical terms.

Third grader Annie Pitts is excited about getting the part of the swamp monster in a high school student's low-budget horror movie, until she finds out how much hard work is involved.

Filled with movie stills, studio portraits, behind-the-scenes photographs, and classic posters, this book presents a journey through one hundred years of cinema history and films, analyzing events as they happen, in accessible journalistic style.

A bunch of literate cows go on strike after Farmer Brown refuses to give in to their typed demands of electric blankets when the barn gets too cold.

By exploring archival films, photographs and actual drawings and materials, students will learn of Thomas Edison and his inventions of electric lighting, phonograph, and movie camera, but also establishing the first true research lab, an invention factory!.