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Stand at the rim of Palo Duro Canyon or look down from any vista
along the caprock, and let your imagination take over. Beneath an
endless canopy of blue, you find yourself at the edge of an
enormous island of rippling grassland that stretches from the New
Mexico borderlands down through the Texas Panhandle.The Llano
Estacado, Coronado's legendary "staked plains," comprises all or
part of thirty-three counties in Texas and four in New Mexico. It
covers approximately 32,000 square miles of arid prairie used
primarily today for ranching and farming. It lies atop the vast
Ogalalla Aquifer--its primary source of water--and partially covers
the oil-bearing Permian Basin. Its population, outside of four
mid-sized cities, is sparse.The Llano has always required and
appealed to discerning eyes. The artists and writers gathered here
are hardly the first to have felt the pull of this place or the
urgency to capture its essence. Yet the idiosyncrasies and ideals,
the successes and failures, the strangeness and beauty and power of
the land and its people beckon fresh discovery. Look at the Llano
with eyes open to possibility, and you will encounter the
unexpected, a keener understanding of the ways in which landscape
and life are always inescapably intertwined, thrumming, as Barry
Lopez suggests, the eternal questions: Where are we? And where do
we go from here?
Primary data acquisition is the front end of mapping, GIS and
remote sensing and involves: aviation, navigation, photography,
cameras (film and digital systems), GPS systems, surveying (ground
control), photogrammetry, computerized systems and above all -
keeping abreast of modern techniques. This book deals with
differential GPS systems, survey flight management systems (both
simple and sophisticated), film types, modern film survey cameras
such as LH RC-30, Z/I RMK-TOP, digital cameras, infrared methods,
laser profilers, airborne laser mapping, satellite systems,
laboratory processing (chemical and digital), and camera platforms
(fixed wing and helicopter). A fresh approach to the subject
includes: soft-copy photogrammetry using desktop computerized
systems, film scanners and direct digital camera inputs.
Comparisons are made between old film-based technologies and the
new digital camera systems, including the Z/I modular digital
mapping camera and the LH "push-broom" ADS 40 camera. The book
should be useful to survey operators, aerial photographers,
photogrammetrists, surveyors, cartographers and mapping scientists,
GIS specialists and the new generation of "desk-top" mapmakers. It
is a standard reference for survey practitioners, civil engineers
and planner, flight crews, and academics and students in surveying,
photogrammetry, remote sensing, GIS and earth sciences.
Transnational Cinematography Studies introduces new perspectives to
the discipline of film and media studies. First, this volume
focuses on a crucial yet largely unexplored area in film and media
studies: the substantial communication between critical studies of
cinema and film production practices. This book integrates theories
and practices of cinematographic technology. Secondly,
Transnational Cinematography Studies expands the scope of film and
media studies into the arena of transnationalism. Cinema is now
discussed in terms of globalization of audio-visual cultures, with
regard to such issues as Hollywood film studios' so-called "runaway
productions" and multi-national co-productions; Hollywood remakes
of Asian horror films or Hong-Kong martial arts films; and the
growing significance of international film festivals. However, this
volume proposes that globalization is not in itself new in the
history of cinema, and that cinema has always been at the forefront
of transnational culture from the beginning of its history.
Sound Design for Moving Image offers a clear introduction to sound
design theory and practice to help you integrate sound ideas into
your productions. Contemporary soundtracks are often made up of
hundreds of separate tracks, and thousands of individual sounds,
including elements of dialogue, music and sound effects. As a
result, many budding filmmakers find them a daunting prospect, and
are tempted to leave sound to the last stages of post-production.
This book, from award-winning Sound Designer Kahra Scott-James,
encourages you to incorporate sound into your pre-production
planning, to make the most of this powerful narrative tool.
Adopting a specific framework in order to help demystify sound
design for moving image, the book isn't designed as a sound
engineering handbook, but as a guide for moving image content
creators wanting to explore sound and collaborate with sound
designers. Regardless of medium, the same, or similar concepts can
be adopted, adapted, and applied to any project employing sound.
Includes detailed and insightful interviews with leading sound
designers, including Randy Thom, Director of Sound Design at
Skywalker Sound, and Glenn Kiser, Director of the Dolby Institute,
as well as practical projects to help you hone your skills using
video and sound files available from the companion website -
https://bloomsbury.com/cw/sound-design-for-moving-image - making
this is a complete sound course to take you from novice skills to
confident practitioner.
"All the cutting edge technology I learned in college-typewriters,
film splicers, glue-is now in a museum; the one thing that hasn't
changed is how to tell a visual story."-Bob Dotson Make It
Memorable provides a distinctly different, hands-on introduction to
the craft of visual storytelling. Many texts have been written to
help people master the changing technology of journalism; here, Bob
Dotson teaches readers how best to tell a story once they do. This
second edition of Dotson's classic book offers dozens of new tips
for the digital age and a step-by-step explanation of how to find
and create all kinds of visual stories under tight deadlines. In
addition to new scripts annotated with behind-the-scenes insights
and structural comments, the book includes links to online videos
of all the story examples. There is no other text quite like it.
Additional videos that can be utilized for class assignments and
exercises are available on www.nbclearn.com/makeitmemorable.
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Muffler Men
(Paperback)
Timothy Corrigan Correll, Patrick Arthur Polk
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R745
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How creations welded from the scrapheap have become a folk art rage
"Muffler men are the cigar-store Indians of the late 20th
century, trade figures made to stand in front of shops to advertise
what is sold inside. Both are considered forms of folk art, but the
skinny metal figures with shimmering muffler heads and torsos and
pipe-thin legs found outside auto repair shops are wittier, more
imaginative and flamboyantly painted. . . ." -Rita Reif, "The New
York Times"
Art can appear in the most unexpected places. Muffler men, for
example, have become one of the most striking and remarkable of
recent folk art creations. From Walla Walla to Daytona quirky
mannikins constructed from discarded automobile mufflers are
popping up across America. Cobbled together as business signposts,
these comical sculptures are sprouting outside automotive repair
shops everywhere.
Car debris harmonizes with human anatomy as rusty cast-offs
assume a new identity as savvy "objets d'art." Signage turns into
art as mechanics fashion cowboys, dogs, robots, space aliens, and a
host of other creatures from metal scraps of the profession and
with the aid of their workaday tools and acetylene.
If for only a passing moment, the muffler men enliven the
roadside and help to break up the monotony of daily commutes. More
than mere advertisements, they interact with their communities by
greeting the passerby. The significance of muffler sculptures turns
profound when they become local celebrities and are hailed as
community landmarks.
But what do they mean? For the creative mechanic who made them
they are exclamatory signposts and store mascots. For the academic
folklorists who analyze them they are symbolic icons with cultural
meanings that proclaim individual identity and group membership.
For the collectors who treasure them they are exemplars of
"outsider art." For most nonspecialists who wave as they speed past
they are funky delights.
This colorful book documents the widespread appeal of muffler
men as a form of occupational art that enriches the workplace, the
local environment, and now the art gallery.
Timothy Corrigan Correll is a folklorist whose research focuses
on material behavior and folk belief. Patrick Arthur Polk serves as
the museum scientist and archivist for the UCLA Folklore and
Mythology Archives.
There is an astonishing world just waiting to be photographed
underwater. With marine biologist Dr Alexander Mustard as your
guide you can learn all you need to know to explore the amazing
creatures and landscapes that lie beneath the surface. From
information about diving equipment and cameras, to crucial advice
on understanding and controlling light underwater, this book
provides all the background you need before you take the plunge.
Topics covered include wide-angle light, macro lighting, ambient
light and macro techniques. All this is illustrated, of course,
with stunning images of the weird and wonderful animals and sights
he has encountered beneath the waves.
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