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Stuart Ashens, a YouTube celebrity who reviews cheap electronic
products, co-writes and stars in this independent British adventure
comedy. Accompanied by his friend Chef Excellence (Dan Tomlinson),
Ashens sets out in search of the elusive and not particularly
magical Gamechild, a rip-off of the original Nintendo Gameboy.
However, with all manner of unexpected friends and foes including
The Professor (Robert Llewellyn) and Nemesis (Chris Kendall)
standing between them and their goal, Ashens and Excellence will
have to have their wits about them if they are to complete their
quest. Warwick Davis also stars.
This volume focuses on the singing voice in contemporary cinema
from 1945 to the present day, and rather than being restricted to
one particular genre, considers how the singing voice has helped
define and/or confuse genre classification. Typically heard in
song, the singing voice is arguably the most expressive of all
musical instruments. This volume celebrates the ways in which
singing features in film. This includes the singing voice as
protagonist, as narrator, as communicator, as entertainer, and as
comedic interlude. Whether the singing voice in film is personally
expressive, reflexive and distant, or synchronized for
entertainment, there is typically interplay between the voice and
visual elements. Extending beyond the body of literature on 'the
musical', the volume is not about musicals per se. Rather, The
Singing Voice in Contemporary Cinema discusses the singing voice as
a distinct genre that focuses on the conceptualization and
synchronization of the singing voice in the post-War era. It
explores the relationship between screen, singing, singer and song;
it celebrates the intersection of the singing voice and popular
culture. In doing so, the volume will cross multiple disciplines
including vocal studies, film studies, film sound studies, and
music production (vocal processing).
Comedy has been a feature of cinema since its inception. From
mickey-moused accompaniments to slapstick scenes, ironic musical
statements, clever musical allusions and jokes, well-worn sound
effects, and even laugh tracks, sound has been integral to the
development of the comedy on screen. This volume covers all aspects
of sound (including dialogue) and music as they have been utilised
in comedy film. The volume looks at various subsets of the 'comedy
film' from the post-War period, including black comedy, romantic
comedy, slapstick, dialogue comedy, parody and spoofs. This volume
aims to explore the way in which music and sound articulate humour,
create comedic situations and direct comedic identifications for
viewer/listeners.
Democracy is in crisis. Is there still time to save it? Democracies
face external threat from aggressive authoritarian states.
Internally, citizens have grown increasingly distrustful of
politicians and more cynical about national and global governance
institutions. The time is ripe for democracy to renew itself. This
text offers a state-of-the art overview of democratic innovations
today, moving beyond cries of the 'death' or 'end' of democracy to
instead offer a range of practical solutions for how to save it and
restore faith in democratic practice. 'Old' democratic power,
represented by existing structures, is being challenged. 'New'
power involves collaboration and rapid feedback loops, as well as
increased citizen participation. The future of democracy, the
authors demonstrate, will be about findings ways of melding 'old'
and 'new' power practices. Offering a broad and accessible survey
of what different forms of democracy and democratic innovations
look like today, and how they can develop in future, Saving
Democracy shows us the potential for transformation across the
entire democratic process. Avoiding a reductive focus on simply
getting citizens more involved in decision-making, this book
uniquely argues for the importance of refining and monitoring how
democratic decisions are made and followed through.
This research-based book outlines career models for artists,
methods of creative engagement, artistic options including
individuality and branding, production practices, the realities of
being a musician in the new industries, and implications for
popular music education. Due to the profound effects of the
digitisation of music, the music industries have undergone rapid
transformation. The former record label dominated industry has been
supplanted by new industries, including digital aggregators,
strategists and online platforms. These new music industries now
facilitate 'direct' access to both artists and their music. While
such accessibility and the potential for artist exposure have never
been greater, the challenge to stand out or to even navigate a
musical career pathway is formidable. A useful resource for
musicians and educators, this text highlights the ways in which the
new music industries facilitate increased opportunities for 21st
Century popular musicians to collaborate, communicate and interact
with others interested in their music.
Here, the Hierophant becomes the High Priest, Wheel of Fortune becomes Wheel of the Year, and Judgement becomes Karma.
Based on the traditional Rider-Waite-Smith deck and filled with images that speak to today's magickal practitioner, witchcraft takes center stage in this stunning deck designed by highly respected Witch and Tarot reader Ellen Dugan. Featuring the vibrant artwork of award-winning artist Mark Evans, Witches Tarot is the perfect combination of Tarot and the Craft.
In addition to card descriptions and meanings, Dugan's companion guide features spell-enhancing spreads―such as the Triple Goddess Spread, the Four Elements Spread, and the Wheel of the Year Spread―that you can use in both Tarot readings and magickal practice.
(Includes a 78-card deck and 312-page book.)
The only comprehensive and in-depth history of mime and physical
theatre in the UK, from its roots, influences and early pioneers,
to the leading lights and international successes of today.
Includes original interviews with pioneers in the field, including:
Joseph Seelig, Helen Lannaghan, Steven Berkoff, Julian Chagrin,
Annabel Arden, Nola Rae, Denise Wong, David Glass, Justin Case and
Toby Sedgwick. A one-stop shop for anyone studying contemporary UK
theatre and its physical innovators, including Forced
Entertainment, DV8, and Improbable.
In a heart-warming, hilarious, intriguing, and gut-wrenching
true story, Mark Evan, an everyday man in California, seeks a means
to beat the odds in Las Vegas, and in doing so explores the past,
present, and future of his own life, as well as the ins and outs of
modern life in general. Written in the form of a 118 day journal,
this no-holds-barred journey begins with an attempt to devise a
successful sports betting system, and winds up with a deeply
personal view into the life of a fascinating and unique individual.
Evan writes, "We are all voyeurs. We are Peeping Toms. We like to
watch as others struggle through their lives, comparing their
circumstances and decisions with our own, contrasting outcomes and
consequences, vicariously reveling in achievements and crying over
failures - it is human nature." Nowhere else will the reader find a
more rigorously honest and thoughtful account of a modern day life
in America.
Policy transfer analysis seeks to make sense of the cross-cultural
transfer of knowledge about institutions, policies or delivery
systems in an era of globalization. The purpose of this volume is
to evaluate how useful policy transfer analysis is as a
descriptive, explanatory and prescriptive theory of policy change.
It provides both a response to its critics and it presents a
variety of new directions for studying processes of policy
transfer. The chapters proceed from an underlying assumption about
the field of enquiry; that policy transfer analysis alone cannot
provide a general explanatory theory of policy change but when
combined with other approaches an empirically grounded account of
policy change can be developed. Hence each of the chapters adopt a
methodological pluralism in which complementary theories of policy
development are combined in order to develop a theory of policy
change that accounts for the role of particular agents of policy
transfer in forging policy change. This is an important
contribution to our understanding of the impact of globalization on
domestic policy formulation. This book was previously published as
a special issue of Policy Studies.
Over the last 40 years, while the musical film has faded from its
historical high-point to a more isolated and quirky phenomenon, the
dance film has displayed refulgent growth and surprising
resilience. It has spawned profitable global enterprises (Billy
Elliot), has fashioned youthful angst as sociological voice
(Saturday Night Fever, Footloose and Dirty Dancing) and acted as a
marker of post-modern ironic camp (Strictly Ballroom). This modern
genre has influenced cinema as a whole in the ways bodies are made
dimensional, in the way rhythm and energy are communicated, and in
the filmic capacity to create narrative worlds without words.
Meanwhile, Bollywood has become a juggernaut, creating
transportable memory for diasporic Indian communities across the
world. This is an entire industry based on the 'dance number',
where films are pitched around the choreography, where the actors
are not expected to sing, but they must dance.This volume
investigates the relationship between movement and sound as it is
revealed, manipulated and crafted in the dance film genre. It
considers the role of all aspects of sound in the dance film,
including the dancer generated sounds inherent in Tap, Flamenco,
Irish Dance and Krumping. Drawing on significant post-War dance
films from around world, Movies, Moves and Music comprehensively
surveys this mainstream genre, where image and sound meet in a
crucial symbiosis.
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Frantic Assembly have had a powerful and continuing influence on
the popularisation of devising practices in contemporary
theatre-making. Their work blends brave and bold physical theatre
with exciting new writing, and they have collaborated with some of
the leading theatre-makers in the UK. The company's impact reaches
throughout the world, particularly through their extensive workshop
and education programmes, as well as their individual and
collective impact as movement directors on landmark,
internationally successful productions such as Black Watch and The
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. This volume reveals
the background to, and work of, a major influence on twentieth and
twenty-first century performance. Frantic Assembly is the first
book to combine: an overview of the history of the company since
its foundation in 1994 an analysis of the key ideas underpinning
the company's work a critical commentary on two key productions -
Hymns by Chris O'Connell (1999) and Stockholm by Bryony Lavery
(2007) a detailed description of a Frantic Assembly workshop,
offering an introduction to how the company works. As a first step
towards critical understanding, and as an initial exploration
before going on to further, primary research, Routledge Performance
Practitioners offer unbeatable value for today's student.
Beethoven cast a looming shadow over the nineteenth century. For
composers he was a model both to emulate and to overcome. "You have
no idea how it feels," Brahms confided, "when one always hears such
a giant marching behind one." Exploring the response of five
composers--Berlioz, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, and Mahler--to
what each clearly saw as the challenge of Beethoven's symphonies,
Evan Bonds richly enhances our understanding of the evolution of
the symphony and Beethoven's legacy.
Overt borrowings from Beethoven--for example, the lyrical theme
in the Finale of Brahms' First Symphony, so like the "Ode to Joy"
theme in Beethoven's Ninth--have often been the subject of
criticism. Bonds now shows us how composers imitate or allude to a
Beethoven theme or compositional strategy precisely in order to
turn away from it, creating a new musical solution. Berlioz's
"Harold en Italie," Mendelssohn's "Lobgesang," Schumann's Fourth
Symphony, Brahms' First, and Mahler's Fourth serve as illuminating
examples. Discussion focuses on such core issues as Beethoven's
innovations in formal design, the role of text and voice, fusion of
diverse genres, cyclical coherence of movements, and the function
of the symphonic finale.
Bonds lucidly argues that the great symphonists of the
nineteenth century cleared creative space for themselves by both
confronting and deviating from the practices of their potentially
overpowering precursor. His analysis places familiar masterpieces
in a new light.
The only comprehensive and in-depth history of mime and physical
theatre in the UK, from its roots, influences and early pioneers,
to the leading lights and international successes of today.
Includes original interviews with pioneers in the field, including:
Joseph Seelig, Helen Lannaghan, Steven Berkoff, Julian Chagrin,
Annabel Arden, Nola Rae, Denise Wong, David Glass, Justin Case and
Toby Sedgwick. A one-stop shop for anyone studying contemporary UK
theatre and its physical innovators, including Forced
Entertainment, DV8, and Improbable.
Upper level undergraduate and postgraduate students of sociology.
This fun mini-edition of the bestselling Witches Tarot is perfect
for on-the-go readings. Small enough to fit in a pocket or a purse,
you can carry your deck everywhere. It also makes a great gift or
stocking stuffer for tarotists. Whether you are an expert reader or
just starting your tarot journey, a tarot mini will be an exciting
and practical addition to your collection. Based on the traditional
Rider-Waite-Smith deck and filled with images that speak to today's
magickal practitioner, witchcraft takes center stage in this
stunning deck designed by highly respected Witch and Tarot reader
Ellen Dugan. Here, the Hierophant becomes the High Priest, Wheel of
Fortune becomes Wheel of the Year, and Judgement becomes Karma.
Featuring the vibrant artwork of award-winning artist Mark Evans,
Witches Tarot is the perfect combination of Tarot and the Craft.
This is a mini edition of the Witches Tarot (9780738728001). Cards
measure approximately 1.7 x 3 inches. Please note that this deck
does not come with an instructional booklet.
Offering a detailed and critical account of the many ways in which
policy can be evaluated and the innovative methods that can be
applied to studying policy, contributions from experts on public
policy analysis create a valuable guide for upper level
undergraduate and postgraduate students, that can also be used as
the basis of an intensive learning experience by policy makers.
Time and Performer Training addresses the importance and centrality
of time and temporality to the practices, processes and conceptual
thinking of performer training. Notions of time are embedded in
almost every aspect of performer training, and so contributors to
this book look at: age/aging and children in the training context
how training impacts over a lifetime the duration of training and
the impact of training regimes over time concepts of timing and the
'right' time how time is viewed from a range of international
training perspectives collectives, ensembles and fashions in
training, their decay or endurance. Through focusing on time and
the temporal in performer training, this book offers innovative
ways of integrating research into studio practices. It also steps
out beyond the more traditional places of training to open up time
in relation to contested training practices that take place online,
in festival spaces and in folk or amateur practices. Ideal for both
instructors and students, each section of this well-illustrated
book follows a thematic structure and includes full-length chapters
alongside shorter provocations. Featuring contributions from an
international range of authors who draw on their backgrounds as
artists, scholars and teachers, Time and Performer Training is a
major step in our understanding of how time affects the preparation
for performance.
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