First Light New Programming Video Publishing www.firstlightvideo.com Film, Video & TV Production Beginners Guide to Digital Video Production. 8 Dear Colleague, and Rick Ladomade. Editing with Final Cut Pro . 2 ER – The PropMasters. 3 First Light Video is pleased to announce Nine extraordinary over 20 new programs to our fall catalog. individuals who have The Editing Process. 3 Our first new series “Legends of Screen excelled in their Film School – Making a Low Budget Movie . 5 Make-Up” includes five new programs respective fields also Michael Bennett Composing Images . 3 President which take a look at some of the cinematic reveal the secrets of Understanding Lighting. 3 pioneers and masters of make-up of the their Creativity in “How to be Creative” 20th century including Jack Pierce, John – an invaluable tool for Acting and Make Up & Special Effects Chambers & Dick Smith. Please see page 2 Directing students. Albert Whitlock – Master of Illusion. 2 and 21. For easy on line ordering, please go directly Jack Pierce - The Man Behind The Monsters . 2 We are also excited to release the second to our website at www.firstlightvideo.com. Making Wolvy. 21 program in our new "Journeys Below The Tribute to the Wizard of Oz . 21 Sincerely, Line" series produced by the Academy of Tribute to Dick Smith . 21 Television Arts & Sciences – ER The Michael Bennett, President Tribute to John Chambers . 21 PropMasters. Go behind-the-scenes of this multi-Emmy®-Winning show and NBC First Light Video is continually acquiring new Broadcast/Journalism programming for distribution. Please contact Michael television hit and discover the technically Bennett directly at [email protected] regarding Creating an Effective Television Story . 17 demanding job of prop masters Rick Kerns all new product submissions. Acting & Directing How To Be Creative. 23 M A K E - U P Index Guide Jack Pierce - The Man Behind The Monsters ! NEW I Legends of Screen Make-Up Acting & Directing . 22-27 I One of the cinematic pioneers & masters of make-up of the 20th Audio Production . .12 century & the legendary monster-maker. I Broadcast & Print Journalism . 16, 17 This program details the life of Jack Pierce, the legendary I Dance/Stage Combat . 28, 29 monster-maker from Universal Studios classic horror period of I Digital/Multimedia . .13 1928-1945. Pierce looks back on his life and work in cinema and I his emergence as a premiere character makeup artist. We see Film, Video & TV Production . 2-8 Pierce’s work on The Man Who Laughs, Frankenstein, The I Film, VideoNew & Post Programming Production . 2, 13-15 Mummy, The Invisible Man, The Bride of Frankenstein, Son of I Lighting & Camera . 3, 9-11 Frankenstein and The Wolf Man through historical photos and I footage and via live actors. Radio Production . 22 This program re-creates 15 of Pierce’s characters with makeup I Sets, Props, Costumes & Makeup . 2, 20, 21 wizard Robert Burman from Frankenstein’s Monster and Bride to the Im-Ho-Tep Mummy I Scriptwriting . 4, 28 and the original Lon Chaney Jr. Wolf Man. Watch as costumes were created, sets I Speech & Mass Communications . .17, 18, 24, 25 constructed and the many hours of makeup preparation. Actors were lifecasted, I makeups were sculpted, molds were made and makeup appliances were fabricated in Visual Language & Media Studies . 8, 19 prosthetic materials. I Writing For The Media . 4 72 min. F1171DVD . .$119.00 I How To Order . 31 (See page 21 for New Make-Up legends of the Screen) F I L M , V I D E O & T V P R O D U C T I O N & P O S T P R O D U C T I O N Albert Whitlock: A Master of Illusion NEW! Editing with Final Cut Pro NEW! The Creation of Special Visual Effects Winner of an International Telly Award. Featuring Mel Brooks Designed as part of an introductory series on the technical and aesthetic aspects of Winner - Ohio Film Festival video production and post-production, Using Mel Brooks “A History of the World - Part I” as these programs have been classroom tested! a backdrop, “Albert Whitlock: A Master of Illusion”, takes a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of Geared toward the novice editor, this program special visual effects in the movie business. Academy introduces editing practices using Apple’s Final Cut Award winner, Whitlock takes you to his studio Pro editing software. Learn the basics of editing from where he reveals the secrets of a movies develop- logging and capturing your footage, to printing to ment, the intricate details involved in creating illu- tape and everything else in between. 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Save yourself the emotional and legal jacks, moldings and other finishing touches. Plus problems of an accident and make sure everyone in the transport and assembly of the completed set. your theater or production team watches this tape! The accompanying teacher’s guide includes a Play It Safe gives you hundreds of guidelines, exam- program outline, suggested plans for flats, ples and rules so that theater workers can develop windows, doors, jacks and platforms, a sample floor safer work habits. The facts are prepared in an plan, illustrated glossary and select bibliography. amusing & memorable style. This program is divided 72 min. F646 $119.00 F646DVD $149.00 F646 CDROM $149.00 into six sections: Basic OSHA regulations, general safety practices, chemical hazards & personal protection equipment, stage Fundamentals Of Scenic Painting lighting safety, costume shop safety and scene & prop safety. #### Four Stars - Highly recommended. 82 min. 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Gun & theater special effects shellacs and varnishes, spray paints, bronzing expert Rovert Chambers demonstrates the following: powders and more) and a wide range of tools and sound considerations, history of firearms, proper application techniques (brushes, rollers, sprayers, cleaning procedures, how guns work & safety checks. sponges, dusters, stencils, rag roll, pounce wheel Contrary to popular opinion, the use of blanks for and much more). Host Ron Ranson shows specific application methods of onstage firearms scenes is not a guarantee of safety. foliage, stone, brick, planking, wall paper, architectural detailing, ageing, A must for all administrators, directors, stage man- sky textures, highlights and shadows. agers, actors and students. Strongly recommended 81 min. F612 . .$148.00 for production groups & classes in acting, stagecraft, props, directing and stage managing plus theater faculty & EHS advisors. 45 min. F651 . .$129.00 F651DVD . .$149.00 How Do I Paint It? V David C. Shawger, Associate Professor, Scene Designer at Ball State University, hosts this "how Design - An Introduction V to" video illustrating scene painting techniques in Designer Dennis Gentle provides a fast paced and a step-by-step manner that will dramatically entertaining introduction to design for film and TV. improve your sets. Includes cross hatching, paint Gentle uses actual productions and examples to stamping, glazing, finishing, dry brushing, stenciling, demonstrate the process of scene design and stippling, marbling, spattering, wood graining, construction. He also examines the role of the feather dusting and brick painting. 83 min. designer in coordinating costume design and F978 . $119.00 F978DVD . .$149.00 selection, props, makeup and special effects to give F978 CDROM . $149.00 each production a unified style. 18 Min. F716 . $119.00 F716DVD . .$119.00 The Basic Costumer V Costumer Carma Shawger covers costume research, the taking of measurements, costume acquisition The Pattern Development Video and maintenance and various approaches to pattern #### Four Stars - Highly Recommended. making. She uses live models and historical illustrations to take an in-depth look at the specific requirements of "The Pattern Development Video will be of Elizabethan, Victorian and Jazz Age costumes. interest to classes in costuming or anyone Costuming a theatrical production can be fun and involved in producing theatrical costumes." rewarding with proper organization. This video - Video Rating Guide for Libraries. highlights 3 major time periods used frequently in The cutter or draper is at the heart of a costume educational theater and shows how to costume a construction team and transfers a costume design- production efficiently and cost effectively. Covers er's sketch into fully developed patterns and organization and research, Victorian era, measure- supervises the work of the stitchers in turning that ments, Jazz era, acquisitions, patterns, Elizabethan era pattern into a finished costume.