“…The updated third edition of this popular book offers a clear and detailed overview of the postproduction process, showing readers how to manage each step in taking a film, TV, or media project from production to final delivery, from scheduling and budgeting through editing, sound, visual effects, and more. …”

“…Many recent works of contemporary art, performance, and film turn a spotlight on sleep, wresting it from the hidden, private spaces to which it is commonly relegated. …”

“…By necessity, these forms of instruction challenge traditional notions of what constitutes education. Spotlighting the visual, spatial, and relational aspects of media-based pedagogy using a broad range of critical methodologies, textual analysis, interviews, and participant observation and placing it at the intersection of education, anthropology, and cultural studies, this book traces a path across historically specific instances of media that function as pedagogy: Hollywood films that feature teachers as protagonists, a public television course on French language and culture, a daily television "news" program created by high school students, and a virtual reality training simulation funded by the US Army. …”
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“…He was the very first icon of the silver screen, and is one of the most recognisable faces in Hollywood, even a hundred years on from his first film. But what of the man behind the moustache? The director holding the camera as well as acting in front of it? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Kardux -- Border crossings and (trans)nationalism in film. Paradigms of attitudes towards immigration : science fiction films as allegories in the mid-century / Juan Bruce-Novoa -- No country for old certainties : ambivalence, hybridity, and dangerous crossings in three borderland films / Page Laws -- Bodies and hybrid tropes : border crossings in recent films / Cathy Covell Waegner -- From alien nation to alienation : tracing the figure of the guest worker in Fatih Akin's Gegen die Wand / Tessa C. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…"Perverts" on the Potomac : homosexuals enter the news arena -- Stonewall rebellion : reporting on an epic event -- The boys in the band : homosexuality comes to the big screen -- Soap : a gay man comes to TV land -- Aids enters the news : reporting on the "gay plague" -- AIDS becomes major news : "now no one is safe" -- Gays in the military : the debate over lifting the ban -- Fleeting images of lesbians : killing, kissing, being chic -- Philadelphia : "a quantum leap for gays on film" -- A new gay man in town : Hollywood shifts to positive stereotypes -- Ellen : coming out, on screen and off -- Will & Grace : the biggest gay hit in TV history -- Queer as folk : "an unvarnished treatment of gay life" -- Queer eye for the straight guy : the "fab five" as gay reality TV -- Notes on gay visibility vs. lesbian visibility -- The L word : lesbians move into the spotlight -- Same-sex marriage : a journalistic love fest -- Brokeback Mountain : "a breakthrough gay romance" -- Conclusion: From "perverts" to "fab five" : progress in three stages-- and waiting for a fourth…”
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“…Recent books by, among others, Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and Christopher Hitchens have thrust atheism firmly into the popular, media, and academic spotlight. This so-called New Atheism is arguably the most striking development in western socio-religious culture of the past decade or more. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Screen Saver pane -- The General pane -- The Battery pane -- The Control Center pane -- The Wallpaper pane -- iCloud settings -- Appearance pane -- Notifications settings -- Chapter 6 Searching Amidst MacBook Chaos -- Doing a Basic Search -- How Cool Is That? Discovering What Spotlight Can Do -- Expanding Your Search Horizons -- Customizing Spotlight to Your Taste -- Chapter 7 Using Reminders, Notes, Notifications, Maps, and News -- Remind Me to Use Reminders -- Taking Notes the Sonoma Way -- Staying Current with Notification Center -- Introducing the Maps Application -- Switching Views in Maps -- Getting Directions Over Yonder -- Creating and Using Guides -- Catching Up on News -- Using Favorites and Channels -- Part 3 Connecting and Communicating -- Chapter 8 Let's Go on Safari! …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Sculpting photosImproving midtone contrast; High radius Unsharp Mask technique; Chapter 3: Mending and blending; General retouching; Healing brush strategies; Adding lens flare; Simulating film grain; Removing foreground objects; Layer blending to remove tourists; Median rendering; Merging objects with displace distortion; How to create a spotlight effect; Fashion and beauty retouching; Adding lightness and contrast to the eyes; Repair work using a copied selection; Removing stray hairs; Tidying hair against a busy backdrop; Coloring hair roots; Beauty skin retouching…”

“…Bacterial nanocellulose (BNC), cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs), and cellulose nanofibers (CNFs) are three nanometric forms of the most abundant natural polymer (viz. cellulose), and are currently under the spotlight in numerous fields of modern science and technology. …”

“…Such an experience of living together with Asian elephants night and day for a month brought him enthusiasm and emotion for elephants. After ten months of filming, editing, and post-producing, Elephanting is born. …”
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