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Dimensional Love

Alien Prince Romance

by Ariel Rogers ...

Julie Grows has always chosen the quiet safety of her library over the noise of the outside world. Familiar routines, well-worn pages, and steady calm keep her life predictable until the day an earthquake shakes her small town to its core. When the dust settles, she finds something impossible: an alien prince lying broken on the library floor, his eyes burning like starlight and his body marked by ... Read more

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Julie Grows has always chosen the quiet safety of her library over the noise of the outside world. Familiar routines, well-worn pages, and steady calm keep her life predictable until the day an earthquake shakes her small town to its core. When the dust settles, she finds something impossible: an alien prince lying broken on the library floor, his eyes burning like starlight and his body marked by
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On the Screen

Displaying the Moving Image, 1926–1942

by Ariel Rogers ...

Series series Film and Culture Series
Today, in a world of smartphones, tablets, and computers, screens are a pervasive part of daily life. Yet a multiplicity of screens has been integral to the media landscape since cinema’s golden age. In On the Screen, Ariel Rogers rethinks the history of moving images by exploring how experiments with screen technologies in and around the 1930s changed the way films were produced, exhibited, and ... Read more

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Today, in a world of smartphones, tablets, and computers, screens are a pervasive part of daily life. Yet a multiplicity of screens has been integral to the media landscape since cinema’s golden age. In On the Screen, Ariel Rogers rethinks the history of moving images by exploring how experiments with screen technologies in and around the 1930s changed the way films were produced, exhibited, and
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On the Screen

Displaying the Moving Image, 1926–1942

by Ariel Rogers ...

Series series Film and Culture Series
Today, in a world of smartphones, tablets, and computers, screens are a pervasive part of daily life. Yet a multiplicity of screens has been integral to the media landscape since cinema’s golden age. In On the Screen, Ariel Rogers rethinks the history of moving images by exploring how experiments with screen technologies in and around the 1930s changed the way films were produced, exhibited, and ... Read more

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Today, in a world of smartphones, tablets, and computers, screens are a pervasive part of daily life. Yet a multiplicity of screens has been integral to the media landscape since cinema’s golden age. In On the Screen, Ariel Rogers rethinks the history of moving images by exploring how experiments with screen technologies in and around the 1930s changed the way films were produced, exhibited, and
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Editing and Special/Visual Effects

by Kristen Whissel, Scott Higgins, Dan North, Paul Monticone, Ariel Rogers, Dana Polan, Julie Turnock, Benjamin Wright, Lisa Purse, Meraj Dhir0, Tanine Allison1, Charlie Keil3, Deron Overpeck4 ...

Series series Behind the Silver Screen Series
Most moviegoers think of editing and special effects as distinct components of the filmmaking process. We might even conceive of them as polar opposites, since effective film editing is often subtle and almost invisible, whereas special effects frequently call attention to themselves. Yet, film editors and visual effects artists have worked hand-in-hand from the dawn of cinema to the present day ... Read more

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Most moviegoers think of editing and special effects as distinct components of the filmmaking process. We might even conceive of them as polar opposites, since effective film editing is often subtle and almost invisible, whereas special effects frequently call attention to themselves. Yet, film editors and visual effects artists have worked hand-in-hand from the dawn of cinema to the present day
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Cinematic Appeals

The Experience of New Movie Technologies

by Ariel Rogers ...

Series series Film and Culture Series
Cinematic Appeals follows the effect of technological innovation on the cinema experience, specifically the introduction of widescreen and stereoscopic 3D systems in the 1950s, the rise of digital cinema in the 1990s, and the transition to digital 3D since 2005. Widescreen cinema promised to draw the viewer into the world of the screen, enabling larger-than-life close-ups of already larger-than ... Read more

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Cinematic Appeals follows the effect of technological innovation on the cinema experience, specifically the introduction of widescreen and stereoscopic 3D systems in the 1950s, the rise of digital cinema in the 1990s, and the transition to digital 3D since 2005. Widescreen cinema promised to draw the viewer into the world of the screen, enabling larger-than-life close-ups of already larger-than
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Plastic Reality

Special Effects, Technology, and the Emergence of 1970s Blockbuster Aesthetics

by Julie Turnock ...

Series series Film and Culture Series
Julie A. Turnock tracks the use and evolution of special effects in 1970s filmmaking, a development as revolutionary to film as the form's transition to sound in the 1920s. Beginning with the classical studio era's early approaches to special effects, she follows the industry's slow build toward the significant advances of the late 1960s and early 1970s, which set the stage for the groundbreaking ... Read more

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Julie A. Turnock tracks the use and evolution of special effects in 1970s filmmaking, a development as revolutionary to film as the form's transition to sound in the 1920s. Beginning with the classical studio era's early approaches to special effects, she follows the industry's slow build toward the significant advances of the late 1960s and early 1970s, which set the stage for the groundbreaking
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How To Read a Film

Movies, Media, and Beyond

by James Monaco ...

Monaco's book was an instant classic when it first came out, and with new sections in its anniversary edition, is more essential than ever. A landmark in media studies, it is unique in its sophisticated understanding of both the art and technology of film. Molly Haskell, criticWhen it was first published in 1977, HOW TO READ A FILM established itself as a genuine classic in film studies and has ... Read more

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Monaco's book was an instant classic when it first came out, and with new sections in its anniversary edition, is more essential than ever. A landmark in media studies, it is unique in its sophisticated understanding of both the art and technology of film. Molly Haskell, criticWhen it was first published in 1977, HOW TO READ A FILM established itself as a genuine classic in film studies and has
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Slave Gold

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[Siren Menage Everlasting: Erotic Futuristic Sci-Fi Menage a Quatre Romance, M/F/M/M, HEA] Shannon Regis buys a Celtic warrior slave bracelet and finds herself transported to planet Aeros, where she meets triplets Barclay, Darby, and Gilmore Calhoun. The Calhoun brothers see the bracelet on Shannons upper arm and know she has been sent to them by the goddess of love and beauty, Branwen. They have ... Read more

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[Siren Menage Everlasting: Erotic Futuristic Sci-Fi Menage a Quatre Romance, M/F/M/M, HEA] Shannon Regis buys a Celtic warrior slave bracelet and finds herself transported to planet Aeros, where she meets triplets Barclay, Darby, and Gilmore Calhoun. The Calhoun brothers see the bracelet on Shannons upper arm and know she has been sent to them by the goddess of love and beauty, Branwen. They have
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MasterShots Volume 2: 100 Ways to Shoot Great Dialogue Scenes

Shooting Great Dialogue Scenes

by Christopher Kenworthy ...

Building on the success of the bestselling "Master Shots," this volume goes much deeper, revealing the great directors' secrets for making the most of the visual during the usual static dialogue scene. Includes more than 200 diagrams illustrating camera positions. ... Read more

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Building on the success of the bestselling "Master Shots," this volume goes much deeper, revealing the great directors' secrets for making the most of the visual during the usual static dialogue scene. Includes more than 200 diagrams illustrating camera positions.
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Dark Awakening

Crimson City, #2

by Patti O'Shea ...

Series Book 2 - Crimson City
This is a novella that was originally published in 2007 as part of the Shards of Crimson anthology.Kimi Noguchi is working as an intern for an advertising agency in Crimson City and she's discovered that she's a kijo or witch. She thinks having talent is cool, but her magic attracts the attention of a power-hungry Bak-Faru demon and she's forced to call on another demon, Nicodemus, for help.Nic ... Read more

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This is a novella that was originally published in 2007 as part of the Shards of Crimson anthology.Kimi Noguchi is working as an intern for an advertising agency in Crimson City and she's discovered that she's a kijo or witch. She thinks having talent is cool, but her magic attracts the attention of a power-hungry Bak-Faru demon and she's forced to call on another demon, Nicodemus, for help.Nic
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The Babysitter, My Wife, and Me

by Jillian Cumming ...

Ryan is shocked that his wife, Penelope, lets Molly be their babysitter. Molly is hot in a way that makes Ryan's mouth go dry, so he's okay with Molly working for them.But when they come home early from a cancelled party to find Molly masturbating on their couch, Ryan thinks this will be the last straw. Penelope apparently sees things differently. She tells Molly to get down on her knees in front ... Read more

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Ryan is shocked that his wife, Penelope, lets Molly be their babysitter. Molly is hot in a way that makes Ryan's mouth go dry, so he's okay with Molly working for them.But when they come home early from a cancelled party to find Molly masturbating on their couch, Ryan thinks this will be the last straw. Penelope apparently sees things differently. She tells Molly to get down on her knees in front
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Talking Pictures

How to Watch Movies

by Ann Hornaday ...

A veteran film critic offers a lively, opinionated guide to thinking and talking about movies -- from Casablanca to CluelessWhether we are trying to impress a date after an art house film screening or discussing Oscar nominations among friends, we all need ways to look at and talk about movies. But with so much variety between an Alfred Hitchcock thriller and a Nora Ephron romantic comedy, how can ... Read more

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A veteran film critic offers a lively, opinionated guide to thinking and talking about movies -- from Casablanca to CluelessWhether we are trying to impress a date after an art house film screening or discussing Oscar nominations among friends, we all need ways to look at and talk about movies. But with so much variety between an Alfred Hitchcock thriller and a Nora Ephron romantic comedy, how can
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