Download or read book The Seven Basic Plots written by Christopher Booker and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2005-11-11 with total page 737 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This remarkable and monumental book at last provides a comprehensive answer to the age-old riddle of whether there are only a small number of 'basic stories' in the world. Using a wealth of examples, from ancient myths and folk tales via the plays and novels of great literature to the popular movies and TV soap operas of today, it shows that there are seven archetypal themes which recur throughout every kind of storytelling. But this is only the prelude to an investigation into how and why we are 'programmed' to imagine stories in these ways, and how they relate to the inmost patterns of human psychology. Drawing on a vast array of examples, from Proust to detective stories, from the Marquis de Sade to E.T., Christopher Booker then leads us through the extraordinary changes in the nature of storytelling over the past 200 years, and why so many stories have 'lost the plot' by losing touch with their underlying archetypal purpose. Booker analyses why evolution has given us the need to tell stories and illustrates how storytelling has provided a uniquely revealing mirror to mankind's psychological development over the past 5000 years. This seminal book opens up in an entirely new way our understanding of the real purpose storytelling plays in our lives, and will be a talking point for years to come.
Download or read book Plot Basics written by Paul Tomlinson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-09 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no secret formula for plot - but there is a pattern that has proved satisfying to readers and movie-goers for years. Once you have an understanding of this underlying structure you can apply it to a novel or screenplay in any genre. In Plot Basics you'll see: How to break down your plot into four quarters and decide what must happen in each - applying the 'rule of three' to give a strong through-line with rising action and suspense. How to divide these into eight sequences that enable you to tell your story with maximum dramatic effect - including six major turning points plus a midpoint and a climax. What individual story elements belong in each of the eight sequences and how to develop them. You can use the eight sequences method to plot a story from scratch. Apply it to edit the first draft of a novel or screenplay you already have. Or use it to take apart a story you've started but which isn't working. When you know what needs to go where in a story, you can get on with the fun part of writing and create something for readers or movie-goers to enjoy - safe in the knowledge that your plot works.
Download or read book How to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method written by Randy Ingermanson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Snowflake Method-ten battle-tested steps that jump-start your creativity and help you quickly map out your story.
Download or read book The Basics of Filmmaking written by Blain Brown and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-05-04 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Basics of Filmmaking is an introductory textbook tailored to the needs of beginning and intermediate film students and independent filmmakers that expertly guides you through the entirety of the craft, from screenwriting all the way through to editing, with detailed chapters covering each department involved in the filmmaking process. The book takes a behind-the-scenes look at every aspect of the filmmaking process: writing the screenplay (and getting it critiqued by a professional), pre-production, cinematography, lighting, the shooting process, getting good audio, editing, and even going to a pitch meeting to sell it. It addresses the real fundamentals, the mechanics and the basic concepts of how to write, produce, direct, shoot, record, and edit your movie. Written by Blain Brown, a seasoned expert who has worked professionally as a cinematographer, screenwriter, director, producer, line producer, assistant director, gaffer, grip, and editor; this is a must have resource for any filmmaking student. Featuring an accompanying companion website with video examples of scene directing methods, continuity and coverage, working with the camera, lighting, audio, and editing, and downloadable production forms you can fill out and use for your projects.
Download or read book Fundamentals of Data Visualization written by Claus O. Wilke and published by O'Reilly Media. This book was released on 2019-03-18 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Effective visualization is the best way to communicate information from the increasingly large and complex datasets in the natural and social sciences. But with the increasing power of visualization software today, scientists, engineers, and business analysts often have to navigate a bewildering array of visualization choices and options. This practical book takes you through many commonly encountered visualization problems, and it provides guidelines on how to turn large datasets into clear and compelling figures. What visualization type is best for the story you want to tell? How do you make informative figures that are visually pleasing? Author Claus O. Wilke teaches you the elements most critical to successful data visualization. Explore the basic concepts of color as a tool to highlight, distinguish, or represent a value Understand the importance of redundant coding to ensure you provide key information in multiple ways Use the book’s visualizations directory, a graphical guide to commonly used types of data visualizations Get extensive examples of good and bad figures Learn how to use figures in a document or report and how employ them effectively to tell a compelling story
Download or read book Basics of MATLAB written by Dr. Mukesh Tiwari, Dr. Jaikaran Singh and published by Nitya Publications. This book was released on 2020-01-01 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MATLAB stands for Matrix Laboratory. It is a term used in technical computing of high efficiency. Cleve Molar of MathWorks.Inc built this system in 1984. In 1984. It's in the C, C++, and Java. It permits matrix manipulation, function detection, algorithm implementation, and user interface design.
Download or read book DIY MFA written by Gabriela Pereira and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-07-08 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get the Knowledge Without the College! You are a writer. You dream of sharing your words with the world, and you're willing to put in the hard work to achieve success. You may have even considered earning your MFA, but for whatever reason--tuition costs, the time commitment, or other responsibilities--you've never been able to do it. Or maybe you've been looking for a self-guided approach so you don't have to go back to school. This book is for you. DIY MFA is the do-it-yourself alternative to a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing. By combining the three main components of a traditional MFA--writing, reading, and community--it teaches you how to craft compelling stories, engage your readers, and publish your work. Inside you'll learn how to: • Set customized goals for writing and learning. • Generate ideas on demand. • Outline your book from beginning to end. • Breathe life into your characters. • Master point of view, voice, dialogue, and more. • Read with a "writer's eye" to emulate the techniques of others. • Network like a pro, get the most out of writing workshops, and submit your work successfully. Writing belongs to everyone--not only those who earn a degree. With DIY MFA, you can take charge of your writing, produce high-quality work, get published, and build a writing career.
Download or read book ggplot2 written by Hadley Wickham and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-10-03 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides both rich theory and powerful applications Figures are accompanied by code required to produce them Full color figures
Download or read book Python Basics written by H. Bhasin and published by Mercury Learning and Information. This book was released on 2018-12-03 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is designed for use as a primary introduction to Python and can be used as an introductory text or as a resource for professionals in industry. The book has been divided into four sections. The first section deals with the language fundamentals, primarily the procedural part of the language, the second introduces the object-oriented paradigms, the third section deals with data structures, and the last is devoted to advanced topics like handling multi-dimensional arrays using NumPy and visualization using Matplotlib. Regular expressions and multi-threading have been introduced in the appendices. FEATURES • Includes sections dedicated to data structures • Offers in-depth treatment of topics such as classes, inheritance, BST, and NumPy • Introduces topics like Matplotlib and PIL • Contains exercises for practice and a review of essential programming concepts
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Download or read book Python Data Science Handbook written by Jake VanderPlas and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2016-11-21 with total page 743 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many researchers, Python is a first-class tool mainly because of its libraries for storing, manipulating, and gaining insight from data. Several resources exist for individual pieces of this data science stack, but only with the Python Data Science Handbook do you get them all—IPython, NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Scikit-Learn, and other related tools. Working scientists and data crunchers familiar with reading and writing Python code will find this comprehensive desk reference ideal for tackling day-to-day issues: manipulating, transforming, and cleaning data; visualizing different types of data; and using data to build statistical or machine learning models. Quite simply, this is the must-have reference for scientific computing in Python. With this handbook, you’ll learn how to use: IPython and Jupyter: provide computational environments for data scientists using Python NumPy: includes the ndarray for efficient storage and manipulation of dense data arrays in Python Pandas: features the DataFrame for efficient storage and manipulation of labeled/columnar data in Python Matplotlib: includes capabilities for a flexible range of data visualizations in Python Scikit-Learn: for efficient and clean Python implementations of the most important and established machine learning algorithms
Download or read book STORYTELLING BASICS How To Get Started In Telling Impactful Stories written by Obehi Ewanfoh and published by Obehi Ewanfoh. This book was released on with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "STORYTELLING BASICS: How to Get Started in Telling Impactful Stories" is the must-read guide for anyone looking to harness the power of storytelling for their brand. Whether you are a content creator, small business owner, or simply looking to enhance your storytelling skills, this book has everything you need to get started. With its beginner-friendly approach, this book takes you step-by-step through the process of crafting impactful stories that will captivate your audience and leave a lasting impression. You will learn how to tap into your own experiences and emotions to create stories that resonate with your audience on a deeper level. You will also discover how to use storytelling to build your brand and connect with your customers in a way that traditional marketing simply can't. You will learn how to create stories that engage and entertain your audience, as well as how to use storytelling to communicate important information and sell your products or services. Whether you are looking to increase brand awareness, drive sales, or simply connect with your audience, "STORYTELLING BASICS" has got you covered. So why wait? If you are ready to take your storytelling skills to the next level and make a real impact with your content creation and small business, grab your copy of "STORYTELLING BASICS" today and start your journey towards success!
Download or read book R Graphics Cookbook written by Winston Chang and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2013 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Practical recipes for visualizing data"--Cover.
Download or read book Interactive Web Based Data Visualization with R plotly and shiny written by Carson Sievert and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-01-30 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The richly illustrated Interactive Web-Based Data Visualization with R, plotly, and shiny focuses on the process of programming interactive web graphics for multidimensional data analysis. It is written for the data analyst who wants to leverage the capabilities of interactive web graphics without having to learn web programming. Through many R code examples, you will learn how to tap the extensive functionality of these tools to enhance the presentation and exploration of data. By mastering these concepts and tools, you will impress your colleagues with your ability to quickly generate more informative, engaging, and reproducible interactive graphics using free and open source software that you can share over email, export to pdf, and more. Key Features: Convert static ggplot2 graphics to an interactive web-based form Link, animate, and arrange multiple plots in standalone HTML from R Embed, modify, and respond to plotly graphics in a shiny app Learn best practices for visualizing continuous, discrete, and multivariate data Learn numerous ways to visualize geo-spatial data This book makes heavy use of plotly for graphical rendering, but you will also learn about other R packages that support different phases of a data science workflow, such as tidyr, dplyr, and tidyverse. Along the way, you will gain insight into best practices for visualization of high-dimensional data, statistical graphics, and graphical perception. The printed book is complemented by an interactive website where readers can view movies demonstrating the examples and interact with graphics.
Download or read book The Basics of S PLUS written by Andreas Krause and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005-12-15 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proven bestseller: almost 6000 copies sold in the U.S. in two editions New edition updated to cover S-PLUS 6.0 Can be used as an introduction to R, as well as S-PLUS New exercises have been added; Includes a comparison of S-PLUS and R Well-suited for self-study
Download or read book PDE Toolbox Primer for Engineering Applications with MATLAB Basics written by Leonid Burstein and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2022-06-06 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Partial differential equations (PDEs) describe technological phenomena and processes used for the analysis, design, and modeling of technical products. Solutions of spatial and transient PDEs are realized by using the PDE Toolbox included in the MATLAB® software. MATLAB® is introduced here as an essential foundation for PDE, and the Modeler of the PDE Toolbox, with appropriate explanatory solutions, is applied to engineering problems in mechanics, heat/mass transfer, tribology, materials science, physics, and biotechnology. The appendixes contain collections of commands and functions used to solve actual engineering problems. FEATURES Includes the PDE Modeler interface with example solutions of two- and three-dimensional PDEs Presents methodologies for all types of PDEs as representative of any engineering problem Describes the ordinate differential equation (ODE) solver for initial value and boundary value problems (IVP and BVP) through practical examples from mechanics and the thermodynamic properties of materials Covers the basics of MATLAB® to solve both ODEs and PDEs Reviews spatially the one-dimensional PDE solver with actual engineering examples PDE Toolbox Primer for Engineering Applications with MATLAB® Basics is aimed at scientists, students, professionals, practitioners, self-taught readers, and researchers who need concise and clear information to study and apply MATLAB® software and the PDE Toolbox in engineering.
Download or read book The Elysian Prophecy written by Vivien Reis and published by Copper Hound Press LLC. This book was released on 2018-02-20 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An enchanted island. An evil resurrected. A society determined to gain power. When a violent attack leaves their father in the hospital, Abigail and Benjamin Cole discover there's more to their family history than mental illness. But after fifteen-year-old Abi is abducted, she learns the attack wasn't random. Thrust into an exotic and beautiful world part of a multi-millennial feud, she must decide who to trust in a society built on secrets. Questioning everything she's ever known, she enlists the help of a boy connected to her in impossible ways and uncovers a dangerous secret stretching generations. Seventeen-year-old Ben desperately searches for both his sister and his mother, but his hold on reality is fading. Something dark has latched onto him. In a race against his own failing mind, where violent hallucinations and paranoia force him to believe he's next in line for the family curse, he learns he's the only one that can save his family. When darkness is coming, who do you trust? Magic. Deceit. War. Perfect for fans of Libba Bray, Cassandra Clare, and Leigh Bardugo.
