motion picture industry

Describes the technical innovation behind 3-D animation focusing on its Pixar founder Ed Catmull and partner Steve Jobs. Also includes information on animator John Lasseter who transformed animation into an art form. Contains interview material with dozens of those working within the field.

Rosie's dad moves the family to Los Angeles where he plans to go into the business of filming Westerns, but things start to go wrong when Rosie causes an accident that disables their trick rider, and the rider's son Zach, a thoroughly irritating boy, comes to take his father's place.

Feeling alienated from everyone around her, Los Angeles high school senior and cinephile Victoria Jurgen hides behind the identity of a favorite movie character until an interesting new boy arrives at school and helps her realize that there is more to life than just the movies.

A California mansion is shrouded in mystery, its residents haunted by secret anguish. Flash back to 1929 Hollywood during a tumultuous time that shatters the lives of hard-drinking Pauline Sloane, silent-screen heroine, John Doyle, a young and angry cameraman, fired from his job and newly employed as Pauline's chauffeur, and Julia Nons, the chef, Marta Escobar, the housekeeper, and Robbie Morgan, Pauline's agent.

Provides information about the film industry, featuring descriptions of various career paths, and offering advice on what students can do to learn more about the field and prepare for a career.

Describes careers in the field of animation, discussing job duties and requirements, work environment and potential employment situations, salary, advancement, future outlook, and additional sources of information.

Sinclair portrays the oil industry of the 1920s through the eyes of Bunny, the son of a genial independent oil developer.

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