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Tips are also upper cut, cresent kick and much more. It spot- block, contact stomach punch, straight kick and included for teachers plus sections on staging lights valuable lessons on acting and performing kick to the stomach. Plus the tricks of the trade and rehearsing fights. fights, combat safety, stage fright and adds sev- you need to create and maintain exciting, safe, 45 min. F1179DVD ...... $99.00 eral new techniques. unarmed stage fight. 2 45 min. F1180DVD ...... $99.00 45 min. F1181DVD ...... $99.00 M E D I A A C T I N G & D I R E C T I N G Women’s Representation In The Media: new Mike Fenton’s Actors Workshop new Content, Careers and Criticism “A must see for anyone that aspires to be an actor!” - Frank Communicator Crystal Award Marshall: Director, Producer: Signs, The Sixth Sense, Raiders of the Lost Ark. Winner of a 2005 Telly Award - Open V Mike Fenton, with over 35 years of casting experience and renowned casting “Women and Media” by Dr. Cindy Lont is a fast director of titles such as The Godfather II, Back to the Future I, II & III, Total moving program with visuals of past and present Recall, E.T., shows his expertise covering in depth, topics such as Entertainment media and interviews with Dr. Maurine Beasley, Business Primer, Resumes, Headshots, Video Demo Sheila Gibbons and Junior Bridge, all foundational Reels, Managers, Agents, Auditions and more. scholars in the field of women and media. The pro- Includes over 5 1/2 hours of valuable advice, questions gram focuses on four areas: the reclaimed history and answers and some of the most interesting of women who created media, the media portrayal stories ever told by the ultimate industry insider. of women, women’s inclusion in the media work- 5 hours F1178DVD ...... $99.00 force and how men perceive media differently than women which affects what we read, see and hear from the media. “Women FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM and Media” is a perfect introduction to Women, Minorities and Media • How the Business works • Resumes • Headshot Courses or a section on media in a Women’s studies course. • Video Demo Reels • Managers • Agents • Cold 45 min. F1177DVD ...... $79.95 Readings • Showcases & Generals • Auditioning V Techniques • Scene Work with Auditioning Actors F I L M , V I D E O & T V P R O D U C T I O N Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation Presents V Journeys Below the Line 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 creative career area by observing and interviewing top professionals. This Academy of Television Arts & Sciences produced series will take you deep inside the television industry where few have been privileged to visit. Incorporating exciting on-set production footage and insightful interviews with cast and crew, these powerful presentations will both enlighten and educate audiences around the country. ER - The PropMasters new 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 room’s 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 and a CD-ROM for Students and 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. 30 min. F1172DVD ...... $79.00 24 - The Editing Process 24 - 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. Then follow these notes to the editor’s 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 24’s 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. 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 and a CD-ROM for Students and 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. 30 min. F1152DVD ...... $79.00 Order: 1-800-262-8862 Fax: 1-310-574-0886 [email protected] www.firstlightvideo.com 3 S C R E E N W R I T I N G First presented as part of the Writer's Guild Foundation’s prestigious Words into Pictures event, each program features Hollywood's top motion picture and television writers, discussing specific aspects of the art of writing for screen & the different approaches to their craft. Get the set on DVD - FSCREENDVD 4 Program DVD Series SAVE $20 ...... ONLY $300.00 Narrative & Structure V Character V With Scott Frank (Minority Report, Out of Sight, Get Shorty) & With Nick Kazan (Bicentennial Man, Fallen, Reversal of Fortune) Steven Zaillian (Gangs of New York, Hannibal, Schindler's List) & Paul Attanasio (Sum Of All Fears, Donnie Brasco, Quiz Show) This program teaches how to get started, the main Learn the mystery of character, character dictating idea and servicing it, finding a movies spine, sources plot, character information, biographies, real characters of inspiration, outlining, characters' relationship with vs. fictional characters, writing a franchise character, structure, description, research, instinct vs. tech- rules to break and not to break. nique, writing a script vs. selling one. Subjects covered include: Who should be your Subjects covered include: How to tell a good story, protagonist? Does plot or character come first? How which stories are worth telling and which aren't, char- do you find the right characters to suit your needs? acter arcs; real and illusory, finding a movie's spine, the How do you get a character to do what you want? use of myth and theme as organizing concepts. How to you get your characters to do what they want? 90 min. F1119 . . $59.95 F1119DVD . . $79.95 90 min. F1116 . . $59.95 F1116DVD . . $79.95 Dialogue & Description V Adaptation V With Bruce Joel Rubin (Stuart Little 2, Deep Impact, Jacob's With Phil Alden Robinson (Sneakers, Field Of Dreams) & Robert Ladder, Ghost), Ed Solomon (The In-Laws, Charlie's Angels, Nelson Jacobs (The Shipping News, Chocolat) & Eric Roth (Ali, The Men In Black) & Dana Stevens (For Love Of The Game, & Horse Whisperer, Forrest Gump, The Postman) City Of Angels) This program teaches highlighting the good parts and trouble spots, research, This program teaches text and subtext, conveying visualizing and dramatization, non-fiction vs. fiction, emotion of the character and the situation they're in, the echo effect, online research vs. physical, changing research, rewriting dialogue, character profiling and directions, genre material, staying fresh and externaliz- specificity of vision. ing characters' thoughts. Subjects covered include: Something you write or Subjects covered include: What to include. How to something you hear. Should it be realistic? How to avoid the 200 page screenplay. How faithful should you condense a good scene. Should a movie have one be to the original? Is it easier to adapt fiction or non- "voice"? Description: minimizing dialogue. Is there fiction, trash or art? Which books, plays and stories will magic in description or should it simply be clear? How make good movies. How to rectify problems without to persuade benumbed executives to read your description. alienating a book's fans? 90 min. F1118. . . $59.95 F1118DVD . . . $79.95 90 min. F1117. . . $59.95 F1117DVD . . . $79.95 Writing For Television V Writing For Film V Four veteran television writers discuss the components of a successful Four top screen writers discuss the nuts and bolts of their craft. Topics include television script and reveal their own working methods. Topics include finding a story, research techniques, character development, dialogue, the telling a story with pictures; creating a character; generating dialogue; three act script structure, plot and subplot, formula scripts, re-writes, the collaboration and role playing; the rewrite process; adapting a novel; pitch, formula script pitfalls, how to overcome writer’s block and more. researching and developing a major miniseries. 52 min. F715 ...... $149.00 F715DVD ...... $149.00 48 min. F701 ...... $149.00 F701DVD ...... $149.00 Writing For Radio V Writing For Comedy V Four expert radio writers talk about their craft-writing radio drama. 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F731 ...... $149.00 F731DVD ...... $149.00 F I L M , V I D E O & T V P R O D U C T I O N Composing Images for Video, Film & Photography Understanding Lighting for Video, Recommended for field & studio production as well as Film and Photography photography classes Ideal for video field production, film and photography courses Every location features an infinite number of potential This fast-paced program covers the importance of images and knowing how to see and frame these light for quality images in any medium. Includes images defines the quality of a visual product. Enter a dozens of creative tips for using natural light, new visual environment, interpret the important visual existing interior light, standard lighting fixtures and components, break these components into their indi- professional lighting equipment. Also covers the use vidual pieces and then record the images in a way that of gels, reflectors, filters, and other tools to best communicates a visual story. create interesting images and programs. 15 min. F1145 ...... $149.00 20 min. F1147 ...... $149.00 F1145DVD ...... $149.00 F1147DVD ...... $149.00 4 VV F I L M , V I D E O & T V P R O D U C T I O N Film School in a Box Series - How To Make a Low Budget Movie new For teaching aspiring producers, directors, editors, cinematographers, writers or actors, as well as all the other crafts that go into making and marketing a feature film, this multipart DVD and CDROM program illustrates in detail how to create, deliver and bring a low budget film to market. Covering the filmmaking process from Development to Marketing, the programs are designed to guide you through each step of the process, not by Hollywood tycoons, but by real independent filmmakers who started with an idea and not much else! Not only will you hear from the cast and crew themselves, who made an award winning Hollywood caliber movie (Time And Again) for under $5,000 from start to finish, but listen as an EQUIPMENT RENTAL HOUSE manager tells you HOW TO GET FREE GEAR, or learn secrets to working with a Talent Agency to get REAL ACTORS inexpensively - even free! Learn how to get permits to shut down streets, find make-up artists and even how to work with an audio recording studio to mix the soundtrack. Features award-winning director - Jason J. Tomaric Purchase the complete Studio version, a special Directors only version, or the Producers version. The Studio Series - The Complete The Directors Series V Film School in a Box – 7 Disc Set & Workbook V For those students who are studying directing, the over 5 hour Director’s Series is the complete guide to directing a Hollywood caliber feature film. Disc 1: Time and Again - Feature Film Disc 1: Time and Again - Feature Film Disc 2: Development & Pre-Production Disc 2: Production 1 Disc 3: Production 1 Disc 3: Production 2 Disc 4: Production 2 Disc 4: Post-Production Disc 5: Post-Production Over 5 hours F1155DVD ...... $299.00 Disc 6: Marketing Disc 7: Producer’s Notebook: Contains actual shooting script with notes The Producers Series V from director Jason J. Tomaric himself and all the paperwork generated For those would be Hollywood producers, The over 5 hour Producer’s Series during the making of “Time and Again.” Blank templates you can use for is the complete guide to producing and marketing their own “Blockbuster”. your own projects! Contains all the paper structure you need to make a Disc 1: Time and Again - Feature Film Hollywood caliber movie on a budget of next to nothing. Disc 2: Pre-Production 1 As a SPECIAL BONUS, you will also receive the complete rough footage Disc 3: Pre-Production 2 from one of the scenes from “Time and Again” that you can load into your Disc 4: Post-Production computer to practice editing! Work off the actual camera logs generated on set and edit away! Disc 5: Marketing Disc 8: CD-ROM Filmmaker’s Workbook Disc 6: Producer’s Notebook - Contains all the paper structure you need to Over 6 hours F1157DVD ...... $499.00 make a Hollywood caliber movie on a budget of next to nothing. Over 5 hours F1156DVD ...... $299.00 Shooting the Talking Head For TV field production, broadcast news & studio production Beginning Film & Video Making: Camera & Lenses Valuable both for classroom instruction & at campus libraries courses so students can review the material on their own Whether shooting for video or film, the so-called talking head is one of the most common subjects in the viewfinder and subsequently, on-screen. This program This program focuses on cameras and lenses, aimed covers the essentials of composition, lighting, perspective and sound for record- toward the beginning film and videomaker. ing interviews and making subjects come alive on camera. A great primer for Featuring a “film crew” shooting at a miniature golf creators of news, documentary, institutional and dramatic programs. course and a go cart track, this program teaches 15 min. F1146 ...... $149.00 students each step & concept of the filmmaking process in a visual manner. Samples such as how the F1146DVD ...... $149.00 dolly shot and zoom shot are executed and how they Location Sound For Video with Wes Cavalier look on camera are valuable materials for student learning. For Students in the Field of Location Sound Comes complete with study guide. This program teaches the basic techniques used for mixing and recording quality location sound for PROGRAM CONTENTS today’s digital video cameras - 8mm, Mini DV and • The film camera gate: claw, aperture, aperture plate, pressure plate • The DVcam. Learn the techniques and equipment you will film transport mechanism • Methods of setting focus: zooming & physically use to get quality sound for your video production. measuring the distance • Focussing the diopter • Prime lenses & zoom lenses • Focal length (wide, normal, telephoto) • Depth of field • Camera/subject PROGRAM CONTENTS distance influence on depth of field • Perspective • Choice of focal • Using handheld dynamic mics • Using shotgun mics length/camera to subject distance • Space • Techniques of zooming & & boom poles • Lavalier & Wireless Mics • Audio Mixer dollying • Techniques of crane, booming & tilting • Techniques of panning & Mixing Multiple mics • Troubleshooting handheld & tracking • Aperture & iris opening • F/stops mics • Troubleshooting Shotgun mics • Troubleshooting Lavalier & wireless 14 min. F1142 ...... $99.00 mics • Troubleshooting Audio Mixer & Multiple Mic Mixing F1142DVD ...... $99.00 30 min. F1158DVD ...... $49.00

Order: 1-800-262-8862 Fax: 1-310-574-0886 [email protected] www.firstlightvideo.com 5 F I L M , V I D E O & T V P R O D U C T I O N Basic Field Production Series “Entertaining and very informative.” - Fran Stoddard, Champlain College These programs follow a small crew through a location interview shoot, as they plan their strategy and solve dozens of typical field production problems. Clear dramatizations, humor and 3D animation make each point vivid and memorable. BEST SELLER Basic Field Production: Lighting BEST SELLER Basic Field Production: Sound Recording This program follows the cinematog- This program follows the sound rapher through an interview shoot as recordist step-by-step through he demonstrates a variety of options advance planning, evaluating the for creating a distinctive look with location, choosing the right equipment limited equipment. This is lighting you for the session, mixing strategies, test can do from the back of a van. recording and session procedure. 24 min. F778 ...... $149.00 32 min. F777 ...... $149.00 F778DVD ...... $159.00 F777DVD ...... $159.00

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F1129 ...... $79.95 F1129DVD ...... $99.95 Created for students in introductory and intermediate video courses, this program focuses on building on the information from Lighting I and focuses Basics in Audio: Part II V on lighting instruments and technique. 17 min. F1133 ...... $79.95 F1133DVD ...... $99.95 There are three types of sound: Voice, Sound Effects and Music. This program focuses on recording the voice. Other components which video students need to review are music and sound effects. It includes an interview with the owner V of an audio post production house who discusses his work with the Discovery Basics of Editing Channel. Examples of good and poor audio use within video programs help U.S. International Film and Video Festival Creative Excellence students understand how important audio is to their video production. Award Winner 29 min. F1130 ...... $79.95 F1130DVD ...... $99.95 An introduction to basic linear editing concepts for students. 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This student recruiting, inventory documentation, talking instructional video is perfect for introducing classroom video projects where head reports, facility tours, CLEAN-UP procedures, scenes of a student workshop are shown and where students are observed important safety guidelines and many more. planning and videotaping a short program. 6 45 min. F1109 ...... $119.00 25 min. F985 ...... $99.00 F985DVD ...... $119.00 F I L M , V I D E O & T V P R O D U C T I O N Multicamera Direction Planning V The Video Toolbox: In this program, we sit in on the planning and production of a multicamera How To Make A Video Program V video shoot. Steps along the way The indispensable A to Z of video production. include the first read through, the design meeting, setup of the “This excellent program offers full coverage rehearsal space, rehearsals, plan- of professional video production - a ning of camera coverage, final monumental accomplishment.” - Booklist. camera scripting, the production A fast moving, imaginative and humorous introduc- meeting, the technical run- tion to the video production process. Two detailed, through and the shoot day. We fictionalized case studies are followed from follow the roles played by the conception to completion and interwoven with director and assistant director, explanatory graphics, animation, practical advice and production designer, lighting director and the technical director. At the end of technical tips. This 90-minute program is divided into the program, we see the finished dramatic scene. eight segments, each of which could be used as the 30 min. F704 ...... $149.00 F704DVD ...... $149.00 basis for a class. Practical follow-up activities are also Location Sound Recording suggested at the end of each major segment. Veteran recordist Bill Linton uses animation and 90 min. F801 ...... $179.00 F801DVD ...... $179.00 demonstrations to illustrate the various microphone 8 MAJOR SECTIONS INCLUDE: types and pickup patterns. • The Concept • The Director's Role • The Story • Screen Language Included are examples of microphone selection • Writing • The Shoot • Editing • Budget • Schedule and operating techniques for dozens of location situations, from press conferences to strolling PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS interviews; from parties to phone booths; from • 20 minutes of rushes are included to allow you to edit your own version noisy streets to pastoral settings. of the example scene from the “road movie.” You can edit from the point The special problems of lavaliere and radio of view of any of the three major characters and for edit choices to microphones are covered in separate sections. dramatically affect the meaning and mood of the scene. 37 min. F708...... $149.00 Chroma Key Techniques These days anyone with two video cameras & a Introduction To Floor Managing switcher can add chroma key techniques to their “Certificate of Special Recognition for Educational Television.” repertoire, opening up limitless possibilities. This -Television Society of Australia Penguin Awards. fascinating program shows a wide range of chroma This program dramatizes the duties of the floor manager in a multicamera key techniques. Each example is broken down into studio interview including such topics as, the role of the floor manager in its component parts so that you can see exactly establishing mood on the set, cueing and time signals plus communication how it was achieved. Features a dramatic sequence with the director. The second half of the program demonstrates the floor including interiors, exteriors and the transitions manager’s duties in a simple dramatic situation through several rehearsals between them, constructed entirely from chroma to the final take. keyed foregrounds and backgrounds. Techniques 25 min. F705 ...... $149.00 shown include such refinements as the casting of shadows and reflections onto chroma keyed sets. AD: Organizing The Filmset V 30 min. F743 ...... $149.00 Follow Mike through the production of the short feature “Second Story Man in Minneapolis.” Script To Screen With a low budget and tight schedule plus setbacks and disasters ranging from the arrest of the caterer on day one of production to sudden schedule Follow director Brian Bell as he prepares a stage play for television. changes, actor illnesses and almost constant rain, this is the role of the AD in Discover how information and emotions communicated on the stage real-world production. through lengthy dialogue can be communicated on the screen through visual means. Features detailed roles of the other members of the production department. 30 min. F702 ...... $149.95 F702DVD ...... $159.95 50 min. F324 ...... $149.95 F324DVD ...... $149.95 Screening “Middlemarch”: A Study In TV Production Creating Digital Movies V This lavish and comprehensive package from the Ideal for Students, Teachers, Professionals BBC provides a unique opportunity to look at a and For Classroom Study production from every angle (the 1994 BBC/WGBH This documentary goes behind the scenes to show adaptation of George Eliot’s Middlemarch). The the making of a low budget digital video short, writer, director, production designer, DP and other “Wrestler and the Babe.” Designed as an educa- members of the team lead students through every tional experiment, follow filmmaker Nick Kypros, step of the process, from conceptualization and cinematographer Addi Thorisson and a student production to packaging and distribution. crew as they discover the challenges of shooting The program includes detailed analysis of five video, film style. complete scenes from the Masterpiece Theater 60 min. VHS F1102 ...... $119.00 Series, using each scene to explore a whole set of DVD F1102DVD ...... $149.00 issues, from conceptualization to packaging. Comes complete with Study Guide. 90 min. F909 . .$179.00 F909DVD . .$179.00

Order: 1-800-262-8862 Fax: 1-310-574-0886 [email protected] www.firstlightvideo.com 7 F I L M , V I D E O & T V P R O D U C T I O N Digital Video Production new Editing with Final Cut Pro new “Everything you need to know about Winner of an International Telly Award. making a “digital” movie. Over 6 Designed as part of an introductory hours of technical tips and tricks, series on the technical and aesthetic explained as simply as you’re gonna aspects of video production and post- get it.” - Lorenzo Semple Jr., production, these programs have been Screenwriter classroom tested! This collection will not only get you Geared toward the novice editor, this program started with Premiere Pro, it’ll get you introduces editing practices using Apple’s Final finished! Cut Pro editing software. Learn the basics of editing from logging and capturing your This Windows-based tutorial features Adobe’s footage, to printing to tape and everything else “Premiere Pro” editing software and over 6 in between. Filled with shortcuts and tips, this hours of instruction on 3 DVD’s. Whether you want to produce and direct program follows a post production project from beginning to end. your own Movies, make Music Videos, Commercials, or any Video 45 min. F1173 ...... $79.95 Production, this “How-To” will guide you through the entire process. The set F1173DVD ...... $99.95 includes five hours of Editing with Premiere Pro, 45-minutes with the Mini-DV Camcorders, along with additional segments on Lighting, Directing, (See page 6 for additional programs in this series) and more. V 6 Hours 3 DVD Set F1175DVD ...... $149.00 Adobe Learning Premiere 6.5 Tutorial CD Adobe Premiere 5.1 Video Editing Made Easy Learn Premiere 6.5 & DVD Authoring Jam packed with valuable information, this video is the with DVDit! way to get a head start in the field of non-linear editing. If you’re a current Premiere user, this video will be an The following tutorials will help students master ADOBE invaluable asset to keep you fresh or to train others. Premiere 6.5 and teach you how to make DVD’s from Covers: System connections & set up, editing in the your edited productions. Includes nine comprehensive, construction window, editing transitions & special effects, easy-to-follow lessons on one CD-ROM and all the video editing titles & graphics, slow and fast motion, using clips, audio clips and images you’ll need to master the filters, editing audio, outputting to videotape and motion tutorials. graphics. F1310CD ...... $99.95 150 min. F996 ...... $69.95 The Advertising And The TV Commercial Series V This series of five training videos examines how television commercials are made and who they affect. Each video is accompanied by comprehensive study notes.

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F961 ...... $89.95 F961DVD ...... $99.00 The Role Of Research In Advertising This program looks at the role of research into public attitudes to advertise- The Role Of The Advertising Agency ments and how the results of this This program features Australian-owned advertising agency Box Emery & research can affect both the sales Partners, offering a privileged look at the way an agency works and how it of the product and the way in produces the materials that will promote the products and services of its which the product is advertised. It clients. includes a lively debate which 25 min. F963 ...... $89.95 F963DVD ...... $99.00 illustrates the ongoing and emo- tive conflict between the creative process and the requirements of Advertising: The Hidden Language researchers and clients. Dr. Philip Bell of the National Academy of Advertising shows how successful 36 min. F964 ...... $89.95 ads implicate the viewer in the completion of fantasy narratives. F964DVD . . . .$99.00 50 min. F742 ...... $49.95 F742DVD ...... $59.95 8 L I G H T I N G & C A M E R A Double Exposure - The Voice Of The Camera Conducting Light V For Film Studies & Film Students Presented by David Cuthbert this program takes the This program explores how films work technically hassle out of demonstrating the “how to's” of stage and artistically and provides insight into the lighting. Subjects covered include basic stage lighting Hollywood camera and crew system. It teaches stu- equipment, cabling, hanging and focusing procedures, dents to develop an image from initial inspiration lighting accessories, essential maintenance, color into a coherent and well-reasoned scene, to build media, color temperature area lighting and safety. camera skills and to enhance their ability to think, Ideal for college level, secondary/middle school speak and write critically in an increasingly visual students. Topics covered include: studio practice, and technological culture. It provides significant lighting design, color temperature, lighting metering role training and illustrates the collaborative craft and use of practical lamps. of film and media pre-production, production, 30 min. F982 . .$129.00 F982DVD . .$149.00 postproduction and distribution using pioneers, V contemporary technicians and screen artists. Comes complete with detailed work book. Conducting Light On A Shoestring V 43 min. VHS F1108 ...... $39.95 Ideal for College & High School design/production classes as 25 min. DVD F1108DVD...... $44.95 well as introduction and appreciation courses. FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM This program illustrates the creative processes of ‘conducting light’ to the • The Steadicam • The Responsibilities of a Director of Photography stage within the confines of limited space and budget. It follows • Camera Framing • A Brief History of Panavision • Camera Movement • professional lighting designer David Lee Cuthbert through his design Drawing the Audience into the Film • Crossing the Line. process from initial ideas to the final production at the award winning Sledgehammer Theater in San Diego. Shedding Some Light: 33 min. F1112 ...... $119.95 F1112DVD ...... $139.95 Basic Stage Lighting V Teach basic stage lighting without hauling tons of Lighting Technology For Theatrical Lighting gear into the classroom. Host Michael Lamirand, Interactively explore the world of theatrical lighting technology in this CD Theater Director at Ball State University, examines that teaches all about the basics and more! common types of lighting units, reviews light Learn at your own pace about the physics of boards and accessories, provides basic principles of light, how electricity works, how different electricity and shows how to lay out and read a lighting instruments are used to manipulate light plot. Tricks and techniques are divulged which light, how to safely use electricity and even are used to achieve extremely difficult effects how to troubleshoot problems in your lighting while maximizing the number of takes each day. system. 95 min. F645 ...... $119.00 F1103 ...... $89.95 F645DVD ...... $149.00 F645 CDROM ...... $149.00 Introduction To TV Lighting Feature Film Lighting V The 16mm Camera Lighting director Bob Forster demonstrates Russell Boyd, director of photography on such films In Part I of this program cinematographer Bill 3-dimensional lighting for one or more people as “Picnic at Hanging Rock,” “Tender Mercies” and Constable demonstrates all the major systems on a set. Split screens and graphics show “White Men Can’t Jump,” discusses the lighting of and operations of the 16mm camera. In Part II, changes to the lighting setup and the effect on scenes from his work in technical terms, including Constable examines twelve major camera a close up. Learn how to create both day and such specific problems as rain scenes and the use of systems, providing a virtual out-of-the-box evening lighting effects for an interior and color nets in interiors and exteriors. Examples range from manual and an evaluation of the advantages and correction alternatives for scenes combining his near-documentary work on Philip Noyce’s disadvantages of each system. For classroom use, interior and exterior lighting. “Backroads” to the elaborate musical numbers of the program is divided into 27 segments. 20 min. F757 ...... $149.00 Gillian Armstrong’s “Starstruck.” 195 min. (2 tapes)F719 ...... $299.00 56 min. F718 . .$149.00 F718DVD . .$149.00 The Virtual Bolex™ 2.0 16mm Camera Tutorial An Interactive Guide For Beginning Film Students & For Those New To The Bolex Produced By Robert F. Arnold, Associate Professor Of Film, Boston University. The Virtual Bolex is an interactive tutorial & reference guide for the 16mm Bolex reflex movie camera, commonly used in beginning filmmaking classes at many universities. The tutorial is designed to permit students to get virtual hands-on practice with the camera and camera anatomy, to become familiar with the film loading procedure, controls for setting frame-rate, exposure, lenses & filters, focus, before and in-between the limited time they may have access to the camera for actual shooting. The reference material supplements the limited Bolex camera manual. Additional information includes using the Variable Shutter to control exposure, in-cam- era special effects, prime and zoom lenses, filters for color and black and white film and more. According to Sam Kauffmann, fllm professor at Boston University and author of the most popular book on Avid editing, “The Virtual Bolex is like having the camera and the instructor right there in front of you.” For Mac, OSX and Windows. CDROM F1105 ...... $69.95

Order: 1-800-262-8862 Fax: 1-310-574-0886 [email protected] www.firstlightvideo.com 9 L I G H T I N G & C A M E R A Kodak Cinematography Master Class Series Now Available On DVD! BEST SELLER In this training series nine of the world’s finest cinematographers share their wealth of experience in a workshop setting, as they guide you through a series of professional lighting problems both in the studio and on location, 3-D computer animations vividly illustrate the approaches they take to solving them. This unique series, sponsored by the KODAK Worldwide Student Program, will be of value both to students and working cinematographers. F784 8 Program Series ...... $719.60 ONLY $579.00 F784DVD 8 Program DVD Series ...... $719.60 ONLY $579.00 V Shooting For Realism With Shooting For Drama With Allen Daviau & Sacha Vierny Robby Muller & Peter James Allen Daviau (E.T., The Color Purple, Empire Of The Robby Muller’s credits include Repo Man, Paris Sun) and Sacha Vierny (Hiroshima mon Amour; The Texas, To Live and Die in L.A. Peter James shot Alive!, Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover, Prospero’s Rich in Love and Driving Miss Daisy. Both were given Books) are given the same script and set. Daviau the same script and set constraints. The beautiful creates a series of intricate setups, clearly explaining images they created reflect their different back- each problem he encounters and the solutions he grounds and philosophies on the art and finds by using filters, lights and F-stop changes. business of filmmaking. Vierny experiments with a simple and elegant Muller creates a moody and impressionistic feel that camera move that encompasses much of the action is characteristic of his approach. James on the other but presents him with a new challenge: hiding the hand neatly sidesteps the problems caused by a cyc dolly track. Computer graphics of the lighting setups too close to the set and creates a wider view of as well as side-by-side comparisons of the finished the windswept dusty cafe. Both men prove to be scenes help you to better understand the techniques generous teachers, sharing many creative and and appreciate the results. technical insights that come from years behind the 55 min. F802 / F802DVD ...... $89.95 camera. The video culminates with a split screen comparisons of each cinematographer’s finished piece. 55 min. F803 / F803DVD ...... $89.95

Shooting For Fantasy With Shooting For Black & White Sacha Vierny & Denis Lenoir With Allen Daviau & Denis Lenoir French cinematographers Denis Lenoir (Monsieur Allen Daviau (The Falcon and the Snowman, Hire, Paris Awakes, Shuttlecock Zone) and Sacha Avalon, Bugsy, Twilight Zone, The Color Purple) Vierny (Hiroshima mon Amour, Prospero’s Books, takes students back to the golden age of Stavisky) explore the world of cinematic fantasy cinematography - the 1920’s. He painstakingly and magic. Vierny generously shares one of his recreates the shooting style by employing the special secrets, showing how to create a magical filtration, vignetting, aspect ratios and shot beam of light without the usual need for a smoked coverage of the period. In doing so he evokes the filled room. The effect is electric. Lenoir takes you spirit and dynamic of the B&W silent screen through each step of his lighting design and also masterpieces. Denis Lenoir gives invaluable information about the use of (Monsieur Hire, Daddy fluorescent lights. Nostalgie/Thesecreates Foolish an intriguingThings, Pariscomparison Awakes, to Shuttlecock) This program explores the techniques that make the work of Daviau by using modern cinematic magic on the screen, but more importantly the techniques featuring a moving camera. He shoots cinematographer’s creative thought process behind with both color and B&W stock to make the the magic. comparison complete. 55 min. F804 / F804DVD ...... $89.95 55 min. F805 / F805DVD ...... $89.95

Lighting Dances With Wolves With Dean Semler Location Lighting With Geoff Burton “An invaluable source of information and Location lighting, utilizing the equipment one insight!” - R. Levi, Director of truck can carry, is the most common task a young Photography, Graduate Film Division, cinematographer will face. Geoff Burton (The Year Columbia University My Voice Broke, Flirting, Wide Sargasso Sea) condenses his many years of location lighting Dean Semler (Road Warrior, City Slickers, Dead experience in this highly practical and useful Calm) demonstrates the techniques that won him workshop. Geoff’s approach emphasizes maximum an Academy Award for the cinematography of use of natural lighting resources (daylight and “Dances With Wolves.” Dean’s background in doc- practicals) and imitating these sources with the umentary films is a major influence on his visuals. light he adds. Geoff shows how to work with the This workshop recreates the lighting of an interior limitations of location space and design (in this fireside scene from “Wolves”, using an exact replica case three rooms of a cramped apartment) rather of the teepee set. The workshop footage was shot than against them. He demonstrates how fast anamorphic, using a Panavision camera and a crane. stocks and fast work can be critical to success. 29 min. F785 / F785DVD ...... $89.95 29 min. F788 / F788DVD ...... $89.95 10 L I G H T I N G & C A M E R A Lighting Dead Poets Society With John Seale Studio Lighting: A Comparative Workshop With ”Spectacular!” - Jack Watson, Donald McAlpine & Denis Lenoir Movie Maker Magazine Two internationally renowned cinematographers light the same shots from John Seale (Rainman, Gorillas in the Mist, Witness) the same dramatic script in this back-to-back workshop. Don McAlpine conducts an intensive and inspirational lighting (Patriot Games, Breaker Morant and My Brilliant Career) and Denis Lenoir workshop in the studios of the Australian Film, (Monsieur Hire, Clear and Present Danger and Mrs. Doubtfire) vividly Radio and Television School. The dormitory set demonstrate how differences in creative style and approach affect the from “Dead Poets Society” was painstakingly impact and tone of the scene. This program is packed with technical infor- reconstructed for this workshop. Even more mation, demonstrations & insights into the cinematographer. important than the technical knowledge it 59 min. F787 ...... $29.95 F787DVD ...... $89.95 contains is the insight this program gives into Seale’s working philosophy. Light It Right new V 28 min. F786 . . .$29.95 F786DVD . . .$89.95 The Essential Guide to Lighting for Video PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Join the experts as they examine the lighting techniques that will help turn your ideas into • Will guide you through the lighting setups for summer, for winter, for top quality, professional productions. Teaches: night and for day. light theory, tools and terms of lighting, studio • Tricks and techniques to achieve extremely difficult effects while lighting, indoor/daytime light, outdoor/night- maximizing the number of takes each day. timelight. 30 min. F814...... $29.95 F814DVD . . . . .$39.95 KODAK Training Workshops The Ideal Programs To Lead You To Film School. A series of interactive, multimedia, educational CD-ROMS from KODAK. Color & Light In Motion Imaging The Nature Of Film "Color and Light in Motion Imaging" provides a fundamental knowledge "The Nature of Film" describes the art and science of color and light and describes how color images are captured in chemical of motion picture film including the basics of and electronic imaging systems while describing the image capture, processing and sensitometry. This factors that play a role in controlling exposure. program teaches film backing, film anatomy, pro- Discover how light is captured in film, light sources cessing, spectral sensitivity curves, grain size and and video, basic systems for producing light, color film speed and more. systems for film and video application, camera speed, depth of speed and more. Subjects Covered Include: Subjects Covered Include: • What is film? • How Film Works. • What is Light? • Primary Colors. • Color Wheel. • Color Film. • Sensitometry. • Capturing Light. • Controlling Exposure. • Attributes of Film. • Motion Picture Film. • F-Stop. • Shutter Speed. • Film Speed. Comes Complete with Student Workbook. Comes Complete with Student Workbook. 45 min. F1122CDROM ...... $79.99 45 min. F1123CDROM ...... $79.99 What Is Cinematography The Art Of Lighting For Film "What is Cinematography" provides a detailed "The Art of Lighting For Film" provides a fundamental knowledge of description of the cinematographer’s tools and their motion picture lighting types, principles, techniques and applications used application in the art of filmmaking. Discover how to to produce a desired “look”. It teaches soft and hard lighting sources, how create different time periods, color compensating, to control light by positioning, light direction, filters, light accessories, light balancing, color temperature conversion, plan- ratio, exposure and more. ning lighting, positioning the camera, composing the shots and movement of the camera. Plus alternative Subjects Covered Include: processing techniques that a cinematographer can use to achieve a desired look including push process, • Lighting. • The Quality of Light. pull process, silver retention and cross-process. • Controlling Light. Comes Complete with Student Workbook. • Controlling Light Accessories. 45 min. F1124CDROM ...... $79.99 • Lighting Ratios. • Lighting The Scene. • Exposure. Motion Picture Business Comes Complete with Student Workbook. Provides an overview of the filmmaking process, and explains the roles and 45 min. F1125CDROM ...... $79.99 responsibilities of the industry professionals in each department including the director, producer, screenwriter, location manager, casting director, cine- matographer, assistant director, costume designer, set designer, make-up supervisor, cameraman, script supervisor, sound designer and editor. 45 min. F1126CDROM ...... $79.99 Order: 1-800-262-8862 Fax: 1-310-574-0886 [email protected] www.firstlightvideo.com 11 A U D I O The Shaping Your Sound Series Now Available On DVD! BEST SELLER Hosted by engineer, producer and master teacher, Tom Lubin, “Shaping Your Sound” is the acclaimed series of programs designed to teach professional recording techniques to engineers, video production personnel, musicians and home recordists. Dozens of demonstrations, animated sequences and live music examples in HiFi stereo make each tape a powerful learning and reference tool. 5 Program VHS Series F008 SAVE $166.00 ...... $495.00 ONLY $329.00 Shaping Your Sound DVD! The five programs in the original Shaping Your Sound Series have now been condensed into two feature-packed DVD's. Microphones, Mixers & Multitrack Recording Teaches how to best mike, record and mix drums, guitars, pianos, horns, vocals, strings and more. Plus analog multi-track recording & multitrack recorders, tape editing & dozens of examples, animations & visuals showing expert recording skills. 180 min. F009DVD ...... $99.00 Signal Processors Learn how to use EQ to open up the sound of your recordings, how to use compressors & gates to alter the dynamics of any instrument by emphasizing or diminishing the attack, sustain or release of each note. See dozens of demonstrations showing you exactly how to get the most out of reverb & delay effects. 180 min. F010DVD ...... $99.00 V 2 DVD Set F011DVD SAVE $10.00 ...... ONLY $188.00

Mixers And Mixing Microphones Sit behind the console with Tom Lubin as he takes Tom Lubin shows you the various types of micro- you through every step of a 16 track mix, from the phones and demonstrates how the variables of size, first rough mixes through shaping and blending each mass and pickup pattern effect a microphones instrument using ED, reverb, delay, panning and sound. Learn how to develop a feel for choosing dynamics. Learn how to get maximum flexibility the right microphone in any situation plus strategies from your console and how to read block diagrams for miking drums, guitars, horn and string ensembles, to choose the best route through your board. pianos and vocals. 84 min. F006 ...... $99.00 84 min. F003 ...... $99.00

Equalizers, Compressors & Gates Reverb And Delay Digital delays can add echo, create delays and Tom Lubin shows how to use EQ to make room produce the effects of phasing, flanging and for each instrument texture. Animated graphics chorusing. A digital reverb can literally shape the introduce you to the various types of EQ curves space where your sound happens - move the walls and devices, while step-by-step demonstrations and change their texture, turn your studio into a show you how to set up ED for any instrument. cavern or cathedral. Tom Lubin demonstrates the Learn how to use compressors and gates behavior of sound in a variety of real environments to shape the dynamics of any instrument by including a selection of before and after demon- emphasizing or diminishing the attack, sustaining strations which let you see and hear the shaping of or releasing each note. pre-delay, delay time, early reflections, diffusion, 83 min. F004 ...... $99.00 along with the additional components of customized reverb and delay effects. 83 min. F005 ...... $99.00 Multitrack Recording Sound Success new Tom Lubin takes you through a complete 8-track Essential Guide to Audio for Video recording session, including pre-production, ses- Good audio is essential for good video. This sion planning and preparation, the basic session program teaches the tools, terms and tech- and the overdubbing process. Learn how to get the niques needed in order to capture and edit cleanest possible sound from your recorder, strate- top-notch audio for video. gies for bouncing tracks and techniques for sculpt- ing sound with precision erasure, editing and speed Teaches: shifting. Microphone types, Wired or wireless, indoor 65 min. F007 ...... $99.00 audio, outdoor audio, editing audio & audio sweetening. 30 min. F815. . $29.95 F815DVD. . $39.95 12 F I L M , V I D E O & P O S T P R O D U C T I O N Smithee's Lecture: A Digital Editing Exercise For Film & Video

Editing is a powerful art form that can make or break a good video or film. Teaching video editing effectively requires access to raw footage, audio, actors, and a well-crafted script. This unique program and educational resource, provides the tools to teach the concepts, theories and practices that have become the visual language of our current media form. With over two hours of raw footage, multiple subplots, multiple characters, music, sound effects, graphics and compositing elements this program provides numerous ways for students to reconstruct the film and edit the program. The Premise: Smithee's Lecture is a 25 minute short video featuring five students in a mad rush to attend a lecture given by famous Hollywood director, Alan Smithee. The story-line has multiple characters and subplots giving students an opportunity to edit their own version of the story, while learning the various styles and methods of storytelling an editor has at their disposal. There are a number of subjects featured including split editing, logging, compositing, media management, sound mixing and a number of performance-based decision making. The program also teaches parallel editing, montage editing and continuity editing so students can practice these editing A Dynamic Educational Resource Designed For Use In The styles. One scene is fully slated to teach synching audio. Classroom Where Video Editing Is Taught. The original shooting script and the producers finished version are also Telly Award Winning. By Award Winning Filmmaker, David Liban included so professors can demonstrate how the program can be cut together and the different approaches an editor might take. PROGRAM CONTENTS F1115 . . . . . (Not. . . available...... for. . preview)...... $299.99 A- Course Components: 9 DVDs E- 3 Source CDROM's FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM B- Raw Footage 1. Sound Files & Composition Running Time: 2 1/2 hours Media for Compositing Subjects Covered Include: For digitizing into a video editing Special Effects • Logging • Media management • Importing Media • Parallel Editing computer via firewire 2. Music Disc • Montage Editing • Thematic editing • Continuity Editing • Split ends (J & L cutting). • Performance-based decision-making. C- Audio: Embedded @ 48kHz 3. Graphic Media • Compositing. • Synching • Sound Editing, Mixing & Sweetening. D- System: Quicktime 5 or higher F- Instructor's Manual & Shooting Script Media Format: Quicktime DV/DVC Format For Video Design Effective Desktop Video Graphics V Graphics created on your computer can look terrific D I G I T A L / M U L T I M E D I A or terrible when transferred to video. “Designing Effective Desktop Video Graphics” explores the use of V text, line, color, backgrounds and graphic design for The Basics Of Multimedia effective communication of your message. Special “Timely and relevant”- Dr. Lionel S. emphasis is placed on designing graphics that will Duncan, Morgan State University withstand the limitations of the video signal, Multimedia brings together graphics, animation, including resolution, contrast tolerance, color audio, video and text to create a new kind of tolerance and the potential for flicker and experience. The resuIts turn passive viewers into interference patterns. involved participants, opening up new possibilities Considerations for readable text include density, size, for education, art and entertainment. style, edge treatment and anti-aliasing. The visual This entertaining program examines the basic portion of this fast-paced program is made up ingredients of multimedia, including hardware, almost entirely of graphics designed to demonstrate software, scripting, interactivity and even robotics. the points being made. Included are interviews with industry experts and 14 min. F322 ...... $89.00 F322DVD ...... $99.00 examples of widely varied multimedia presentations from interactive databases and living books to virtual Computer Dreams reality experiences. This video anthology plants you at the drawing board of some of the most 20 min. F658 ...... $149.00 F658DVD ...... $149.00 ingenious digital effects ever created. Witness the birth of the lovable Nestor Sextone, the amazing computer generated actor with a thousand expressions Computer Animation Magic and Captain Power, featuring live action and digitized robots working in unison. See how computer animation sequences are built up step-by-step, from wire 58 min. F627 ...... $149.00 frame models to the addition of color, lighting and texture. See the effective use of computer graphics in advertising, news production, business commu- Computer Visions nication, architectural and product design, education, medicine, scientific Join Ray Tracy, the world's first computer generated television host, on an research, real time simulation, children’s games and dramatic production. international journey through a fantastic universe of images and stories 58 min. F626 ...... $149.00 created by artists on the cutting edge of computer animation. 58 min. F625 ...... $149.00 Order: 1-800-262-8862 Fax: 1-310-574-0886 [email protected] www.firstlightvideo.com 13 F I L M V I D E O & P O S T P R O D U C T I O N new V The New Age Of Digital Video Compression Creative Editing Techniques for Non-Linear Editing From CD-Roms and desktop video-conferencing Ideal for video editing and field production courses. to satellite TV and the internet, digital video compression is revolutionizing the way and how Non-linear editing software has opened the door to a seemingly-infinite information is handled. number of creative possibilities. The software can do almost anything you In Part I author and industry consultant Mark Long ask it to do, but you may not always have the time to come up with ideas provides an overview and brief history of digital to make a program stand out. This program demonstrates dozens of easy to compression, defines basic concepts, examines the imitate techniques that will work with any non-linear program, including differences between the analog and digital worlds techniques to maximize layering, motion, text, effects, razor tools and and explores the wide range of compression more. V applications. 15 min. F1151 ...... $149.00 In Part II, Long uses simple language, analogies and F1151DVD ...... $149.00 detailed animated graphics to guide us through the bewildering terminology and methodology of V digital compression, with emphasis on MPEG, to An Editing Exercise emerging compression standard. Hands on editing experience. 71 min. F928 ...... $149.00 F928DVD ...... $149.00 Includes all the shots from a sequence of a TV historical drama. FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM The scene lends itself to a variety of dramatic approaches and contains special problems to be solved as well as opportunities for split edits and Topics include: Preprocessing • Motion compensation • Discrete cosine double track editing. The director’s edited version is included at the end of the transform • Quantization • Huffman coding • MPEG encoders • Data program. An ideal introduction to the practical and creative aspects of film rates • Inter-operability between different systems using the MPEG & video editing. The package includes a shot list and marked script. standard, the Open Systems Interconnection Model and Digital Satellite Transmission. 15 min. F721 ...... $149.00 F721DVD ...... $149.00

Post Synchronization: The Editor’s Role V Music For Film This program shows the shooting of a period British composer Ron Goodwin scene on a noisy location. Follow three demonstrates film music possible dialogue replacement procedures production procedures with an including the original method in which the emphasis on timing and film and guide track are cut into short synchronization. He shows how loops, the “rock and roll” procedure using syn- timings for a scene are taken chronous rollback, and the modern Automatic by a music editor and then Dialogue Replacement or ADR method. transformed onto a score by the For each procedure we see exactly how guide composer. He demonstrates the tracks are prepared, how the recording use of click tracks and discusses session is executed, and finally how the new their pros and cons. tracks are integrated with sound effects and Goodwin illustrates his presenta- music to create a polished final track. tion with excerpts from his scores for “The Trap” and “Where Eagles 28 min. F765 .$49.95 F765DVD .$49.95 Dare” and shows how a basic theme can be developed and used in a wide range of ways throughout a film. Acrylic Heads And Hands 55 min. F762 ...... $149.00 Features step-by-step demonstrations on the technique for making sophisticated acrylic heads and hands for special effects sequences. 12 min. F764 ...... $49.95 Off-Line Editing: An Introduction This program covers the mechanics and strategies of the off-line edit The Role of the Script Supervisor session, from raw footage to the final cut. Topics include linear and non- A detailed examination of the duties of the script supervisor and the linear editing, control track and time code, blacking, window dubbing, complex issues of continuity. logging, assembly and insert editing, straight cuts, split edits and multi- 28 min. F717 ...... $49.95 generation editing technique. 38 min. F780 ...... $149.00

The Role of the Assistant Editor The Film Score V All the basic procedures of the film editing room are covered including log- Renowned American film composer Miles ging & edge numbers, syncing dailies, shot breakdown and preparation of Goodman (La Bamba, Little Shop Of Horrors) works a cut work print. with an engineer and symphony orchestra to 45 min. F720 ...... $49.95 record the score of a feature film. The director, composer, composer’s assistant and engineer all give their perspective as the creative work Animation Games proceeds. This award-winning programs gives you an overview of animation 24 min. F759 ...... $49.95 technique as well as segments on puppet animation, cutout animation F759DVD ...... $59.95 and pixelation. 51 min. F745 ...... $49.95 14 F I L M V I D E O & P O S T P R O D U C T I O N

The Hold-Up – An Editing Exercise – with Roger Ebert BEST SELLER V This is the most widely used training film for editing students in use today! “A classic profile of how to use camera angles, sound and effects to create effective tension-filled drama.” - Professor Robert Johnson, Jr., Framingham State College “I am very pleased. Exactly what I needed for the course.” - Warren Carter, TV Production, Golden West College

Nationally syndicated film critic Roger Ebert takes students from rushes to the final cut of a dramatic band robbery scene. Mr. Ebert’s commentary provides insights into basic editing techniques such as matching action, parallel editing and continuity, as well as, the effects of camera angles, point of view and reaction shots. The film concludes with two edited versions, illustrating the widely different approaches an editor might take in assembling the sequence. Unedited, slated rushes are available in various video and film formats, providing students with an opportunity to edit their own version of the scene. The sequence is designed so that it can be edited as a silent film or with single or double system sound. 20 min. VHS F623A . .$119.00 F623J CDROM: 480x360 (No Audio) “mov” & “avi” ...... $119.00 17 min. VHS Rushes F623B . .$119.00 F623K CDROM: 320x240 (Non-Synced Audio Clips) “aif” & “wav”$149.00

THE HOLD-UP The Hold-Up DVD new For Computer Based Editing Systems The new DVD version of The Holdup for Windows and Mac includes the instructional film (with the Roger Ebert commentary), along with separate files of video clips in both “mov” and “avi” formats at 480 X 360 resolution, and unsynced audio clips in both “aif” and “wav” formats. F623DVD ...... $149.00 PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS F623DVD Rushes ...... $149.00 • Matching action • Parallel editing • Camera angles • Reaction shots

Non-Linear Editing Using The Avid® V Avid Xpress DV & Avid Xpress One of the best training videos of its kind! Pro Basic Editing Training DVD V Each step of non-linear editing using an AVID® is “I highly recommend the GeniusDV, Avid examined in this comprehensive training package. Xpress DV - Pro Training Basic Editing. Instructor and experienced editor Jason Ballantine John Lynn presents the material in a way takes viewers through basic Macintosh® concepts, that is easy to understand.” - Taylor Bush AVID® system and file management, basic and advanced editing techniques, menus, project set up, logging, digitizing, syncing, trim mode func- The Avid Xpress DV and Avid Xpress Pro training DVD tions, audio tracks, picture and audio dissolves, EDL is an incredible training tool for those who need to output, video mastering and file backup. learn the software quickly. This training DVD covers Invaluable for both film or video based projects all the basics of editing, including: drag-drop edit- this program takes you through each step with ing, how to capture, timeline editing, trimming, recaps, handy hints and informative graphics in a three-point editing, audio mixing, effects and transitions, multiple video clear and direct manner, making this program one tracks, the Avid title tool and how to output. of the best training videos of its kind. This program features interactive 60 min. F1144DVD (2 Disc Set) ...... $179.00 exercises and a 77 page guide book with course notes. FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM 60 min. F968 ...... $179.00 F968DVD ...... $179.00 • The Avid training DVD is divided into 10 modules - approx. 1 hour in length. Video Post Production V • MAC & PC compatible. On camera visuals from certified Avid Instructor “A good overview of off-line editing, ‘John Lynn’. on-line editing and sound mixing... highly • Includes an additional CD-Data disc that contains the raw material for a recommended.” - Video Librarian Magazine broadcast quality commercial. This program presents an entertaining overview of video post-production basics. Topics include pre-production planning, the efficient use of time Editing Techniques: Reducing Time code and user bits, structuring the off-line edit to Learn the various ways in which an editor can manipulate time by using cut- make the on-line edit fast and economical, digi- ins, cut-aways, parallel action & other useful time-reducing techniques. Film tal effects, audio sweetening, digital audio and making almost always involves the compression of time. Discover the pros and mixed format film/tape procedures. This state-of- cons of basic time reduction techniques including camera movement, jump the-art presentation serves as its own example, cuts, exits, entrances, cut-aways, parallel action and visual effects. Complete making elaborate use of digital effects and rushes for the sequence are provided so that students can create their own graphics. A clear introduction to the sometimes edited version. Includes rushes bewildering world of video post which is as 10 min. VHS F779 ...... $149.00 useful to communications specialists as it is to students. 3/4“ F779Q ...... $199.00 28 min. F714 ...... $149.00 F714DVD ...... $159.00 Order: 1-800-262-8862 Fax: 1-310-574-0886 [email protected] www.firstlightvideo.com 15 B R O A D C A S T / J O U R N A L I S M

Crisis On Campus Now On DVD! BEST SELLER Crisis On Campus is an exciting new editing exercise from the producers of “The Hold Up.” It is specifically designed for broadcast journalism students, but will be useful for all students of editing technique. This realistic simulation of a major breaking news story is played out by the students, faculty and staff of the University Of New Orleans, SWAT Team and professional crews from two local TV stations. The core of “Crisis On Campus” is 40 minutes of rushes, available in VHS or 3/4,” which students can use to edit their own version of the story. The footage includes complete coverage by the two news teams, aerial footage from the helicopter and “shaky-cam” coverage from the home video camera. Interviews include the University Chancellor, the Director of Campus Police, the SWAT Team coordinator and Public Information Officer, friends and relatives of the perpetrator and the hostages and students caught in the crossfire. Voice-over and stand-ups by reporter Noel Osigian are also provided. To make the exercise most meaningful and realistic, it is recommended that each student editing “Crises On Campus” create and record his or her own story and stand-ups. Editing possibilities are virtually limitless and will depend heavily and realistically on the “time slot” allotted to the story by the instructor. The “Crises On Campus” package also includes a 12-minute introductory video hosted by former ABC foreign correspondent and anchor Richard Anderson, that presents the basic situation and uses the “Crises On Campus” material to demonstrate the best use of video coverage, sound bites, reaction shots, stand-ups and natural sound. 40 min. VHS F916 ...... $149.00 F916DVD ...... $159.00 40 min. 3/4” F916Q ...... $189.00 FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Presents two ways the rushes could be edited: • Brilliant but unbalanced physics major Jimmy Jerrold, his body wired with explosives, is holding two • As a breaking story for the six o’clock news, hostages on the roof of the University Performing Arts Center. As a helicopter and a SWAT Team with featuring live coverage from the scene. armored personnel carrier converge on the spot, Jerrold panics and opens fire on students in the quad • As a wrap-up on the eleven o’clock news after the below. Two news teams and a passerby with a home video camera capture the chaos and the tense crises has been resolved. negotiations that finally lead to Jerrold’s surrender and the safe release of the hostages. BEST SELLER Media On Trial: Story Of The Storytellers A View From Behind The Viewfinder: First Place 1999 Broadcast Education A Day In The Life Of An Association Documentary Competition ENG Camera Person This program documents media coverage of the Spend a day with each of three photojournalists at Oklahoma City Bombing Trials. It analyzes many of KPNX Phoenix, from a morning staff meeting to the media practices that draw intense criticism, the rush to edit the day’s stories for broadcast. including the differences between tabloid and Experience the pressures of the photojournalist’s mainstream coverage; impacts of judicial coopera- many roles and witness the teamwork that’s vital tion; reporter objectivity; journalist emotions, to getting the story. These photojournalists must sources and spin; victim and jury treatment; the hustle while carrying 50 pounds of equipment, media swarm; legal analysis; competitive pressures; use their street smarts and communication skills organizational versus individual motivations for to conduct interviews and understand the styles of coverage; print and broadcast cooperation; reporter’s perspective enough to grab the shots coverage ground rules; technology impacts; public needed to tie the story together. and governmental reactions to efforts to improve the media image and more. 45 min. F940 ...... $149.00 56 min. F987 ...... $149.00 VR-Reporter - CDROM The VR-Reporter is an electronic news gathering and news reporting simu- lation for college students in broadcasting programs. Students use this Get Real, Get Paid: Work For A Newspaper interactive simulation to maneuver around a 360° crime scene to interview Telly Awards, Silver Statue. individuals and to capture B-roll footage. During the investigation, they A fast paced, overview of career opportunities in the newspaper business. take notes and make follow-up phone calls. After completing the investiga- News, sports and entertainment reporters reveal what they love about their tion, notes and a timecode tape log of interview responses and B-roll jobs: the freedom (the pace is dictated by what’s going on, not by footage are saved to disk. Students re-write the story, record voice-overs a timeclock), variety and excitment (you could be at a political demon- and edit their news package. CDROM Available For Windows or Macintosh. stration or next to a burning building), importance (sometimes it’s your F307D MAC & F307D PC ...... One year license ...... $149.00 job to right a wrong) and the chance to meet all kinds of people (from F307F MAC & F307F PC ...... Unlimited time license .$349.00 local athletes to Larry Bird). Interviews with a photographer, graphic artist, cartoonist and others Covering The Big Story: The O.J. Simpson Verdict highlight that there are many additional roles involved in producing a This program was shot in Los Angeles on the day of the O.J. Simpson trial paper - from designing and selling ads to running the presses. The advice verdict as reporters, photographers, engineers, editors, producers and from these professionals is to be true to your interests. Education and bureau chiefs scrambled for coverage, negotiated for precious satellite experience are important, but the passion to do the job is what makes you time, struggled with logistics in the middle of a mob scene and tried to find successful. the angle that would give their story the edge. 12 min. F938 ...... $119.00 The program includes interviews with producers and reporters from ABC News and A Current Affair as well as local stations from around the country. 28 min. F937 ...... $149.00 16 M A S S M E D I A The Hollywood Inside Out Series Now Available On DVD! V These programs reveal the intricate innerworkings of the entertainment industry. Each includes interviews & behind the scenes coverage of top professionals engaged in the day-to-day creative process. An excellent resource for the next generation of television & music makers. Hollywood Inside Out: Hollywood Inside Out: BEST SELLER The Television Industry The Music Industry BEST SELLER A fast-paced, comprehensive look at how network The business and creative aspects of the music sitcoms and dramatic series are made. Shot on the industry are fully examined in this detailed set and behind-the-scenes, this video features instructional video. Includes interviews with top many of television’s top producers, writers and songwriters, artists and record company executives craftspeople, sharing their insights on the creative sharing their experiences on the hit making process. process. All phases of the production process are This program also explores the issues of covered, from concept and casting to shooting and artist development, packaging, marketing and final post-production. distribution. 40 min. F965 ...... $149.00 40 min. F967 ...... $149.00 F965DVD ...... $159.00 F967DVD ...... $159.00

Media Literacy: The Audience Media Literacy: Creating Media Most people think of “audience” as those who watch Most students have little experience creating media television, listen to the radio, read a magazine or news- and assume creating media is an easy process. For paper or surf the web but “media are businesses.“ In newspapers, you collect some information, write a the same way a hardware store sells nuts and bolts, the story, type it out and lay it out. With a computer, media sell product - YOU – the audience. Guaranteeing how hard can that be? Part of the intrigue of media an audience to advertisers is what the media do and it creation is it looks so easy. This program takes stu- has to be the “right” audience - those with money to dents on location to a behind-the-scenes look at a spend on the advertised product or products. This radio station, television news show, a regional news- program examines the concepts of demographics, paper and a national on-line newspaper to see how psychographics, how ratings affect media, targeting and on-line advertising. media is created in a top media market. 24 min. F1135 ...... $79.95 F1135DVD ...... $99.95 16 min. F1136 ...... $79.95 F1136DVD ...... $99.95

Mass Communication Cable Television: Media Literacy: Ethics How It Works This program focuses on those who work as media Excellent for use in broadcast courses. professionals whether they are public relations spe- cialists, journalists, photojournalists, advertising exec- This program shows you why and how cable utives, newspaper editors or camera operators. In the television was started, reviewing the Head End, media it’s not just about what we say but what we Distribution system and House Drop while show and how we show it. Visuals, whether they are exploring some of the major cable operations. video, photos, or how we put together photos and From a “community antenna” project serving only words, often have more impact and more credibility remote areas in the 1940’s to the country’s largest than words alone. This program includes interviews private construction program passing nearly one with journalists from the Washington Post and USA Today.com who talk hundred million homes today, cable television is a about ethical standards at both print and on-line newspapers. powerful media source. 31 min. F1134 ...... $79.95 F1134DVD ...... $99.95 30 min. F991 ...... $89.95 Mass Communication The Electronic Darkroom: Mass Communication The Future Of Photography A terrific video for an introduction to How Television Ratings Work mass media courses as well as traditional Discover what those television ratings photography and computer courses. really mean. Photography has merged with the computer. This Television programming including news, sports and program will show students the future of photog- entertainment is driven by RATINGS. In this video, raphy. Trends in photography show that computers students will discover how ratings are determined are not only replacing the darkroom but film itself. by using randomly selected households across Dr. Sam Winch walks you through the process of America. photo image to print. Discover how a typical This program shows how sampling takes place and college newspaper uses the new technology. how homes are selected to participate. Using peo- Discover how a digital camera captures an image & ple meters, see how rating companies know who is how the photo can be changed to fit a newspaper watching a particular program and how ratings or magazine layout. The photo-editor shows drive the radio and television industry. This video students how the provides will help clear up the confusion on what those images to newspapers across the country APand Leaf the Picturmanaginge Dest editor also television ratings really mean. explains the economics of such a system. Finally see how the associated 20 min. F990 ...... $89.95 press uses its network of photographers & how it makes these photos. 18 33 min. F992 ...... $89.95 V I S U A L L A N G U A G E V BEST SELLER A Movie Lover's Guide to Film Language: Lessons In Visual Language Silver Medallion, Television Society of Australia, Penguin Classic Scenes from Timeless Films new Award for Best Closed Circuit Television Education Program, Learn How To Understand the Components of Film Educare Australian Film Awards, Special Commendation. "This program is very well done. The division into overview, Ideal for Students in Visual Communication. clip and instruction is excellent. This will help teachers This award-winning series, devised and narrated by Peter explain the technology of film in a very concrete and Thompson, deals with the fundamental language of all mov- interesting manner." - Alvernia College, PA ing images. Each program is crammed with dramatic exam- “An outstanding presentation.” - Kevin Gray, NACE ples and startling concepts guaranteed to stimulate creativity The program consists of a general introduction to film language and and provoke discussion. five "lessons" covering the major elements of cinematic language: LIGHTING, CAMERA, MISE EN SCENE, SOUND and EDITING. Order The Series on DVD For each of these lessons there is a short overview to introduce the lesson and SAVE $440! and its film clip, which consists of an "original clip" of a scene from a classic film. This is followed by an DVD Part 1: "instructional clip" that shows the same scene again Camera, Orientation, Framing, but with synchronized voice-over commentary Shot Sizes, Lenses & Perspective about the use of film language it illustrates. The 50 min. F1139DVD ...... $275.00 movie scenes come from recognized film classics such as: Carol Reed's "The Third Man" (Lighting), DVD Part 2: Buster Keaton's "The General" (Camera), Fritz Lang's Editing, Rhythm, Music, "M" (Mise en scene), Sergei Eisenstein's "Alexander Nevsky" (Sound), and Alfred Hitchcock's "Sabotage" Image & Screen, Third Dimension (Editing). 57 min. F1140DVD ...... $275.00 This program is interactive allowing students to go directly from the intro- V duction, to any of the five lessons, to supplementary information about the classic films or to the glossary of film terms used in the program. Framing 45 min. VHS F1137 ...... $79.95 The positioning of a camera “puts frame around the world” and divides it into 45 min. CDROM F1137CDROM ...... $79.95 off-screen and on-screen space. See how the very choice of framing can define relationships, tell a story, create or release tension. Learn how we can 45 min. DVD F1137DVD ...... $119.00 convey information about off-screen space: the world in front of, behind and “all around that world” defined by the frame itself. 10 min. F747 ...... $99.00 Image And Screen Editing Rhythm Discover the sensory qualities of the filmed This episode explores the ways in which editing is This program begins by exploring the wealth of image, including luminosity, definition and used to reconstruct, rearrange or fragment physical natural and mechanical rhythms in the world grain. Thompson shows how it is possible to space and sequences of events. This program uses a around us. Thompson shows that rhythm in film manipulate exposure, depth of field and other hallucinatory psychological drama involving an or video can be achieved by editing, by move- factors to enhance or undermine an illusion of estranged couple, a child and a fiery auto wreck to ment within the frame independent of editing or reality. show how editing is used to compress time, create by the use of sound. He shows how these strate- 14 min. F753 ...... $99.00 imaginary spaces and pull the viewer through gies can be combined in imaginative ways. successive layers of dream and reality. 10 min. F755 ...... $99.00 The Third Dimension 10 min. F754 ...... $99.00 Our eyes and brains use a variety of visual cues to Orientation Of The Camera Lenses And Perspective construct three dimensional space. Thompson Thompson shows how we orient ourselves in space In a series of convincing demonstrations, shows how we can use these cues to define by a combination of what we see and other phys- Thompson shows that the position of the viewer special relationships or to fool the eye. This iological cues. Moving images lack these other or of a camera, is the governing factor in the program includes a number of startling optical cues so special efforts must be made to perception of spatial relationships in the third illusions. provide the viewer with a sense of balance and dimension. He lays to rest the mistaken idea 7 min. F749 ...... $99.00 equilibrium. Learn how moving images can be that lens focal length affects the appearance used to deliberately disturb the physiological of depth. equilibrium of the viewer. Movement And Moving 9 min. F750 ...... $99.00 The Camera 11 min. F752 ...... $99.00 Thompson examines the way the human eye Music moves as it interacts with a visual scene and This program explores the wide-ranging forms Shot Sizes & Framing Faults demonstrates how movement of the camera and functions of music for the screen. A series of This program defines the basic shot types of the must accommodate but not duplicate the move- compelling dramatized scenes highlight the film and video vocabulary from wide shot to big ment of the eye. Three types of movement are evocative and emotive power of music, as closeup and discusses the most effective use of analyzed: movement within the frame, move- composer Bruce Smeaton discusses the structure each. Learn how to build up an action sequence ment of the frame and movement of the camera and purpose of the score he has created for each from a combination of framings and the psycho- itself. scene. logical impact of common framing errors. 11 min. F751 ...... $99.00 16 min. F756 ...... $99.00 9 min. F748 ...... $99.00 Order: 1-800-262-8862 Fax: 1-310-574-0886 [email protected] www.firstlightvideo.com 19 S E T S / P R O P S & C O S T U M E S BEST SELLER Where Do I Start: Basic Set Construction V Play It Safe: Introduction To Theater Safety This program demonstrates basic set “These videos will be the cornerstone of construction from start to finish. our yearly safety campaign.” David Shawger, Ball State University Scene - Carey Lawless, Production Manager, Designer and Technical Director, covers building supplies and tools, the construction of flats and Columbia University, York platforms, the assembly of window and door Safety habits every theater and production worker frames, the addition of hinging, stiffeners and should learn! 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. F698 ...... $148.00 F698DVD ...... $158.00 “Ranson is an expert on the subject. Filled Firearm Safety On Stage V with practical information.” “Had the crew of “The Crow” followed - Video Rating Guide For Libraries. the advice in Firearm Safety Onstage, This ambitious introduction to scenic painting Brandon Lee would be alive.” - Arts, examines the basic components of paint (pigments, Crafts and Theater Safety (ACTS) fillers, bases and binders), the characteristics and This program teaches actors & technicians to properly uses of various media (oil and water base paints, use guns onstage. 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. Shows how to and costume maintenance. measurement, costume sketch, develop a paper 73 min. F647 $119.00 F647DVD $149.00 F647 CDROM $149.00 pattern and fitting a design mock-up. 20 75 min. F611 ...... $129.00 M A K E - U P & S P E C I A L E F F E C T S Legends of Screen Make-Up – Produced by Scott Essman new V A look back on the cinematic pioneers & masters of make up of the 20th century featuring John Chambers (Planet of the Apes), Dick Smith (The Exorcist), effects master Todd Tucker (Making Wolvy) and Jack Dawn (The Wizard of Oz) Legends of Screen Make-Up DVD 90 min. F1176DVD...... $149.00 (Includes A Tribute to the Wizard of Oz, Dick Smith & John Chambers)

A Tribute to John Chambers new A Tribute to the Wizard of Oz new Planet of the Apes, A special behind-the-scenes look at the The Munsters tribute to honor the makeup genius of With very few and special excep- Jack Dawn and his team, from the 60- tions, there is no more influential year-old classic film - The Wizard of Oz. an individual in the modern Watch the authentic recreation of seven characters world of special makeup effects from the film, led by a dream team of make up than John Chambers. Through artists including Dorothy (Deborah Patino), the groundbreaking cinematic tri- Scarecrow (Kenny Myers), the Tin Man (Kevin umphs as pivotal as Planet of the Haney), the Cowardly Lion (Bill Corso) and the Apes, Chambers 30-year career in Wicked Witch (Ve Neill). This unique celebration Hollywood solidified his legacy as a technical master using plastic laminate, also features current creature king Rick Baker, foam latex, mold-making, and prosthetic materials. Chambers left a lega- director Ron Underwood and Howard Smit (who cy of excellence that continues to ripple through the work of his many applied Munchkin makeups in the original film). It peers and proteges. also includes original Munchkin Jerry Maren. 30 min. F1170 ...... $99.00 30 min. F1167 ...... $99.00 Making Wolvy new A must for students of A Tribute to Dick Smith new special effects. The Exorcist, Amadeus, This unprecedented documentary The Godfather features footage and behind- A living legend and master of the-scenes material from Wolvy special makeup effects. This pro- - a six-character fantasy film. gram features exclusive interviews Learn how effects master Todd of Dick with his closest protégés, Tucker used a variety of methods, including Rick Baker, Kevin including facial prosthetics, Haney, and Craig Reardon. It puppeted creature suits, remote includes dozens of rare photos control “animatronics,” special costumes, and puppeteering to realize his and film clips of Dick and his unique vision. rarest make-ups, many from his early days working in television along with 24 min. F1169 ...... $99.00 F1169DVD ...... $119.00 photos and footage from his classic films, including The Exorcist, Altered States, The Hunger, Amadeus, and many others. Additional guest speakers TV Makeup: The Basics Now On DVD! V include Forrest Ackerman, Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff, Michele Burke, and Lance Anderson. Special material from George Lucas and John Landis. “★★★★ Four Stars - This program will have you up and running 30 min. F1168 ...... $99.00 with brush in hand in 30 minutes.” - Videomaker Magazine Now On DVD! This program covers materials and equipment for a The Make-Up Workshop V basic makeup kit with step-by-step demonstrations A comprehensive “how to” video that covers covering: two base application techniques, eye shadow, eyeliner, eyebrows, mascara, rouge, lips and the essential skills required for makeup. powder. Separate sections cover makeup for men, This unique video leads several students through an including treatments for baldness and beard line actual make-up workshop illustrating make-up and make up for dark skin, light skin, problem skin preparation and application through simple step-by- and children. step demonstrations and revision sequences. Plus makeup errors, handy hints for cooling down Each student is consulted individually with their actors sweating under hot lights and a two-minute character's design and application. Covers supplies “quick fix” technique for interviews. and tools, corrective make-up, middle age make-up, 30 min. F800 . .$149.00 F800DVD . .$149.00 old age make-up, special effects and more. 90 min. F975 ...... $119.00 F975DVD ...... $149.00 Painting Highlights V F975CDROM ...... $149.00 Drop in on a compilation of several college level painting classes featuring some great ideas with bricks, dirty walls, wood graining and marble. Includes video guide, selected bibliography, sample class syllabus & two project out- Basic TV Makeup lines. High school through college level. Divided into short, easy-to-show Makeup artist Dawn Swayne provides some background on facial segments. structure and then presents step-by-step makeup procedures. 45 min. F980 ...... $79.00 F980DVD...... $99.00 30 min. F707 ...... $49.95 Order: 1-800-262-8862 Fax: 1-310-574-0886 [email protected] www.firstlightvideo.com 21 R A D I O The Basic Radio Skills Series Now Available On DVD! “These tapes have made my job much easier. They are very useful in tying whole concepts together.” - Donald E. Smith, Associate Professor Communications, Elizabethtown College This training series is geared for the radio beginner or for those wanting to improve their practical knowledge. Each program provides the most comprehensive introduction to both the technical and creative aspects of radio. V Announcing And Presentation The Radio Interview Radio Drama A lively montage takes us through a typical radio Mike Broadhurst interviews a number of top inter- Shaun McLaughlin, director of over 200 BBC day as six announcers on talk, news and music viewers, including at one point, himself. The basic radio plays, leads a master class at the Australian shows provide insights into the specific require- technical requirements of the audio interview are Radio, Film and Television School in the rehearsal ments of their formats and into their personal covered, with a strong emphasis on content and and production of a short radio drama. Part I approaches to gathering, organizing and present- interaction, how to prepare your questions, how to features the rehearsal and recording process ing material. Emphasis is placed on learning how get the subject to relax, how to deal with subjects with emphasis on creating the precise sonic to “be yourself” on the air rather than assuming a who take over the interview, or respond in mono- environment and ambience for each scene. Part II facade or persona. Topics include: research, syllables, or evade your questions altogether. covers the finished scene and Part III shows the scripting, scheduling, equipment operation and The participants in this program act out many of cast at work and how each ambience and effect techniques for using voice as an effective tool. these problem situations (often with humorous is achieved. 28 min. F769 . .$149.00 F769DVD . .$149.00 effect) as they discuss effective strategies for 55 min. F732 . .$149.00 F732DVD . .$149.00 handling them. The Radio Studio BEST SELLER 20 min. F771 . .$149.00 F771DVD . .$149.00 This program introduces the radio novice to the Making A Radio Commercial Radio News operation of the hardware of the radio studio The production process of a humorous insurance Five seasoned journalists present an in-depth environment: console, microphones, telephone commercial is amusingly narrated by producers view of radio news at work. Topics include news talkback, turntables, CD players, cart players, tape Street Remley and Bob Dennis. We see them at sources, item selection and scripting, preparation recorders, cassette decks, DAT recorders and more. work with the client and with the actors as the for broadcast, presentation skills, telephone It includes procedures for cueing, labeling and recording session proceeds. The editing process is interviews, field reports and more. Procedures for cleaning machines. followed in detail along with the addition of cueing, labeling, cleaning and machine care are A must for station volunteers & trainees, whether sound effects and the final mix. At each step emphasized. A must for station volunteers and at the college or professional level. along the way, aesthetic considerations are trainees, whether at the college or professional 32 min. F993 . . $89.00 F993DVD . . $89.00 balanced against the needs of the client. level. 43 min. F733 . .$149.00 F733DVD . .$149.00 38 min. F774 . .$149.00 F774DVD . .$149.00 Radio Writing The specifics of writing for news and current The Art Of Radio Advertising Radio Talkback affairs, commercial copyrighting and radio comedy writing are covered in detail. These three distinct Two of America’s most successful radio This program explores a wide range of styles and writing skills are examined, together with the commercial producers, Bert Berdis and Alan approaches for the live call-in show. A special crafts required for each. Specialists in each area Bartzman, discuss their approach to concept and instructional segment examines phone operation, lay out the basic requirements and share tricks of development, copyrighting and directing for delay systems and call dumping. the trade. radio ads. 35 min. F773 . .$149.00 F773DVD . .$149.00 47 min. F775 . .$149.00 F775DVD . .$149.00 In the trademark style of “Bert and Bars,” the radio audience is not aggressively pitched at, Editing Radio Drama For The Classroom but rather made privy to private, sometimes A straightforward presentation of the two basic A two CD set. The first has a teachers guide with whispered conversations. In this program they audiotape editing techniques: splice editing and instructions, lesson plans and scripts. The second CD emphasize selling through humor and describe dub editing. Graphics and overlays make the is an audio CD with music and sound effects to help their team approach to the creative process. procedures clear and examples of music and produce the scripts. Includes music riffs and sound 20 min. F734 . .$119.00 F734DVD . .$119.00 voice edits are performed. effects for the 21 radio drama scripts. 16 min. F770 . .$119.00 F770DVD . .$119.00 F309CD ...... $39.00 A C T I N G & D I R E C T I N G Acting In Restoration Comedy Acting In Tragedy By Brian Cox “Callow directs a workshop of young “...in the end, it is we actors who are on the spot... Scenes that start rehearsal as actors & subjects them to his own straight forward Shakespeare babble, assume dramatic shape.” - The Times, London rigorous & scrupulous appraisal.” 60 min. F3114 ...... $59.95 - Radio Times, London Acting In Shakespearean Comedy By Janet Suzman Callow, one of Britain’s foremost actors, shows the way to attain clarity and hilarity in some of the “Totally and incisively in charge, her unscripted preamble is a dramatic lesson in itself; with most delighfful roles ever conceived for the the- all the right places to create a dramatic effect you can cut with a knife. Her dissertation on ater. With the text as his inspiration, he shapes an the difference between tragedy and comedy is masterly.” - The London Sunday Times actor’s sensibility, coaching a performance that 60 min. F3115 ...... $59.95 will show full knowledge of the age. A 60-minute workshop directed by Simon Callow, using scenes Acting In High Comedy By Maria Altken from The Relapse by Sir John Vanbrugh. “A lively session on high comedy, with examples from Coward, Wilde, Sheridan & 60 min. F3035 ...... $59.95 Cosgreve.” - The London Sunday Times 22 60 min. F3116 ...... $59.95 A C T I N G & D I R E C T I N G Speaking of Creativity new Directors On Acting With Joel Asher V How To Be Creative - As Told by the Creators The relationship between Actor and Director is crucial. When it works V Hosted by Stacey Stone “Magic” can happen on the screen. When it doesn’t, careers can be ruined. This program presents five Nine extraordinary individuals who have prominent film and television directors who excelled in their fields reveal the secrets of their explain how this collaboration works. Creativity. This program teaches how sensory 60 min. F903 ...... $49.95 awareness affects the creative process, what F903DVD ...... $69.95 creativity feels like and recurring themes - personal and professional. FEATURES: FEATURES: Jane Anderson, Writer/Director The Baby Dance, If Joel Asher, Dori Atlantis, Richard Bruland, These Walls Can Talk. Fu-Ding Cheng, Gordon Hunt, Jon Lawrence Gordon Hunt, Mad About You, Frazier voiceovers. Rivera, Maria Royce, Mimi Seton, Stacey Stone & Jeremy Kagan, Chicago Hope, Ally McBeal. Charlayne Woodard. Asaad Kelada, Dharma & Greg, Everybody Loves 48 min. F1174DVD ...... $69.95 Raymond. Getting The Part With Joel Asher V Casting Directors Tell It Like It Is V “An extremely valuable tool for all actors.”- Asaad Kelada, What are casting directors really looking for? Joel Asher, award winning Director, Designing Women, Night Court & Family Ties director & distinguished acting coach interviews Hollywood casting directors World-renowned acting coach Joel Asher shows you how to focus the to find out. Featuring Fern Champion, C.S.A. (Network, Naked Gun, Saturday power of the imagination, breakdown scenes and read with non-actors. Night Fever) Danny Goldman, (National/Regional Commercials) Lindsay Chag, You’ll see actors in the class “audition” in six different scenes and watch as (Robin Hood-Men In Tights, Anything But Love) Joey Paul, C.S.A. (Adam 12, Joel’s coaching remarkably transforms their performances. FBI: The Untold Stories, Great Detectives). 50 min. F902 ...... $49.95 F902DVD ...... $69.95 40 min. F984 ...... $49.95 F984DVD ...... $69.95

Agents Tell It Like It Is With Joel Asher V Auditioning For Camera V Award winning director and distinguished acting coach Joel Asher inter- Paul Awad, professional director and acting teacher, guides views top commercial film and TV agents who candidly reveal what every students through workshop exercises created to help actors make the actor should know. Subjects covered include: what agents look for in most of their audition time, bring out their unique qualities and give actors, which actors get signed, what should actors look for in agents and them a solid grasp of the auditioning process and the skills necessary to what makes a good agent. get the part. 50 min. F983 ...... $49.95 F983DVD ...... $69.95 35 min. F1121 ...... $79.00 F1121DVD ...... $99.00

More Voice Skills Voice Skills III The Haint V Eric Vetro brings you to a higher level of vocal Eric Vetro shares the techniques and vocal exer- A wonderful example of southern storytelling. development. Learn to master the techniques cises he uses with his all-star clientele in Features the “phenomenally tal- that professional singers, speakers and actors use. Hollywood and on Broadway. This program ented” Troy Mink (Seattle Teaches voice strengthening and development teaches you how to maximize your voice’s flexi- Weekly) playing 13 different for compelling performances, how to improve bility and endurance, expand your vocal and characters – from a ghost-bust- your speaking and singing voice and how to cul- dynamic ranges to their maximum capacity and ing sheriff to a chain-smoking tivate healthy habits to protect and maintain how to dazzle your audience with a captivating atheist. Comes with Study Guide. your voice. style and beautiful voice. 60 min. F861...... $34.95 47 min. F1266 ...... $99.00 38 min. F1267 ...... $99.00 F861DVD . . $39.95

Jokes and Their Relation The Drama Teacher’s Companion A Voice Of Your Own to the Unconscious CDROM By Patsy Rodenburg “Recommended.” – Library Journal A collection of lesson plans, scripts “Patsy Rodenburg engages the heart, the “One of the most inventive pieces the and warm-ups for secondary drama mind and the body.” - Richard Eyre company has produced…it’s all hilarious.” teachers. An instructional program that teaches you how – Chicago Tribune This text was written, not to teach people to teach, to balance the body, free and warm up your but rather to give teachers materials to make their voice, center the body, develop a greater range, Chicago’s Neo-Futurists, aided by fellow assassins get rid of tension, keep the voice healthy, develop Sigmund Freud and Uncle Miltie, attempt to kill teaching easier and to save them preparation time. Includes lesson plans, games, scripts and other efficient breathing, speak so that people want to comedy by explaining why it’s funny – which only listen and support your voice. makes it funnier. “An intelligent examination of materials designed for secondary drama students. 60 min. F3284 ...... $59.95 what makes people laugh and one that actually The material is written in Adobe Acrobat and can makes people laugh.” Apollo Movie Guide. be printed the way they are, or it can be copied and pasted into a word processor and edited. 83 min. F862 ...... $34.95 F308CD ...... $39.00 Comes complete with study guide. Order: 1-800-262-8862 Fax: 1-310-574-0886 [email protected] www.firstlightvideo.com 23 A U D I T I O N I N G

Audition: Series With Michael Shurtleff Now On DVD! BEST SELLER Michael Shurtleff teaches an approach to acting that helps students learn to locate their own inner strengths and bring these strengths to bear with maximum energy and force in each role and each moment on the stage. In the four programs of “Audition: The Video Series,” Michael explores the 12 guideposts with a group of work- shop students. Each guidepost is articulated by Michael, then illustrated by the presentation and analysis of brief scenes. Michael probes relentlessly to help his students find the core of each scene and to take emotional risks along the way. 4 Program VHS Series F931 ...... $359.80 ONLY $279.00 4 Program DVD Series F931DVD SAVE $30 ...... $399.80 ONLY $369.80 Audition: Part One V Audition: Part Two V Relationship: Michael demonstrates that actors must Humor: Humor is not jokes; humor arises from pain always ask “Where is the love in the scene?” even in and enables us to carry on in spite of it. Discover how a scene of conflict, to get to the deepest emotional to search out the humor in even the most tragic scene. content. Opposites: Whatever your motivation in a scene, Conflict: “What are you fighting for?“ Michael shows your performance should also include its opposites; how actors must search out the conflict in every the tension in the scene will arise from sudden alter- scene. Without conflict, there is no drama. ation between the opposites. The Moment Before: Michael and his students Discoveries: A scene, even an audition scene, can explore how to start a scene with full energy. quickly become rote. Michael shows how to keep Something must propel you onto the stage and it “making things happen for the first time” through a must be an action, not simply an idea or a mood. constant process of discovery. 30 min. F932 . . . .$89.95 F932DVD . . . .$99.95 30 min. F933 . . . .$89.95 F933DVD . . . .$99.95 Audition: Part Three V Audition: Part Four V Place: Creating a sense of place even on a bare stage. Communication and Competition: Getting beyond The emotional relationship to place is more important self- expression to true communication: a continu- than the place itself. ous cycle of messages and responses, energized by competition. Game Playing and Role Playing: Games and roles are not insincere or fantasy, they are the structures Importance: Locating the dramatic core. Even a through which we process reality and relationships. minor character must approach each scene as if their life will be destroyed if they don’t win. Mystery and Secret: Articulation of role and motive only go so far. At the core of any great Finding The Events: “What’s really happening in the performance is a core of mystery, of wonder and of play?” It’s always a change in relationship and the the inexplicable. actor must locate that change and find a way to 30 min. F935 . . .$89.95 F935DVD . . .$99.95 physicalize it. 30 min. F934 . . .$89.95 F934DVD . . .$99.95 Auditioning Now On DVD! Allan Miller has taught and directed thousands of Auditioning For The Actor actors including: Barbara Streisand, Dustin ★★★★ Four Stars - Highly Recommended! Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Lily Tomlin, Judd Hirsch, University of California acting teacher William Anton Dianne Wiest, Peter Boyle, Kirstie Alley, Sigourney shows how to evaluate your own strengths as an Weaver, Ron Leibman, Bruce Davison, Rue actor and then how to select material that McClanahan, Geraldine Page and Jim Caviezel, supports those strengths. As actors provide examples and has acted in over 200 films, TV shows and of monologues, prepared scenes, cold readings and plays. Learn practical advice and techniques on semi-cold readings, Anton critiques their performance. how to achieve a successful audition in any situ- Going beyond do’s and don’ts for the audition itself he ation, whether it's a cold reading, a warm reading, explores pre-audition skills and strategies that will a prepared monologue or a call back. Miller directs help an actor to feel prepared and confident. Acting actors as they give live auditions for him. The most students at any level as well as working valuable section of this tape are Miller's sugges- professionals, can benefit from this straightforward, easily assimilated plan. tions for enduring the rigors of waiting for your name to be called and how 46 min. F613 ...... $79.00 to use the time to "tune up" and build confidence. 43 min. F911 ...... $79.00 F911DVD ...... $99.00 Audition Techniques This video prepares students or other aspiring actors Voice Skills BEST SELLER for successful auditions in high school theater, Develop your speaking and singing voice to it’s maximum community theater, university theater, professional potential with this easy to use step-by-step program theater and theme parks. Learn how to analyze and taught by acclaimed voice teacher and vocal coach Eric rehearse your monologue/song, prepare the audition, Vetro. Discover the secrets to creating a commanding and to vocally and physically warm up before the audition, powerful voice. Learn superior breath control & vocal proper and improper auditions, to select the right support. Develop better pitch and professional tone monologue or the right song, cold readings, prepare quality while discovering vocal power & versatility. your resume and photographs. 45 min. F1265 ...... $99.00 70 min. F977 ...... $119.00 F1265ACD (Audio CD) ...... $59.95 24 A C T I N G & D I R E C T I N G Acting One, Day One BEST SELLER Shurtleff On Acting Now On DVD! V With Robert Cohen V An unforgettable hour with the famous cast- Best selling theater textbook author Robert Cohen ing director, author and teacher. He helped (University of California) describes and illustrates his launch the careers of Barbara Streisand, four basic principles of acting. He employs a simple Robert Redford, Lily Tomlin, Dustin exercise in which students first recite the American Hoffman, Bette Midler and many others. Pledge of Allegiance, then learn to act this text as part Join Michael Shurtleff for a dynamic series of of a dramatic situation. acting workshops. Learn how to find the core of These four points (Goal, Other People, Tactics, each scene and how to take the emotional risks Expectations) are an essential starting point for the along the way. The workshop scenes are comple- study of all acting methods and styles. mented by remarkable interviews with Shurtleff, 35 min. F981 ...... $79.00 Gene Hackman, Elliot Gould and others, unfolding the story of Michael 35 min. F981DVD ...... $99.00 Shurtleff's work with many of the luminaries of the American stage and Voice Workout For The Actor screen. “★★★★ Four Stars - Highly Recommended!” 60 min. F657 ...... $149.00 F657DVD ...... $159.00 - Video Rating Guide For Libraries Movement For The Actor V “An excellent 30 minute whole-body work- Learn an exciting process for developing a character! out. Unlike exercise tapes, this program is Dawn Mora and her students at Northwestern appropriately low key and relaxing, since it University present a graded series of movement exercises, is meant to prepare - not tire - the actor for from stretching and warm-ups through various types performance.” - Stage Directions of dynamic movement keyed to emotion and memory. Voice expert Susan Leigh provides the actor with a By the end of the program students learn to “score complete voice and body warm-up. The sequence a text,” interpreting character and dialogue entirely includes full-body relaxation and stretching, through movement. This program is ideal for movement teachers and workshop leaders as well followed by exercises for pitch and resonance, as for students. clarity, dynamic vocal control and tongue twisters. 20 min. F671 ...... $119.00 This popular program can be use in a group setting or by the individual and F671DVD ...... $149.00 serves as an effective preparation for classes, rehearsals and performance. F671 CDROM ...... $149.00 Use three to four times per week for maximum effectiveness. 33 min. F615 ...... $79.00 F615DVD ...... $99.00 Blocking A Scene: Advanced Workout For The Actor Develop improved breathing and vocal Basic Staging With Actors BEST SELLER ★★★★★ Five Stars! projection in this excellent follow up to Voice Workout For The Actor. Michael Joyce and two student directors demonstrate the basic steps in blocking a scene. They begin with script analysis, dividing the scene into In this sequel to the popular Voice Workout For The working units, while providing practi- Actor, Susan Leigh focuses on the mechanics of cal tips for laying out and developing breathing and vocal projection. Beginning with a a floor plan. Each student director remarkably effective relaxation sequence, Susan tackles the same scene but with a dif- leads the viewer through a series of simple stretching, ferent approach while Joyce analyzes Yoga and rib awareness exercises leading gradually the blocking process and discusses up to a controlled vocal production. This tape can be alternatives. The work demonstrated used by the beginning actor to develop breath and in this video is based on a scene from projection skills or by the experienced actor as a fresh Shaw’s Candida. approach into solving old problems. 70 min. F617 ...... $148.00 F617DVD ...... $158.00 40 min. F616 ...... $79.00 F616DVD ...... $99.00 Performing Shakespeare Creative Drama & Improvisation ★★★★★ Five Stars! “An excellent introduction to the art of improvisation and a “This video is a nuts and bolts building welcome addition to all high school and college acting classes, block to support the acting curriculum.” as well as theater groups.” - Video Rating Guide For Libraries - Video Rating Guide For Libraries Kathleen Conlin, Director of the Ohio University Host Rives Collins of Northwest school of theater, presents a unique and highly University leads a lively group of physical series of exercises that move from students through a dozen theater exploration of specific words and phrases through the games and improvisational exercises. development of complete Shakespearean scenes. This Collins emphasizes spontaneous detailed process enables actors to merge visceral, response, visualization and especially physical, vocal and imaginative work with the divergent thinking. These exercises give demands of complex text. invaluable tools for warm up, rehearsal, self-exploration & character development. 75 min. F618 ...... $148.00 110 min. F648 ...... $119.00 Order: 1-800-262-8862 Fax: 1-310-574-0886 [email protected] www.firstlightvideo.com 25 A C T I N G & D I R E C T I N G What’s The Score? Text Analysis For The Actor Body Language Skills ★★★★★ Five Stars - Excellent! Your posture, facial expressions and how you move “Recommended for every library collection your body tell more than words can describe. Patti supporting a college, university or professional Colombo, Tony Award nominated choreographer, teaches the art of conversation without words, how to school theater curriculum.” develop eccentric characters through body movement - Video Rating Guide for Libraries and the importance of what your body is communicat- In the first section of this fascinating video Dr. Arthur ing to others. Discusses defining attitudes through Wagner (creator of The Graduate acting programs at body language and includes situational exercises. Tulane, Ohio, Temple and UC San Diego) presents a 47 min. F1268 ...... $99.00 practical system for text analysis. Each action of a script is examined in terms of immediate and overall objectives and then related to personal experience. The Auditioning For Commercials second section presents a powerful methodology for What type of commercials are there? How do you read a examining character dynamics and interactions, based on the models of trans- commercial script? What makes a successful audition? V actional analysis. Wagner illustrates his presentation with characters and scenes from “A Streetcar Named Desire” and other wellknown plays. Learn the process of auditioning for commercials and how to put your best foot forward. Through a relaxed workshop dialogue with professional What’s The Score? condenses a whole theory of character and relationships director and acting teacher Paul Awad, students discuss and work through into a concentrated 85 minute presentation. It is valuable not only for actors exercises designed to give them the techniques and skills necessary for a but for directors and writers as well. successful commercial audition. 85 min. F614 ...... $148.00 35 min. F1120 ...... $79.00 F1120DVD ...... $99.00 A Creative Partnership: The Actor & Director The Directing Process On The Director Educare Award For Educational Films, Dale McFadden, a winner of Chicago's "Jefferson Ronald Neame began his career at the end of the Open Award For Excellence. Award" shows how to select, organize and direct silent era. He teamed with David Lean to make a theatrical production successfully. Features the “Great Expectations” and “Oliver Twist” and This program traces a segment of a feature film history of directing, working with designers, how directed Alec Guinness in such classics as “Tunes from the early stages of casting through auditions, to select a play, the principles of staging, text Of Glory.” His extensive experience not only as a screen tests, character development, rehearsal analysis, blocking and picturization, successful col- producer and director but also as a writer and process and the shoot. The focus is on the develop- laboration and rehearsing the play. This program is cameraman allow him to speak with unique ment of the actor/director relationship through the not only helpful to theater students but is also a authority about the complex chemistry within a various stages of production. The dual narration by tremendous asset to first time directors. filmmaking team. director and actors provides valuable insights for people working on both sides of the camera. 90 min. F973 ...... $119.00 105 min. F602 ...... $119.00 37 min. F739 ...... $149.00 Mime Over Matter V Now you can include a "mime" unit in your drama Mime class or drama club. JodiRae Lynn, performer and Following a brief history of the art of Mime, Bodonyi mime instructor, can lead one person or a full class presents a series of carefully designed solo and group through these easy to follow mime exercises and exercises. In the earliest exercises students learn to mime illusions. Subjects covered include introduction isolate and articulate each body part from hands and to mime, exaggerated action, sections of the body, feet to limbs, head and torso to combining and co- the lean, inclinations, walk 1 & 2, rotations, the sit, ordinating body motions in increasingly complex the wall, breaking down movement, the rope, ways. Also includes exercises to provide students creating a mime piece and the robot. Designed with a Mime vocabulary they can use to articulate specifically as a student participation video that will objects, environments, processes and stories. encourage creativity. 54 min. F913 ...... $149.00 101 min. F974 ...... $119.00 F974 DVD ...... $149.00 F974 CDROM ...... $149.00 Mask This program explores two fundamentals of masks as Mask Making a supplement and complement to Mime technique. This program begins with a rich overview of the use One set of exercises explores the use of “neutral of masks in a wide variety of cultures, demonstrating expression” masks to force students to learn to four basic mask-making techniques, ranging from a express emotion through posture and gesture, with- simple “plaster bandage” and papier-mâché tech- out reliance on facial expression. The remaining niques to subtle and flexible latex masks requiring exercises explore the use of masks as a way of three work sessions for completion. inhabiting alternative identities, whether animal, 54 min. F915 ...... $149.00 human or phantasmagoric. 54 min. F914 ...... $149.00 FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM • Features dozens of colorful masks in a wide range of styles, from the subtle to the outlandish. 26 A C T I N G & D I R E C T I N G Acting In Film By Michael Caine “Witty, articulate and always entertaining, Michael Caine takes the nuts and bolts of film acting to pieces and gives away more trade secrets in the process than you thought existed.” - The London Sunday Times “Caine knows so much, not just about acting, but about the whole business of filmmaking. You’ll be laughing, absorbed and enchanted.” - The Daily Mail “Caine demonstrates how sheer technique can mutate into something meaningful and moving.” - The Observer Academy Award winning actor Michael Caine, internationally acclaimed for his talented performances in movies for over twenty- five years, shares his personal insights into the art and science of film acting. Mr. Caine gives you a once-in-a-lifetime chance to rob him blind! The man who’s hypnotized the camera lenses for a quarter of a century reveals the most closely guarded secrets on script preparation. working with the director, forming a character, voice, sound, and movement. Pearl by pearl he lays out the Caine wisdom on everything from set politics to set decorum, the film bureaucracy and more! 60 min. F3034 ...... $59.95 Building A Character V The Working Actor: Teachers On Acting Truthful and realistic character development is the How do you assist natural talent to full expression? What is theme of this insightful video. getting to the heart of acting all about? How is the power of R. Scott Lank, Acting Professor at the University of the performance moved into film and television? Evansville, guides a group of students though the Three prominent teachers discuss these issues as you view scenes from their process of character development, examining the acting workshops with emphasis on specific improvisational techniques elements of: character analysis, physical work, vocal and the building of a character step-by-step. work, emotional work, combining all the elements 21 min. F736 ...... $149.00 F736DVD ...... $149.00 and rehearsal guidelines. 86 min. F972 ...... $119.00 The Working Actor: Actors On Acting F972 DVD ...... $149.00 Four seasoned professionals talk about their craft. Their emphasis is on F972 CDROM ...... $149.00 making a character come alive and evoking authentic emotional responses on stage. They also discuss approaches to body movement, research, work with the scripts, rehearsal techniques and modes of actor/director com- munication. T H E A T R E 27 min. F735 ...... $149.00 F735DVD ...... $149.00 Wireless Microphones In The Theater The Magnificent Welles V The CD-ROM is a self-directed and interactive learning tool with five learn- “An excellent program for any theater department. ing sections that teach all aspects of wireless mic usage, including equip- Recommended for academic libraries.” – Library Journal ment selection, attachment of mics, dressing in the hair, costume modifi- This acclaimed one-man play charts the spectacular rise cations and production costs. and fall of film genius Orson Welles. Marcus Wolland Please specify PC or MAC format when ordering. deftly impersonates Welles in this performance that is 90 min. F1110CD-PC ...... $149.00 F1110CD-MAC . . . . .$149.00 both a memoir of Welles’ breathtaking career and a Making The Play chronicle of his losing power struggle over The Featuring The Hemingway/Dos Passos Wars Magnificent Ambersons, the movie that followed Citizen Kane. Opening black and white footage, a great A one hour documentary that brings to life the experience of a profession- script, various camera angles, occasional special effects al theater production. Watch as the director shapes the play in rehearsal, and audience reactions add variety to the performance. the actors bring life to their roles, the set designer builds the set and dance 93 min. F1101 ...... $34.95 and lighting are blended into the final production. F1101DVD ...... $39.95 60 min. F994 ...... $79.95 Comes complete with Study Guide. Mass Murder “Recommended.” – Library Journal The Theaters Of Asia: An Introduction “… an intense one-on-one encounter with a series of five serial This video is of special interest not only to drama murderers. – Wall Street Journal teachers but to teachers of social sciences, cultural Spend an intimate evening with the twentieth century’s most notorious seri- studies and languages. The best of Professor David al killers, including Ted Bundy, Richard Ramirez (the “Night Stalker”), and George's private and unique collection of slides on Aileen Wuornos (America’s First Female Serial Killer”). Asian theater is now, for the first time, available on 86 min. F860 ...... $34.95 video. Accompanied by a commentary, which places Comes complete with Study Guide. the major forms of both Asian classical and folk theater in their cultural context, this video Straight introduces Asian theater through the roles it “Fabulously intelligent, witty… and important.” V plays in the lives of Asian people and its special – San Francisco Weekly relationship to young people. David George has Straight is a hilarious and subversive excursion into the world of conversion interviewed dancers, actors, musicians, shamans, therapy, where homosexuals are reputedly made “straight.” Join acclaimed priests, scholars, mask-makers, choreographers and writer/performer David Schmader as he plunges into the heart of this taken detailed pictures of what he has learned. dangerous territory. Comes complete with Study Guide. 50 min. F986 ...... $149.00 100 min. F863 ...... $34.95 F863DVD...... $39.95 Order: 1-800-262-8862 Fax: 1-310-574-0886 [email protected] www.firstlightvideo.com 27 W R I T I N G

Making A Good Script Great Series Now Available On DVD! BEST SELLER Noted Hollywood script consultant, Dr. Linda Seger, analyzes the elements necessary to make a good script great. Her clients include TriStar Pictures, MGM/UA, Turner Network, ABC and CBS. "A must have for every writer, beginner or professional." - Barbara Corday, President Columbia Pictures Television "An invaluable tool for the working writer." - Richard Walter, UCLA Department of Theater, Film & TV Creating Unforgetable Characters Structuring The Story Audiences remember characters - "characters that breathe," An invaluable tool for screenwriters showing what it takes "characters that are larger than life" and "characters that are to make a script both artistic, well crafted and ways to use rich, exciting and dimensional." This program teaches you how structure to support your personal vision. It will help develop to create the character's world to make it "ring true" so that your skills for telling a dramatic and compelling story, audiences understand and identify with it, create multi- articulate the skills you know intuitively and help you analyze dimensional and realistic characters and create strong and solve the problems to get your script back on track. character relationships that pull the audience into the action. 30 min. F969 ...... $79.95 Detailed guide book included. 30 min. F970 ...... $79.95 Audio Series: Expressing The Theme A Guide for Writing & Rewriting Ideal for producers, executives and writers, "Expressing the Theme" is a three part program Includes all three programs Structuring the that illustrates the concepts through referring to both classical and contemporary film. Story, Creating Unforgetable Characters & Expressing 30 min. F971 ...... $79.95 the Theme. 90min. F9791DVD 3 Program Good Script Great DVD Set ...... ONLY $99.00 3 cassette tapes 156 min. F9693 ...... $79.95 The Sitcom Seminars Series-Writing TV Comedy Situation comedy is a very specific type of program with its own rules and structures. Three of America’s most experienced sitcom writers and producers provide an in-depth course in the theory and practice of comedy writing, various aspects of situation comedy and provide valuable insights into the writing and production process. Featuring producer/creator Norma Safford Vela (Roseanne, Designing Women) writer and lecturer John Vorhaus (The Wonder Years, Married With Children) and writer/producer Russ Woody (Murphy Brown, Slap Maxwell) as they explore every aspect of the sitcom craft. Along the way they provide a detailed guide to successful collaboration with agents, producers and the networks. WHAT IS A SITCOM? 19 min. F790 ...... $49.95 THE SITCOM WRITER’S COMIC TOOLBOX 36 min. F791 ...... $49.95 THE SITCOM WRITER’S CRAFT 29 min. F792 ...... $49.95 SITCOM RULES AND FORMS 30 min. 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