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Sound-On-Film - Interviews with Creators of Film Sound (Paperback, New): Vincent LoBrutto Sound-On-Film - Interviews with Creators of Film Sound (Paperback, New)
Vincent LoBrutto
R1,349 Discovery Miles 13 490 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Sound-On-Film contains interviews with 27 prominent men and women who discuss their careers and the art and craft of film sound. These sound creators represent many of the crafts working in film sound, including production sound, sound editing, sound design, automatic dialogue replacement (ADR), Foley, re-recording mixing, and sound engineering. The interviews are presented in an order that attempts to give the reader a historical perspective on the development of film sound from the studio era to contemporary productions.

The interviews explore how sound creates an aural look to the film in the same way that production design and cinematography creates a visual look to a film. The discussions focus on the relationship with renowned Hollywood film directors and how sound was conceived and executed for specific films. Among the highly acclaimed and seminal films discussed are "Star WarS," "Nashville," "The Conversation," "Apocalypse NoW," "Raging Bull," and "Terminator 2." In addition to the interviews, the book contains biographical background and a selected filmography of each sound creator as well as a glossary of terms and a bibliography for further study. It is essential reading for film students, academic scholars and film educators as well as industry professionals and moviegoers who want to understand the aesthetic and technical role of those who work in film sound.

Grammar of the Edit (Paperback): Roy Thompson Grammar of the Edit (Paperback)
Roy Thompson
R337 Discovery Miles 3 370 Ships in 4 - 6 working days

If you want to get to grips with the editing, either in film or video, this book sets down, in a simple uncomplicated way, the fundamental knowledge you will need to make a good edit between two shots.
Intended primarily for the novice to the craft of editing, Grammar of the Edit, is couched in basic, jargon-free, language, illustrated by easy to follow diagrams
The book:
* explains in simple terms the fundamental components of an edit
* lists, examines and explains the conventions and working practices of post-production editing
* has been extensively class-tested, both in Europe and in developing countries
Roy Thompson is a freelance producer/director and has frequently worked as a trainer for both the Television Training Centre, Berlin and the Goethe Institut, Munich. He has lectured extensively in Europe, Africa, and Middle & Far Eastern countries.
*Gain a comprehensive understanding of editing in both TV and video
*Easy jargon free step-by-step guide to making a good edit between two shots

Film Directors on Directing (Paperback): John A. Gallagher Film Directors on Directing (Paperback)
John A. Gallagher
R962 Discovery Miles 9 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Independent director and screenwriter John Andrew Gallagher, interviews 21 filmmakers on the craft of motion picture directing. Francois Truffaut, the late great French director, as well as Michael Cimino, Ulu Grosbard, Dennis Hopper, Alan Parker, Susan Seidelman, Joan Micklin Silver and many others reveal behind-the-scenes anecdotes about well known films and stars.

The big gamblers who spend millions per film as well as the colorful low-budget kings provide an intriguing look at the mechanics of filmmaking. Choosing and preparing the screenplay, working with actors and crew, dealing with the distributor, and advice to young filmmakers--all are covered in this book's illuminating interviews. Serious students of cinema, filmmakers, movie buffs, and people fascinated by film will find Film Directors on in this book's illuminating interviews.

Lighting Essentials - Lighting for Texture, Contrast, and Dimension in Digital Photography (Paperback): Don Giannatti Lighting Essentials - Lighting for Texture, Contrast, and Dimension in Digital Photography (Paperback)
Don Giannatti
R487 Discovery Miles 4 870 Ships in 4 - 6 working days

Understanding how light works is fundamental to successful photography. This volume covers everything readers need to know about controlling and modifying light in order to produce stunning images.

Jim Shaughnessy: Essential Witness - Sixty Years of Railroad Photography (Hardcover): Jim Shaughnessy Jim Shaughnessy: Essential Witness - Sixty Years of Railroad Photography (Hardcover)
Jim Shaughnessy; Introduction by Kevin P. Keefe
R1,423 R1,125 Discovery Miles 11 250 Save R298 (21%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Jim Shaughnessy: Essential Witness is a comprehensive overview of Shaughnessy's sixty year as a railroad photographer. Starting in the late 1940s, he began documenting in earnest the rapidly changing railroad scene in the Northeastern United States. His interests and travels also took him to other areas of the country to document the Rio Grande narrow gauge in Colorado and the UP Big Boys in Wyoming, and various locations in Canada. His timing was perfect: he was there to record the dramatic transition between the steam and diesel eras as well as documenting and recording for posterity the workers behind the machines that operated in the depots, roundhouses and back shops of the American railroad environment. Lucius Beebe once described Shaughnessy as `a master in the massive effects of black and white.' The book includes some 150 duotone photographs taken between 1948 and 1970, with the emphasis on the 1950s and 1960s. Images include landscapes, cities and towns; action shots of formidable trains barreling down the tracks; snaps of weary railroad workers; nighttime photos of shadowy enclaves within the railyard; and many more.

Film Sound - Theory and Practice (Paperback): Elisabeth Weis, John Belton Film Sound - Theory and Practice (Paperback)
Elisabeth Weis, John Belton
R1,334 Discovery Miles 13 340 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This classic anthology provides essential models for analyzing sound stylistics through the detailed study of critical sound films. Elisabeth Weis and John Belton carefully curate major essays from the world's most respected film historians, aestheticians, and theorists, including Douglas Gomery, Barry Salt, Rick Altman, Mary Ann Doane, S. M. Eisenstein, V. I. Pudovkin, Ren? Clair, B?la Bel?zs, Siegfried Kracauer, Christian Metz, David Bordwell, Kristin Thompson, No?l Burch, and Arthur Knight. Their selections recount the innovations and triumphs of Ernst Lubitsch, Fritz Lang, Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, Rouben Mamoulian, Dziga Vertov, Robert Bresson, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Altman, and Francis Ford Coppola, among many others, and explicate the techniques and practices of sound filmmaking from initial recordings to final theater playback. Film Sound is the ideal companion for anyone seeking both a comprehensive introduction to the form and a rich survey of its historical and global evolution.

Icons of Style - A Century of Fashion Photography (Hardcover): Paul Martineau Icons of Style - A Century of Fashion Photography (Hardcover)
Paul Martineau; Contributions by Elizabeth Anne McCauley, Ivan Shaw
R1,776 Discovery Miles 17 760 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

In 1911 the French couturier Paul Poiret challenged Edward Steichen to create the first artistic, rather than merely documentary, fashion photographs, a moment that is now considered to be a turning point in the history of fashion photography. As fashion changed over the next century, so did the photography of fashion. Steichen's modernist approach was forthright and visually arresting. In the 1930s the photographer Martin Munkacsi pioneered a gritty, photojournalistic style. In the 1960s Richard Avedon encouraged his models to express their personalities by smiling and laughing, which had often been discouraged previously. Helmut Newton brought an explosion of sexuality into fashion images and turned the tables on traditional gender stereotypes in the 1970s, and in the 1980s Bruce Weber and Herb Ritts made male sexuality an important part of fashion photography. Today, following the integration of digital technology, teams like Inez & Vinoodh and Mert & Marcus are reshaping our notion of what is acceptable-not just aesthetically but technically and conceptually-in a fashion photograph. From glossy pages in Vogue and Harper's Bazaar to framed prints on museum walls, fashion photography encompasses both commercial advertising and fine art. This survey of one hundred years of fashion photography updates and reevaluates this history in five chronological chapters by experts in photography and fashion history. It includes more than three hundred photographs by the genre's most famous practitioners as well as important but lesser-known figures, alongside a selection of costumes, fashion illustrations, magazine covers, and advertisements.

Photography as Activism - Images for Social Change (Paperback): Michelle Bogre Photography as Activism - Images for Social Change (Paperback)
Michelle Bogre
R547 Discovery Miles 5 470 Ships in 4 - 6 working days

You want to look through the lens of your camera and change the world. You want to capture powerful moments in one click that will impact the minds of other people. Photographic images are one of the most popular tools used to advocate for social and environmental awareness. This can be as close to home as drug use, prostitution, or pollution or as far away as famine, war, and the plight of refugees and migrant workers. One well-known example of an activist photographer would be landscape photographer Ansel Adams, who trudged to Washington with stunning images of the American west to advocate protecting these areas. His images and testimony were instrumental in creating the National Park System and garnering specific protection for Yellowstone National Park. More recently Robert Glenn Ketchum's images of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge raised awareness of why this area should be protected. Nigel Barker's seal photographs advocates against seal clubbing. What is your cause and how can you use your camera to make the world a better place?
This book provides a comprehensive theory of, and history of, photography as activism. It also includes interviews with contemporary photographers. It is a call to action for young photographers to become activists, a primer of sorts, with advice for how to work with NGOs and non-profits, how to work safely in conflict zones and with suggestions for distribution on websites, blogs, and interactive agencies.

Concert and Live Music Photography - Pro Tips from the Pit (Paperback, New): J. Dennis Thomas Concert and Live Music Photography - Pro Tips from the Pit (Paperback, New)
J. Dennis Thomas
R967 R810 Discovery Miles 8 100 Save R157 (16%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

If you've ever wanted to take dynamic and vibrant digital photos of your favorite band in concert, but aren't sure how to tackle such obstacles as approaching the stage, tricky lighting situations, or even what equipment to use, then look no further! Concert and Live Music Photography is a comprehensive guide to shooting live music performances, providing you with the right information on equipment, camera settings, composition, and post-processing to get the best out of each performance shot. J. Dennis Thomas, whose work has appeared in such magazines as Rolling Stone, SPIN, and Country Weekly, shares tips on lighting, common problems, etiquette, and recommended camera settings for shooting in a variety of different venues, including clubs, bars, outdoor concerts, theatres, stadiums, and arenas. He also explains how to get the right credentials to get you closer to each performance. Jam packed with over 160 photos from today's top concerts, this book will not only give you the information you need to start taking rockin' photos of your favorite musicians, but will spark your creativity when you're anticipating the next shot. For the on-the-go photographer, a cool companion website features additional tips, venue troubleshooting, and an equipment checklist when you need to think on your feet while running to another gig.

Cross-Cultural Filmmaking - A Handbook for Making Documentary and Ethnographic Films and Videos (Paperback, New): Ilisa... Cross-Cultural Filmmaking - A Handbook for Making Documentary and Ethnographic Films and Videos (Paperback, New)
Ilisa Barbash, Lucien Taylor
R1,426 Discovery Miles 14 260 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This extraordinary handbook was inspired by the distinctive concerns of anthropologists and others who film people in the field. The authors cover the practical, technical, and theoretical aspects of filming, from fundraising to exhibition, in lucid and complete detail--information never before assembled in one place. The first section discusses filmmaking styles and the assumptions that frequently hide unacknowledged behind them, as well as the practical and ethical issues involved in moving from fieldwork to filmmaking. The second section concisely and clearly explains the technical aspects, including how to select and use equipment, how to shoot film and video, and the reasons for choosing one or the other, and how to record sound. Finally, the third section outlines the entire process of filmmaking: preproduction, production, postproduction, and distribution. Filled with useful illustrations and covering documentary and ethnographic filmmaking of all kinds, Cross-Cultural Filmmaking will be as essential to the anthropologist or independent documentarian on location as to the student in the classroom.

The Complete Guide to Professional Wedding Photography - Creating a More Profitable and Fulfilling Business (Hardcover): Damien... The Complete Guide to Professional Wedding Photography - Creating a More Profitable and Fulfilling Business (Hardcover)
Damien Lovegrove
R500 Discovery Miles 5 000 Ships in 4 - 6 working days

Have you ever wondered why some wedding photographers succeed, when many others fail? Why some prosper, while others struggle to make a profit? Or how some can retire young, while others can never afford to stop? In this book, Damien Lovegrove shares with you the secrets of fusing art with commerce and gives you the vital tools needed for great achievement.
This stunning guide by two exceptional wedding photographers at the top of their game is packed with over four hundred pictures all with their own tales to inspire and inform. It provides a simple yet profoundly powerful recipe for success, both for photographers just starting out and seasoned wedding pros alike.

* Discover how to master every aspect of photographing a wedding
* Develop your style, and learn new shooting techniques
* Understand how to read and use light quickly and effectively
* Get to grips with selling, marketing, postproduction and product design
* Improve your customer experience and increase your product value
* Manage your time and become a more effective photographer
* Learn financial mastery and how to avoid financial misery
* Fast track your career and unleash your potential

"This isn't just another professional guide, it's a blueprint for success... Becoming a wedding photographer is the easy part. What's difficult is joining the elite, the top wedding photographers who earn big money. Even then it's not enough to be a good photographer. You've got to be good at everything else, too. That's where this book comes in." Christopher Wordsworth, professional photographer, author and journalist.

"Damien Lovegrove is among a very few photographers who have a deep grasp ofbusiness concepts. He generously shares his proven business and photographic system with us - invaluable to both the aspiring and experienced professional photographer in the digital era. A must read."
Michael J. Marmur, MBA. President - Special Event Photography, Canada
Damien Lovegrove has created a highly respected, world class photography business. He learned his trade as a cameraman and lighting director at the BBC. In 1998 Damien teamed up with his wife Julie to launch Lovegrove Weddings. They took the industry by storm winning a string of major awards and have since photographed over 300 top weddings for clients around the world. Their extensive knowledge gained from these lucrative commissions is condensed into this valuable resource.
* Reveals all the secrets and systems required by wedding photographers to make a good profit
* Shows how these wedding photographers have chosen a few rules to consistently use, and explaines how everything follows from consitent choices and decisions. Invaluable reference for all aspiring wedding photographers
* 300 color and black and white images detailing the technical information of the shot

I Love My Selfie (Paperback): Ilan Stavans I Love My Selfie (Paperback)
Ilan Stavans; Photographs by Adal Maldonado
R930 Discovery Miles 9 300 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

What explains our current obsession with selfies? In I Love My Selfie noted cultural critic Ilan Stavans explores the selfie's historical and cultural roots by discussing everything from Greek mythology and Shakespeare to Andy Warhol, James Franco, and Pope Francis. He sees selfies as tools people use to disguise or present themselves as spontaneous and casual. This collaboration includes a portfolio of fifty autoportraits by the artist ADAL; he and Stavans use them as a way to question the notion of the self and to engage with artists, celebrities, technology, identity, and politics. Provocative and engaging, I Love My Selfie will change the way readers think about this unavoidable phenomenon of twenty-first-century life.

Photographer's Guide To Shooting Model And Actor Portfolios (Paperback): Edna Elfont Photographer's Guide To Shooting Model And Actor Portfolios (Paperback)
Edna Elfont
R688 R618 Discovery Miles 6 180 Save R70 (10%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Die Welt ausmalen 2 - Das Malbuch fur Erwachsene mit Fernweh: Komplette Entspannung und Stressabbau durch das Bemalen von... Die Welt ausmalen 2 - Das Malbuch fur Erwachsene mit Fernweh: Komplette Entspannung und Stressabbau durch das Bemalen von zauberhaften Motiven exotischer Orte (German, Paperback)
Kreative Malfabrik
R290 R269 Discovery Miles 2 690 Save R21 (7%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Die Welt ausmalen - Das Malbuch fur Erwachsene mit Fernweh: Komplette Entspannung und Stressabbau durch das Bemalen von... Die Welt ausmalen - Das Malbuch fur Erwachsene mit Fernweh: Komplette Entspannung und Stressabbau durch das Bemalen von zauberhaften Motiven exotischer Orte (German, Paperback)
Kreative Malfabrik
R289 R268 Discovery Miles 2 680 Save R21 (7%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Femmes fatales und Kesse Vater - UEber weibliche Homosexualitat im Spielfilm (German, Paperback): Stefanie Von Rossek Femmes fatales und Kesse Vater - UEber weibliche Homosexualitat im Spielfilm (German, Paperback)
Stefanie Von Rossek
R1,240 Discovery Miles 12 400 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

ber homosexuelle Frauen gibt es auffallend wenig Quellen. Historisch gesehen existieren fast nur Texte ber m nnliche Homosexualit t, wohingegen eine lesbische Lebensweise kaum registriert wurde. Auch heutzutage scheint die weibliche Homosexualit t beinahe unsichtbar zu sein. Obwohl es Frauen gibt, die sich zu Frauen hingezogen f hlen, obwohl es sie wohl immer gegeben hat, sind sie in der ffentlichkeit so gut wie nicht pr sent. Die Folge davon sind zahlreiche Vorurteile und Klischees. Wirft man einen Blick auf die Welt der Spielfilme, in denen weibliche Homosexualit t thematisch involviert ist, l sst sich schnell feststellen, dass die Inszenierung lesbischer Pr senz deutlich homogen erscheint. Immer wieder wird auf die gleichen Darstellungsmethoden zur ckgegriffen, sobald weibliche Homosexualit t filmisch in Szene gesetzt wird. Die Umsetzung endet dabei in einer F lle von Ablehnungsreaktionen gegen ber lesbischen Frauen, vielen m nnlich auftretenden Frauen, zahlreichen Femmes fatales und noch mehr integrierten M nnern in einer eigentlich lesbischen love story. Konkretisiert werden kann das nur an den Filmen selbst. Und Beispiele lassen sich dabei sowohl in unterschiedlichen Entstehungszeiten, Kulturen, als auch Genres finden. Denn das 'lesbische Filmschema' beginnt in 'Die B chse der Pandora' und setzt sich bis in die heutige Zeit fort. brig bleibt die Frage, ob sich die mangelnde lesbische Pr senz in der ffentlichkeit als Antwort f r die stereotype Inszenierung von weiblicher Homosexualit t herausstellen kann.

Capturing the South - Imagining America's Most Documented Region (Paperback): Scott L. Matthews Capturing the South - Imagining America's Most Documented Region (Paperback)
Scott L. Matthews
R968 Discovery Miles 9 680 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

In his expansive history of documentary work in the South during the twentieth-century, Scott L. Matthews examines the motivations and methodologies of several pivotal documentarians, including sociologist Howard Odum, photographers Jack Delano and Danny Lyon, and music ethnographer John Cohen. Their work salvaged and celebrated folk cultures threatened by modernization or strived to reveal and reform problems linked to region's racial caste system and exploitative agricultural economy. Images of alluring primitivism and troubling pathology often blurred together, neutralizing the aims of documentary work carried out in the name of reform during the Progressive era, New Deal, and Civil Rights Movement. Black and white southerners in turn often resisted documentarians' attempts to turn their private lives into public symbols. The accumulation of these influential and, occasionally, controversial, documentary images created an enduring, complex, and sometimes self-defeating mythology about the South that persists into the twenty-first century.

Literaturverfilmung und die Grammatik der Transformation - UEber Erzahlstrukturen, filmische AEquivalenzen und Intertextualitat... Literaturverfilmung und die Grammatik der Transformation - UEber Erzahlstrukturen, filmische AEquivalenzen und Intertextualitat (German, Paperback)
Jasmin Luise Hermann
R1,360 Discovery Miles 13 600 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Recycelte Bilder - Die Verweisstruktur im Videoclip am Beispiel von Fritz Langs Metropolis (German, Paperback): Kim Wagener Recycelte Bilder - Die Verweisstruktur im Videoclip am Beispiel von Fritz Langs Metropolis (German, Paperback)
Kim Wagener
R1,353 Discovery Miles 13 530 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Provokation in Rosa - Typen, Tunten, Charaktere in Rosa von Praunheims Filmen (German, Paperback): Julius Poehnert Provokation in Rosa - Typen, Tunten, Charaktere in Rosa von Praunheims Filmen (German, Paperback)
Julius Poehnert
R759 Discovery Miles 7 590 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Die theoretische Abgrenzung von klassisch-dramatischer und epischer Erzahlweise im fiktionalen Film unter Berucksichtigung von... Die theoretische Abgrenzung von klassisch-dramatischer und epischer Erzahlweise im fiktionalen Film unter Berucksichtigung von literatur- und theaterwissenschaftlichen Konzepten (German, Paperback)
Jonas Hartung
R1,064 Discovery Miles 10 640 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Bristol UK Aerial Photographs and Tourist Attractions (Japanese, Paperback): Llewelyn Pritchard Bristol UK Aerial Photographs and Tourist Attractions (Japanese, Paperback)
Llewelyn Pritchard
R283 Discovery Miles 2 830 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Aerial photographs and tourist attractions of Bristol, England, (Great Britain) United Kingdom taken on 5 August 2011. (Front Cover view of the Floating Harbour, Bristol City Centre looking in a south-easterly direction.) Tourist Attractions Ashton Court Estate Country Park and Mansion (850 acres of woodland and grassland offers ballooning, the International Bristol Balloon Fiesta, International Kite Festival, deer park, golf courses, horse riding, market, miniature railway, mountain biking, orienteering and 5 kilometre runs around the estate) pages 12-16] Avon Gorge (rises about 100 metres above the tidal River Avon is a Site of Special Scientific Interest SSSI] part of which is a National Nature Reserve. Natural cliffs and quarry exposures showing complete local succession of Carboniferous limestone make it a historic geological site with rock screes, scrub, pockets of grassland and adjacent woodland supporting an exceptional number of nationally rare and scarce plant species. The ground-cover flora is extremely diverse. Unique to the Gorge are Bristol Rock-cress Arabis stricta and two Whitebeams: Sorbus bristoliensis and S. wilmottiana. ) page 3] Bristol Cathedral has most likely been located at its site for over a thousand years and is a major example of a hall church in the UK. It originated in the Augustine Abbey dedicated to St Augustine the Great and founded in 1140 by Robert FitzHarding, a wealthy merchant, Provost of Bristol and Lord of Berkeley. The Chapter House is Norman and the Choir Medieval with many interesting carvings. page 3] Cabot Tower on the parkland of Brandon Hill is a 105ft tower built in 1897 to commemorate John Cabot's famous voyage four hundred years earlier) page 4] Outdoor Amphitheatre on the Harbourside hosts the annual Bristol Festival for a wide range of talent, cuisine and exhibitions and is popular for skateboarders and BMX riders. page 3] Peros Bridge, (a footbridge named after Pero Jones approx.1753 - 1798] the slave of John Pinney 1740-1818, ] plantation owner on the Caribbean island of Nevis and sugar merchant based in Bristol after 1784. The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade was of crucial importance both economically and socially to Bristol) page 3] Isambard Kingdom Brunel's Victorian engineering masterpieces: The SS Great Britain (on display in the original Great Western Dockyard where she was first built and launched in 1843 as the largest ship in the world which was also the first screw-propelled, ocean-going, iron-hulled steam ship) page 3] The Clifton Suspension Bridge (originally designed by Brunel but sadly abandoned due to a lack of funds and not completed until 1864, after his death) page 2] The Great Western Railway (GWR) (of which Brunel was Chief Engineer at 27 years of age and Bristol Temple Meads Station) page 3] and St. Mary's Redcliffe Church (described as the fairest, goodliest and most famous parish church in England by Queen Elizabeth 1st) page 5] The Floating Harbour (designed in 1802 by William Jessop a famous civil engineer, it opened in 1809 as a non-tidal harbour and help secure for two centuries Bristol's growth as a commercial port. Closed in 1975 it was then regenerated for leisure, commerce and residences) pages 3-8] The Matthew (a replica of the wooden caravel ship that John Cabot sailed in from Bristol when he landed in Newfoundland, North America in 1497) Although some authorities regard Cabot's landing as discovering North America, there is clear evidence that the Vikings had much earlier landed in Labrador. page 4] The Wills Memorial Tower of Bristol University (Commissioned in 1912 by George Alfred Wills and Henry Herbert Wills, of the Bristol tobacco company, W. D. and H. O. Wills. The building is a memorial to their father, Henry Overton Wills III, who was the first Chancellor of Bristol University. At 215 feet it was designed by George Herbert Oatley and opened by King George V in 1925.) page 4] Japanese Edition]

Bristol UK Aerial Photographs and Tourist Attractions (Chinese, Paperback): Llewelyn Pritchard Bristol UK Aerial Photographs and Tourist Attractions (Chinese, Paperback)
Llewelyn Pritchard
R284 Discovery Miles 2 840 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Aerial photographs and tourist attractions of Bristol, England, (Great Britain) United Kingdom taken on 5 August 2011. (Front Cover view of the Floating Harbour, Bristol City Centre looking in a south-easterly direction.) Tourist Attractions Ashton Court Estate Country Park and Mansion (850 acres of woodland and grassland offers ballooning, the International Bristol Balloon Fiesta, International Kite Festival, deer park, golf courses, horse riding, market, miniature railway, mountain biking, orienteering and 5 kilometre runs around the estate) pages 12-16] Avon Gorge (rises about 100 metres above the tidal River Avon is a Site of Special Scientific Interest SSSI] part of which is a National Nature Reserve. Natural cliffs and quarry exposures showing complete local succession of Carboniferous limestone make it a historic geological site with rock screes, scrub, pockets of grassland and adjacent woodland supporting an exceptional number of nationally rare and scarce plant species. The ground-cover flora is extremely diverse. Unique to the Gorge are Bristol Rock-cress Arabis stricta and two Whitebeams: Sorbus bristoliensis and S. wilmottiana. ) page 3] Bristol Cathedral has most likely been located at its site for over a thousand years and is a major example of a hall church in the UK. It originated in the Augustine Abbey dedicated to St Augustine the Great and founded in 1140 by Robert FitzHarding, a wealthy merchant, Provost of Bristol and Lord of Berkeley. The Chapter House is Norman and the Choir Medieval with many interesting carvings. page 3] Cabot Tower on the parkland of Brandon Hill is a 105ft tower built in 1897 to commemorate John Cabot's famous voyage four hundred years earlier) page 4] Outdoor Amphitheatre on the Harbourside hosts the annual Bristol Festival for a wide range of talent, cuisine and exhibitions and is popular for skateboarders and BMX riders. page 3] Peros Bridge, (a footbridge named after Pero Jones approx.1753 - 1798] the slave of John Pinney 1740-1818, ] plantation owner on the Caribbean island of Nevis and sugar merchant based in Bristol after 1784. The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade was of crucial importance both economically and socially to Bristol) page 3] Isambard Kingdom Brunel's Victorian engineering masterpieces: The SS Great Britain (on display in the original Great Western Dockyard where she was first built and launched in 1843 as the largest ship in the world which was also the first screw-propelled, ocean-going, iron-hulled steam ship) page 3] The Clifton Suspension Bridge (originally designed by Brunel but sadly abandoned due to a lack of funds and not completed until 1864, after his death) page 2] The Great Western Railway (GWR) (of which Brunel was Chief Engineer at 27 years of age and Bristol Temple Meads Station) page 3] and St. Mary's Redcliffe Church (described as the fairest, goodliest and most famous parish church in England by Queen Elizabeth 1st) page 5] The Floating Harbour (designed in 1802 by William Jessop a famous civil engineer, it opened in 1809 as a non-tidal harbour and help secure for two centuries Bristol's growth as a commercial port. Closed in 1975 it was then regenerated for leisure, commerce and residences) pages 3-8] The Matthew (a replica of the wooden caravel ship that John Cabot sailed in from Bristol when he landed in Newfoundland, North America in 1497) Although some authorities regard Cabot's landing as discovering North America, there is clear evidence that the Vikings had much earlier landed in Labrador. page 4] The Wills Memorial Tower of Bristol University (Commissioned in 1912 by George Alfred Wills and Henry Herbert Wills, of the Bristol tobacco company, W. D. and H. O. Wills. The building is a memorial to their father, Henry Overton Wills III, who was the first Chancellor of Bristol University. At 215 feet it was designed by George Herbert Oatley...) page 4] Chinese Edition]

Die Gestaltungsmittel des Horrorfilms "The Blair Witch Project als Angstausloeser - Wie Horrorfilme versuchen, die Lust an der... Die Gestaltungsmittel des Horrorfilms "The Blair Witch Project als Angstausloeser - Wie Horrorfilme versuchen, die Lust an der Angst anzusprechen (German, Paperback)
Pia Weiler
R1,347 Discovery Miles 13 470 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Der Chronist eines neuen Spanien - Die Filme Pedro Almodovars als Spiegel der gesellschaftlichen Entwicklungen (German,... Der Chronist eines neuen Spanien - Die Filme Pedro Almodovars als Spiegel der gesellschaftlichen Entwicklungen (German, Paperback)
Thorsten Kadel
R1,350 Discovery Miles 13 500 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
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