motion pictures

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Movie magic

1995
Describes how movies are made, examining such areas as camera work, production design, location shooting, special effects, and animation.

Action!

making movies
2013
Text and illustrations look at how children can learn about making movies.

Horse capades

1997
The Saddle Club members are suspicious when practical joker Stevie Lake asks them to star in a movie she is shooting for school entitled "Cinderella on Horseback," and their plans for retaliation have a ripple effect that touches everyone at Pine Hollow Stables.

King Kong

1983
A young film actress on location on a remote jungle island is chosen by the natives to be the bride of their giant gorilla god Kong.

Guinness film facts and feats

1985
Contains "firsts", records, oddities, remarkable achievements, historical landmarks and extravagances of the motion picture industry during the 90 years of its history.

The luck of Texas McCoy

1984
Sixteen-year-old Texas, in order to keep the ranch left to her by her grandfather, sells some acreage to a movie company as a location for western films, and finds herself becoming involved with a young actor.

Directing the story

professional storytelling and storyboarding techniques for live action and animation
2009

So you want to work in set design, costuming, or make-up?

2008
Describes careers in film and television, looking at the work done by members of the art direction team, including production and costume designers, and makeup and hair artists.

The great movies II

2005
A collection of one hundred essays, drawn from film critic Roger Ebert's column "The Great Movies, " in which he presents his critical appreciation of movies he judges to be among the best of all time.

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