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Excerpt from Journeys Below the Line - ER: The PropMasters
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Excerpt from Journeys Below the Line - ER: The PropMasters
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ER - The PropMasters goes behind-the-scenes of the multi-Emmy-winning show and NBC television hit "ER" to show the technically demanding job of prop masters Rick Kerns and Rick Ladomade and their crew.
See a stunt scene of the collapse of a third floor balcony loaded with party goers and learn how a plastic BBQ and rubber beer cans made it safer for the stunt people.
In a scene involving the birth of a baby, see the crew, dressed in scrubs, position and operate an animatronic baby while the scene is actually being filmed.
Witness the construction and evolution of the prosthetic for the pregnant mother. Also learn how the prop people handle ordinary medical props such as name tags and stethoscopes and everyday items such as cell phones and pizzas.
Executive producer and director John Wells talks of the early days of ER and the challenges involved with building a complete emergency rooms worth of props.
Cast members, the production designer, and heads of special effects and stunts emphasize the teamwork necessary to produce the fast-paced gritty reality of ER.
Comes complete with Bonus Material & a CD-ROM for Students & Faculty.
- Includes suggested curriculum material for television production courses currently taught in university and college Film/TV programs.
- Includes outtakes and interviews with actors and other ER principals.
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Excerpt from Journeys Below the Line - The Editing Process of 24
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Excerpt from Journeys Below the Line - The Editing Process of 24
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Summary: Ideal for Production & Mass Communication classes & students wanting to enter the TV business.
Featuring primetime series and the people who create them, Journeys Below the Line captures, up close and personal, the realistic inner workings of the craft and technical jobs that are essential to the creation of successful television.
Each program of the series illustrates an exciting Emmy-worthy career area by observing and interviewing top professionals. This TV Academy produced series will take you deep inside the television industry where few have been privileged to view. Incorporating exciting on-set production footage, insightful interviews with cast and crew, and spirited give-and-take with media arts students, these powerful presentations will both enlighten and educate audiences around the country.
The Editing Process - goes behind the scenes with the editors of the FOX Television hit, 24 and emphasizes the jobs contributing to the distinctive editorial look and style of the series.
Follow the shooting of a 24 scene in a metro station, focusing on the script supervisor, Anne Melville, and the notes she makes that help the editor. It then follows these notes to the editors room where Scott Powell uses them to build the scene. As Scott works on this scene and others he discusses the various aspects of his job and how he approaches editing so that his work follows 24s overall style. Director Jon Cassar sits with Scott and gives his input to the work in progress.
Throughout the program many others who work on 24 discuss their involvement with and appreciation of the editorial process. Lead actor Kiefer Sutherland introduces the show and tells how a visit to the editing room helped him improve his acting, and other actors, including Elisha Cuthbert, Carlos Bernard, Reiko Aylesworth, and Penny Johnson-Jerald, comment on their perceptions of the importance of editing and script supervision.
Comes complete with Bonus Material for Students & Faculty.
Includes suggested curriculum material for television production courses currently taught in university and college Film/TV programs. Includes outtakes and interviews with representatives of the Editors Guild and the Script Supervisors Guild.
Also includes a bonus CD-ROM with over 30 minutes of additional content.
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Excerpt from the Kodak Cinematography Master Class series on Shooting for Realism with cinematographers Allen Daviau and Sacha Vierny
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Summary: Allan Daviau ( E.T., The Color Purple, Empire Of The Sun ) and Sacha Vierny ( Hiroshima mon Amour; The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover, Prospero's Books ) are given the same script and set. Daviau creates a series of intricate setups, clearly explaining each problem he encounters and the solutions he finds by using filters, lights and F-stops changes. Vierny experiments with a simple and elegant camera move that encompasses much of the action but presents him with a new challenge: hiding the dolly track. Computer graphics of the lighting setups as well as side-by-side comparisons of the finished scenes help you to better understand the techniques and appreciate the results.
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Excerpt from the Kodak Cinematography Master Class series on Shooting for Fantasy with Sacha Vierney & Denis Lenoir
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Summary: French cinematographer Denis Lenoir ( Monsieur Hire, Paris Awakes, Shuttlecock Zone ) and Sacha Vierny ( Hiroshima Mon, Amour, Prospero's Books, Stavisky ) explorethe world of cinematic fantasy and magic. Vierny generously shares one of his special secrets, shoeing how to create a magical beam of light without the usual need for a smoked filled room. The effect is electric. Lenoir takes you through each step of his lighting design and also gives invaluable information about the use of fluorescent lights. This program explores the techniques that make magic on the screen, but more importantly the cinematographer's creative thought process behind the magic.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Lenoir demonstrates the ability of one special effect to hide another and how to combine several effects to create magic.
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Excerpt from the Kodak Cinematography Master Class series on Shooting for Black and White with cinematographers Allen Daviau and Denis Lenoir
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Summary: Allen Daviau ( The Falcon and The Snowman, Avalon, Bugsy, Twilight Zone, The Color Purple ) takes students back to the golden age of cinematography - the 1920's. He painstakingly recreates the shooting style by employing the filtration, vignetting, aspect ratios and shot coverage of the period. In doing so he evokes the spirit and dynamic of the B&W silent screen masterpieces. Denis Lenoir ( Monsieur Hire, Daddy Nostalgie / These Fooling Things, Paris Awakes Shuttlecock ) creates an intriguing comparison to the work of Daviau by using modern cinematic techniques featuring a moving camera. He shoots with both color and B&W stock to make the comparison complete.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS As well as being a storehouse of practical information, this program is an ode to the haunting beauty of black and white cinematography and a wonderful essay on the changing art of the cinematographer from the 1920's to the present day.
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