Download or read book How Children Learn to Read and How to Help Them written by Cedric Cullingford and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an introductory guide to the theoretical and practical aspects of the development of reading skills. The book looks at the success or failure of various techniques and provides underpinning theory.

Download or read book Acting written by Rodney B. Whatley and published by Waveland Press. This book was released on 2022-07-13 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many books on acting for beginners approach the subject in an abstract, theoretical way. Rodney Whatley designed Acting: Year One around the environment in which many acting students learn the craft—the college classroom. Skills and concepts are laid out in 31 lessons, mirroring the structure of a 15-week course. Whatley’s down-to-earth, accessible writing engages students, meeting them where they are in their acting journey. The exercises accompanying the text make it easy for instructors to apply what their students read directly in class. Sample grading sheets are included throughout the book, benefiting instructors as well as students, who can learn what criteria they’ll be graded on.

Download or read book The Film Director Prepares written by Myrl A. Schreibman and published by Lone Eagle. This book was released on 2010-05-26 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: • Insider author gives no-nonsense advice • Required reading for film students, educators, anyone interested in film From script analysis to post production, here is the all-inclusive guide to directing for film and television. Written by noted director-producer Myrl Schreibman, The Film Director Prepares offers practical insights on filmmaking, using real-life examples directors won’t learn in school. With topics including working with actors, using the camera to tell a story, setting mood, staging, maintaining performance levels, covering shots, and directing for different mediums, The Film Director Prepares will leave new directors truly prepared for their careers.

Download or read book Scene Design written by Henning Nelms and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1975-01-01 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This invaluable guide for amateur and semi-professional groups, high school students, and even puppeteers offers completely practical and specific design and construction instructions for sets, scenery, stage furniture, and props. Handy tips show how to cut down on wasted materials, save time, and work out sightlines. Includes 110 drawings and diagrams.

Download or read book Directing and Producing for Television written by Ivan Cury and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-03-16 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Directing and Producing for Television provides essential tools required to direct and produce effectively in a variety of settings. Ideal for students in television production courses, Directing and Producing for Television addresses critical production techniques for various formats, including multiple-camera panel productions, news and demonstration programs, as well as scripted and musical productions, documentaries, sports, commercials, and PSAs. In full color for the first time, this new edition has been updated to include information about online distribution platforms like YouTube and Vimeo, and new production tools such as action cameras, smart phones, DSLRs, and drones. New, full-colour images throughout give this classic text a fresh look featuring today’s latest technology Written by an expert with years of experience in both the industry and in teaching television directing and producing An approachable writing style brings a real world perspective to the procedures and protocols of a demanding industry Visuals showing camera setups and accompanying shots illustrate the best approach to a variety of formats and the related challenges for each

Download or read book Illustrated Theatre Production Guide written by Emeritus Professor of Enjglish John Holloway and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2013-03-20 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Completely expanded and remodeled new edition of this unique look at theatrical scenery construction.

Download or read book Your Move written by Ann Hutchinson Guest and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-05-31 with total page 661 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second edition of this well-known text book now offers downloadable resources to accompany the dance studies throughout the chapters. The authors take a new approach to teaching, learning and creating with notation through movement exploration, exercises and short dances, thus enlarging the scope of the book to teachers of movement, movement analysis and choreography as well as the traditional dance notation students. Updated and enlarged to reflect the most recent scholarship and through a series of exercises, this book guides students through: movement, stillness, timing, shaping, accents travelling direction, flexion and extension, rotations, revolutions and turns supporting, change of support springing balance relationships. All of these movements are explored sequentially and are represented symbolically in notation so the student learns how to physically articulate, notate and describe the movements as they are performed.

Download or read book Performance Lighting Design written by Nick Moran and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-12-30 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Really does enable anyone from first year student to the established lighting designer to learn more and improve" Focus, the Journal of the Association of Lighting Designers New technologies have made lighting more prominent in live performances of all kinds, not just stage theatre, and in many courses lighting has been subsumed into `performance lighting'. Performance Lighting Design is a practical guide to the art and technique of lighting for the stage, concerts, and live events. The book will also cover the use of projected images in performance including projected scenery on the West End stage, in fringe shows, and on the stadium "rock" stage, as well as the use of images from live camera and from other sources as "performers". The book will serve students of lighting design and will also be accessible to anyone with an awareness of technical theatre. Practical knowledge is combined with aesthetic and theoretical considerations. The book will also address the difficult area of getting inspiration and evolving design ideas through a broad range of performance genre. The author will discuss the pros and cons of several computer based techniques, and incorporate 25 years of his own professional experience in the UK and Europe.

Download or read book Sanskrit Drama in Performance written by Rachel Van M. Baumer and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 1993 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FOR SALE IN SOUTH ASIA ONLY

Download or read book Making a Spectacle of Bullying written by Kate Baker and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2006-02-18 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes CD-Rom `A highly practical resource′ - Times Educational Supplement `This approach could be very usefully employed to tackle the very complex and difficult issue of bullying′ - Educational Psychology in Practice `The how, when, where and what of preparing for a performance is spelled out in considerable detail. If you do accept the challenge at the core of the book you will certainly not want for help′ - Junior Education This is the first in a series of creative and practical resources to link the school assembly with the Personal, Social, Citizenship and Health Education (PSCHE) curriculum and the national literacy objectives for children aged five to 11. Using the theme of bullying, this scheme of work starts with a lively and dramatic student performance by older pupils in the primary school, including every member of the class. Full scripts, music and dance scores are provided. The bullying scenes involve the audience by focusing on the role of the bystanders. Comprehensive teacher notes, activities and resources are also included for follow-up work with each year group. This comprehensive pack, produced by two experienced teachers, is useful for anyone running an anti-bullying initiative in their primary school. Bridget Smith has worked for many years as a specialist in deafness within the health service, as part of a Cambridge University research group, and in the voluntary sector. She has taught as a general practitioner in primary and middle schools with specific responsibilities for music and IT. As well as having tutored children who are excluded from school she is regularly involved in coaching music and sport and in the development of local facilities for youth. Kate Baker has created and developed effective assemblies with children over many years, as class teacher, literacy and drama co-ordinator and Deputy Head. She has also devised and directed productions in schools, at children′s drama and music courses and for the theatre. Kate still teaches in primary and middle schools and is currently developing more ideas and materials to enrich the curriculum for Key Stages 1 to 3.

Download or read book Tikki Tikki Tembo eBook written by Carol B. Kaplan-Lyss and published by Lorenz Educational Press. This book was released on 1989-09-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Applause! Applause! And wasn't it easy! Even non-musical teachers will love using this simple musical play. Children will bring stories to life through drama, music, art, language, and gross motor activities. Each book contains a CD (print books) or audio files (eBooks) and a resource guide loaded with songs, music, and step-by-step directions for classroom use or performance. The CD and audio files contain both songs with lyrics, and piano accompaniment only. This play is loaded with wonderful music and catchy lyrics that children will want to sing again and again!

Download or read book Booking and Tour Management for the Performing Arts written by Rena Shagan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001-07-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This third edition of Booking and Tour Management for the Performing Arts has been updated to include information about the revolutionary new ways that performers, managers, and presenters are using the Internet to transform the business of booking live performing events. Special chapters by outside experts provide in-depth information about what presenters need from artists, the technical aspects of touring, the unique demands of touring abroad, and touring through the eyes of the artist. The book includes a Tour Manager's Resource Kit and numerous other ready-to-use sample materials, including a contract, letter of agreement, technical information questionnaire, performance checklists, calendars, schedules, tour budget model, technical glossary, and much more.

Download or read book Movement written by Robert Barton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Movement: Onstage and Off is the complete guide for actors to the most effective techniques for developing a fully expressive body. It is a comprehensive compilation of established fundamentals, a handbook for movement centered personal growth and a guide to helping actors and teachers make informed decisions for advanced study. This book includes: fundamental healing/conditioning processes essential techniques required for versatile performance specialized skills various training approaches and ways to frame the actor’s movement training. Using imitation exercises to sharpen awareness, accessible language and adaptable material for solo and group work, the authors aim to empower actors of all levels to unleash their extraordinary potential.

Download or read book Chicago Architecture written by Charles Waldheim and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2005-09 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description

Download or read book The Power of Scriptwriting written by Peter Gutierrez and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2013-11-22 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dynamic resource offers teachers a new way to energize the teaching of writing while also meeting Common Core State Standards. The author draws on his unique background in education and media to provide this all-in-one resource to help teachers use the versatility of scriptwriting to motivate students and support literacy skills across the disciplines. Each chapter covers a different medium, outlining the writing skills required and providing practical tips, sample projects, standards alignment, and strategies for differentiated instruction. Book Featues: the rationale, curricular connections, lessons, and projects to help teachers incorporate scriptwriting into their existing writing curriculum; authentic connections to students' in-school and out-of-school literacies; easy-to-use sections, such as Why Teach This? Skills Focus, Literacy Across the Disciplines, QuickStart lesson launchers, and The Writing Process; robust differentiated instruction including specific strategies for English language learners and below-level students; and appendices with Additional Resources, Revision Checklists, Writing Rubrics, and a glossary of Media and Script terms.

Download or read book Stage Lighting The Technicians Guide written by Skip Mort and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-24 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical guide covers all aspects of stage lighting equipment, special effects, lighting a performance space and lighting design. It is well illustrated with examples of equipment, diagrams, plans and technical data. It also features the work of current lighting designers. The associated video content shows the practical use of equipment and different lighting techniques and effects. It provides easy access to the content through the use of tabulated sections and keyword headings. The information in each chapter is presented at three levels which run visually throughout the guide enabling students to mix and match their own personal level of study or for practitioners to fast track through to the information they need on stage. This new and revised second edition brings the guide right up to date, and includes all new material on the development of LED lighting in recent years, as well as online video resources.

Download or read book Five Ballets from Paris and St Petersburg written by Doug Fullington and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-03-26 with total page 889 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers something entirely new: detailed scene-by-scene descriptions of the action and dancing of Giselle, Paquita, Le Corsaire, La Bayadère, and Raymonda, bringing the reader far closer to what the audience saw when the curtain went up on these five classic story ballets than has heretofore been possible. Drawing on archival documents, the authors show that these ballets were like today's pop entertainment: funnier, more violent, more spectacular, and with female characters far stronger than one might expect. This rigorously researched book fills huge gaps in dance history and is bound to be of interest to practitioners, scholars, and devotees of ballet and the arts.