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The Language of Emily Dickinson (Paperback): Nicole Panizza, Trisha Kannan The Language of Emily Dickinson (Paperback)
Nicole Panizza, Trisha Kannan
R926 Discovery Miles 9 260 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Cinematics Storyboard Workshop - Filmmaking Essentials for the Entry-Level Storyboard Artist (Paperback): Gregg Davidson Cinematics Storyboard Workshop - Filmmaking Essentials for the Entry-Level Storyboard Artist (Paperback)
Gregg Davidson
R397 R359 Discovery Miles 3 590 Save R38 (10%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days
Der Hamburger Theaterskandal Von 1801 - Eine Quellendokumentation Zur Politischen Aesthetik Des Theaters Um 1800 (German,... Der Hamburger Theaterskandal Von 1801 - Eine Quellendokumentation Zur Politischen Aesthetik Des Theaters Um 1800 (German, Hardcover)
Bernhard Jahn, Martin Schneider
R1,879 Discovery Miles 18 790 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Der Herausgeber dokumentiert, kommentiert und analysiert erstmals den Hamburger Theaterskandal von 1801. Damals kam es zu einer offenen Rebellion des Publikums gegen die funf Direktoren der Buhne. Lautstark forderten die Zuschauer ein Mitspracherecht bei kunstlerischen Entscheidungen. Sie zeigten damit, dass das Theater um 1800 als oeffentlicher Verhandlungsort politischer und asthetischer Konflikte zu begreifen ist. Dieses Buch dokumentiert den Hamburger Theaterskandal anhand historischer Pressetexte. Dabei macht der Herausgeber deutlich, welche Rolle die Medien bei der Eskalation des Streits und seiner Bewaltigung in der OEffentlichkeit spielten. Die hier zum ersten Mal edierten und kontextualisierten Quellen des Skandals erlauben neue Erkenntnisse uber die Funktionsweise von Theaterskandalen uberhaupt.

Das (Franko-)Algerische Kino - Eine Filmgeschichtliche Studie Aus Transnationaler Perspektive (German, Hardcover): Elisabeth... Das (Franko-)Algerische Kino - Eine Filmgeschichtliche Studie Aus Transnationaler Perspektive (German, Hardcover)
Elisabeth Arend; Verena Domberg
R1,883 Discovery Miles 18 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Das algerische Kino begleitet die Geschichte des Landes seit dem Unabhangigkeitskrieg. Es reflektiert Entwicklungen und Probleme des modernen Algerien, dessen enge und konfliktreiche Beziehung zu Frankreich sowie die nationale Krise im Burgerkrieg. Aus filmhistorischer, transnationaler und postkolonialer Sicht bietet diese Studie Einblick in mehr als ein halbes Jahrhundert (franko-)algerische Filmproduktion. Anhand eines umfangreichen Korpus werden mit der Konstruktion von Geschichte und Identitat zwei Zentralthemen dieses Kinos ergrundet. In exemplarischen Analysen untersucht die Arbeit Klassiker wie La Bataille d'Alger oder Chronique des annees de braise, aber auch zahlreiche andere, dem europaischen Publikum weniger bekannte, Filme.

Our American Cousin - A three-act play written by English playwright Tom Taylor (Paperback): Tom Taylor Our American Cousin - A three-act play written by English playwright Tom Taylor (Paperback)
Tom Taylor
R331 Discovery Miles 3 310 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
How to Write About Music - Excerpts from the 33 1/3 Series, Magazines, Books and Blogs with Advice from Industry-leading... How to Write About Music - Excerpts from the 33 1/3 Series, Magazines, Books and Blogs with Advice from Industry-leading Writers (Paperback)
Marc Woodworth, Ally Jane Grossan 1
R1,126 Discovery Miles 11 260 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

If writing about music is like dancing about architecture, you'd do best to hone your chops and avoid cliches (like the one that begins this sentence) by learning from the prime movers." How to Write About Music" offers a selection of the best writers on what is perhaps our most universally beloved art form. Selections from the critically-acclaimed 33 1/3 series appear alongside new interviews and insights from authors like Jonathan Lethem, Carl Wilson and Kim Cooper." How to Write About Music "includes primary sources of inspiration from a variety of go-to genres such as: the album review, the personal essay, the blog post and the interview along with tips, writing prompts, and advice from the writers themselves. An extensive further reader section accompanies each chapter for a complete picture of contemporary music writing.Music critics of the past and the present offer inspiration through their work on artists like Neutral Milk Hotel, J.Dilla, The Rolling Stones, Joy Division, Lana Del Rey, Nirvana, Nas, Radiohead and countless others." How to Write About Music" is an invaluable tool for anyone who has ever dreamed of getting their music writing published and a pleasure for anyone who loves to read about music.

Screenwriting is Rewriting - The Art and Craft of Professional Revision (Paperback, annotated edition): Jack Epps Jr Screenwriting is Rewriting - The Art and Craft of Professional Revision (Paperback, annotated edition)
Jack Epps Jr
R868 Discovery Miles 8 680 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

If there is one skill that separates the professional screenwriter from the amateur, it is the ability to rewrite successfully. From Jack Epps, Jr., the screenwriter of Top Gun, Dick Tracy, and The Secret of My Success, comes a comprehensive guide that explores the many layers of rewriting. In Screenwriting is Rewriting, Epps provides a practical and tested approach to organizing notes, creating a game plan, and executing a series of focused passes that address the story, character, theme, structure, and plot issues. Included are sample notes, game plans, and beat sheets from Epps' work on films such as Sister Act and Turner and Hooch. Also featured are exclusive interviews with Academy Award (R) winning screenwriters Robert Towne (Chinatown) and Frank Pierson (Dog Day Afternoon), along with Academy Award (R) nominee Susannah Grant (Erin Brockovich).

The Best Little Grammar Book Ever! Speak and Write with Confidence / Avoid Common Mistakes, Second Edition (Paperback, 2nd... The Best Little Grammar Book Ever! Speak and Write with Confidence / Avoid Common Mistakes, Second Edition (Paperback, 2nd Revised ed.)
Arlene Miller
R208 Discovery Miles 2 080 Ships in 15 - 30 working days
Room to Write - Daily Invitations to a Writer's Life (Paperback, 2nd ed.): Bonni Goldberg Room to Write - Daily Invitations to a Writer's Life (Paperback, 2nd ed.)
Bonni Goldberg
R394 R370 Discovery Miles 3 700 Save R24 (6%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Screenplay - The Foundations of Screenwriting Step by Step Guide From Concept to Fininshed Script (Paperback, Rev. ed): Syd... Screenplay - The Foundations of Screenwriting Step by Step Guide From Concept to Fininshed Script (Paperback, Rev. ed)
Syd Field
R436 R401 Discovery Miles 4 010 Save R35 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A generation of screenwriters has used Syd Field's bestselling books to ignite successful careers in film. Now the celebrated producer, lecturer, teacher, and bestselling author has updated his classic guide for a new generation of filmmakers, offering a fresh insider's perspective on the film industry today. From concept to character, from opening scene to finished script, here are easily understood guidelines to help aspiring screenwriters--from novices to practiced writers--hone their craft. Filled with updated material--including all-new personal anecdotes and insights, guidelines on marketing and collaboration, plus analyses of recent films, from" American Beauty" to" Lord of the Rings"--Screenplay presents a step-by-step, comprehensive technique for writing the screenplay that will succeed in Hollywood. Discover:
-Why the first ten pages of your script are crucially important
-How to visually "grab" the reader from page one, word one
-Why structure and character are the essential foundation of your screenplay
-How to adapt a novel, a play, or an article into a screenplay
-Tips on protecting your work--three legal ways to claim ownership of your screenplay
-The essentials of writing great dialogue, creating character, building a story line, overcoming writer's block, getting an agent, and much more.
With this newly updated edition of his bestselling classic, Syd Field proves yet again why he is revered as the master of the screenplay--and why his celebrated guide has become the industry's gold standard for successful screenwriting.

Die Praxis der/des Echo; Zum Theater des Widerhalls (German, Hardcover): Veronika Darian, Micha Braun, Jeanne Bindernagel,... Die Praxis der/des Echo; Zum Theater des Widerhalls (German, Hardcover)
Veronika Darian, Micha Braun, Jeanne Bindernagel, Miroslaw Kocur
R1,707 Discovery Miles 17 070 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Der Band versammelt Lekturen gegenwartiger und historischer Konstellationen in Theater, Text und Kunst, die Echo als Figur und Phanomen nachspuren. Im antiken Mythos ist die Nymphe Echo zur ohnmachtigen Wiederholung fremder Rede verdammt. Sie wird zum Sinnbild eines defizitaren, vom Anderen abhangigen Wesens. Doch birgt der Widerhall mehr in sich, verweist er doch auf das widerstandige Moment einer Zergliederung jedes "eigentlichen" Ausdrucks. Echos koerperlose Stimme gemahnt an die Medialitat der Kommunikation, das Entgleiten des Sinns, die Grenzen der Mitteilbarkeit und die Ambivalenzen einer Aneignung der Vergangenheit. Damit aber wohnt ihr ein entschieden theatrales Element inne. Echo wird als eigene Praxis wirksam.

Listening All Night to the Rain - Selected Poems of Su Dongpo (Su Shi) (Paperback): Su Dongpo Listening All Night to the Rain - Selected Poems of Su Dongpo (Su Shi) (Paperback)
Su Dongpo; Translated by Jiann I Lin, David Young
R560 Discovery Miles 5 600 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
STEM to Story - Enthralling and Effective Lesson Plans for Grades 5-8 (Paperback): 826 National STEM to Story - Enthralling and Effective Lesson Plans for Grades 5-8 (Paperback)
826 National
R646 R600 Discovery Miles 6 000 Save R46 (7%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Bring STEM to life for students with zombies, rockets, celebrities, and more STEM to Story: Enthralling and Effective Lesson Plans for Grades 5-8 inspires learning through fun, engaging, and meaningful lesson plans that fuse hands-on discovery in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) with creative writing. The workshop activities within the book are the innovative result of a partnership between 826 National's proven creative writing model and Time Warner Cable's Connect a Million Minds, an initiative dedicated to connecting young people to the wonders of STEM through hands-on learning. Authentically aligned with both the Common Core State Standards and the Next Generation Science Standards, this book provides teachers, after-school and out-of-school providers, and parents with field-tested lessons, workshops, and projects designed by professionals in each field. Including reflective observations by arts and science celebrities like Jon Scieszka, Mayim Bialik, and Steve Hockensmith, lessons feature bonus activities, fun facts, and teaching points for instructors at every level. These quirky, exploratory lessons will effectively awaken student imaginations and passions for both STEM and creative writing, encourage identity with scientific endeavors, and make both science and writing fun. Grades five through eight is the critical period for engaging students in STEM, and this book is designed specifically to appeal to and engage this age group. The guided curricula fosters hands-on discovery, deep learning, and rich inquiry skills while feeling more like play than school, and has proven popular and effective with both students and teachers. * Awaken student imagination and get them excited about STEM * Fuse creative writing with STEM using hands-on activities * Make scientific principles relevant to students' lives * Inspire students to explore STEM topics further The demand for STEM workers is closely linked to global competitiveness, and a successful future in STEM depends upon an early introduction to the scientific mindset. The challenge for teachers is to break through students' preconceptions of STEM fields as "hard" or "boring," to show them that STEM is everywhere, it's relevant, and it's loads of fun. For proven lesson plans with just a dash of weird, STEM to Story is a dynamic resource, adaptable and applicable in school, after school, and at home.

Creating Comics as Journalism, Memoir and Nonfiction (Paperback): Randy Duncan, Michael Ray Taylor, David Stoddard Creating Comics as Journalism, Memoir and Nonfiction (Paperback)
Randy Duncan, Michael Ray Taylor, David Stoddard
R1,616 Discovery Miles 16 160 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

As major universities and professional organizations like the Poynter Institute have begun to examine graphic nonfiction from a critical perspective, new courses are emerging that give student writers and artists the tools to tell their own nonfiction stories in comics form. Nonfiction Comics is the first textbook to bring these tools and techniques together in a single volume. Most novices who first attempt the form arrive at it from a background of journalism or art, meaning they arrive with at least one deficit in the required skill set. Journalists, for example, typically have had little training in illustration. Artists and designers may not know how to conduct interviews or to avoid the potential legal pitfalls of telling the personal stories of real people. This book aims to fill in the gaps providing student journalists, artists, designers, creative writers, web producers and others the tools they need to tell stories visually and graphically.

Based on the authors' popular team-taught nonfiction comics course, Nonfiction Comics teaches readers how to create a graphic nonfiction story from start to finish, providing guidance on:

  • how to find the story and how to find and utilize appropriate facts and visuals;
  • nonfiction narrative techniques
  • artist's tools and techniques
  • print, digital, and multimedia production
  • legal and ethical considerations

Interviews with well-known nonfiction comics creators--showcased in the book and on the book's companion website--will discuss best practice and offer readers inspiration to begin creating their own work.

Comedy Writing Self-Taught Workbook: More than 100 Practical Writing Exercises to Develop Your Comedy Writing Skills... Comedy Writing Self-Taught Workbook: More than 100 Practical Writing Exercises to Develop Your Comedy Writing Skills (Paperback)
Gene Perret
R386 R366 Discovery Miles 3 660 Save R20 (5%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

To the beginner, writing effective comedy can seem like a mysterious knack you need to be born with. But to Emmy award-winning comedy writer Gene Perret and professional comedy writer Linda Perret, comedy writing is a set of skills that anyone can study, improve, and master. The Comedy Writing Self-Taught workbook companion to the main book, "Comedy Writing Self-Taught" shows aspiring comedy writers how they can teach themselves the essential principles of comedy writing through comedy analysis and writing exercises. Together, the book and workbook cover the essential principles of writing stand-up comedy, sketch comedy, and TV situation comedy, and form a professional level training tool. Expressly designed for home self-study, Comedy Writing Self-Taught teaches that the most effective way to learn is to create comedy yourself. Perret teaches how to analyze the work of professional comedians to learn the principles of comedy and presents a full set of writing exercises to hone one s skills. A companion workbook provides even more comedy writing exercises, giving readers the equivalent of a master class in comedy."

First-Year University Writing - A Corpus-Based Study with Implications for Pedagogy (Paperback, 1st ed. 2015): L. Aull First-Year University Writing - A Corpus-Based Study with Implications for Pedagogy (Paperback, 1st ed. 2015)
L. Aull
R1,916 Discovery Miles 19 160 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

First-Year Writing describes significant language patterns in college writing today, how they are different from expert academic writing, and how to inform teaching and assessment with corpus-based linguistic and rhetorical genre analysis.

Screenwriters and Screenwriting - Putting Practice into Context (Paperback, 1st ed. 2014): C. Batty Screenwriters and Screenwriting - Putting Practice into Context (Paperback, 1st ed. 2014)
C. Batty
R3,302 Discovery Miles 33 020 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Screenwriters and Screenwriting is an innovative, fresh and lively book that is useful for both screenwriting practice and academic study. It is international in scope, with case studies and analyses from the US, the UK, Australia, Japan, Ireland and Denmark. The book presents a distinctive collection of chapters from creative academics and critical practitioners that serve one purpose: to put aspects of screenwriting practice into their relevant contexts. Focusing on how screenplays are written, developed and received, the contributors challenge assumptions of what 'screenwriting studies' might be, and celebrates the role of the screenwriter in the creation of a screenplay. It is intended to be thought provoking and stimulating, with the ultimate aim of inspiring current and future screenwriting practitioners and scholars.

The Novel Editing Workbook - 105 Tricks & Tips for Revising Your Fiction Manuscript (Paperback): Kris  Spisak The Novel Editing Workbook - 105 Tricks & Tips for Revising Your Fiction Manuscript (Paperback)
Kris Spisak
R454 Discovery Miles 4 540 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Remaking Achilles - Slicing into Angola's History (Paperback): Carol Tyx Remaking Achilles - Slicing into Angola's History (Paperback)
Carol Tyx
R444 Discovery Miles 4 440 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Travesties - [a Play] (Paperback, Reissue): Tom Stoppard Travesties - [a Play] (Paperback, Reissue)
Tom Stoppard
R380 R347 Discovery Miles 3 470 Save R33 (9%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

"Travesties" was born out of Stoppard's noting that in 1917 three of the twentieth century's most crucial revolutionaries -- James Joyce, the Dadaist founder Tristan Tzara, and Lenin -- were all living in Zurich. Also living in Zurich at this time was a British consula official called Henry Carr, a man acquainted with Joyce through the theater and later through a lawsuit concerning a pair of trousers. Taking Carr as his core, Stoppard spins this historical coincidence into a masterful and riotously funny play, a speculative portrait of what could have been the meeting of these profoundly influential men in a germinal Europe as seen through the lucid, lurid, faulty, and wholy riveting memory of an aging Henry Carr.

On Editing - How to edit your novel the professional way (Paperback): Helen Corner-Bryant, Kathryn Price On Editing - How to edit your novel the professional way (Paperback)
Helen Corner-Bryant, Kathryn Price
R436 R397 Discovery Miles 3 970 Save R39 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

"Highly recommended: On Editing is indispensable reading for anyone who is or wants to be a writer. Every desk should have a copy!" - Dr Samantha J. Rayner, Director of the Centre for Publishing, UCL "On Editing is a feast with many courses. When you have finished this book, you will feel encouraged, empowered, and indomitable. If you are writing-or editing-a novel, you could do no better than to have this book by your side. Comprehensive, easily digestible, it is a classic in the making." - Shaye Areheart, Director of the Columbia Publishing Course Writing a novel is a magical but often difficult journey; and when your first draft is complete, that journey's not over. As the editing process gets underway, authors often find themselves in unfamiliar territory. What does it mean to 'map your plot'? How do you know if you're 'head-hopping'? When is your novel ready to send out to agents, and how do you make each submission count? Written by the team behind one of the world's most successful literary consultancies, On Editing will show you how to master the self-edit. You will learn to compose, draft, and edit while sharpening your writing and ensuring that your novel is structurally sound, authentic, well-written, and ready for submission. On Editing will help you harness your creative potential, transform the way you think about your writing, and revolutionise your editorial process. "It's easy for writers to be overwhelmed by the technicalities of writing, editing and getting published, but Helen Corner-Bryant and Kathryn Price share their decades of experience nurturing writers in On Editing. They know all the problems and how to fix them - including many you might not even think of - and explain it all in a clean, jargon-free, way that demystifies the whole process, with infectious enthusiasm that will have you ready, eager and bursting with the confidence to take your writing to the next level." - Writing Magazine

The Art of Dramatic Writing (Paperback): Lajos Egri The Art of Dramatic Writing (Paperback)
Lajos Egri; Introduction by Gilbert Miller
R416 Discovery Miles 4 160 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Die Soufflierte Stimme: Text, Theater, Medien - Aufsaetze 1979-2012 (German, Hardcover): Helga Finter Die Soufflierte Stimme: Text, Theater, Medien - Aufsaetze 1979-2012 (German, Hardcover)
Helga Finter; Helga Finter
R2,783 Discovery Miles 27 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Ist die Stimme nur Toninstrument fur Sprache oder ist ihr Klang selbst signifikant? Wer spricht, was singt in einer Stimme? Welche Rolle spielt ihre Theatralisierung fur Subjekt-, Koerper- und Sprachkonzepte? Wie schafft Stimme Prasenz? Wie eine Signatur? Wie wird ein Ursprung der Stimme, wie Audiovision dramatisiert? Welchen Einfluss hat der Einsatz von Mikrofon, Lautsprecher, Sound-Design? Was bewirken Aufzeichnungstechnologien? Welche Rolle haben akusmatische Stimmen? Was kennzeichnet eine Ethik der Stimme, eine Stimm-Politik? Wie verhalt sich die poetische zur Autorenstimme? Auf solche Fragen antwortet dieser Band mit Analysen der Praxis von (experimentellem) Theater, Oper, Tanz, Medien, wie auch von poetisch strukturierten Texten, die performativ eine AEsthetik der Stimme entwerfen.

Community Literacy Journal 14.1 (Fall 2019) (Paperback): Dawn S Open, Donnie Johnson Sackey, Veronica House Community Literacy Journal 14.1 (Fall 2019) (Paperback)
Dawn S Open, Donnie Johnson Sackey, Veronica House
R600 Discovery Miles 6 000 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
From Literature to Cultural Literacy (Paperback, 1st ed. 2014): Naomi Segal, Daniela Koleva From Literature to Cultural Literacy (Paperback, 1st ed. 2014)
Naomi Segal, Daniela Koleva
R1,969 Discovery Miles 19 690 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Researchers in the new field of literary-and-cultural studies look at social issues - especially issues of change and mobility - through the lens of literary thinking. The essays range from cultural memory and migration to electronic textuality and biopolitics.

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