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Funny How?

Sketch Comedy and the Art of Humor

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Series series SUNY series, Horizons of Cinema
Uses comedy skits, from Monty Python to Key and Peele**, to probe how humor works.**What makes something funny? This book shows how humor can be analyzed without killing the joke. Alex Clayton argues that the brevity of a sketch or skit and its typical rejection of narrative development make it comedy-concentrate, providing a rich field for exploring how humor works. Focusing on a dozen or so skit ... Read more

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Uses comedy skits, from Monty Python to Key and Peele**, to probe how humor works.**What makes something funny? This book shows how humor can be analyzed without killing the joke. Alex Clayton argues that the brevity of a sketch or skit and its typical rejection of narrative development make it comedy-concentrate, providing a rich field for exploring how humor works. Focusing on a dozen or so skit
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The Language and Style of Film Criticism

Edited by Andrew Klevan, Alex Clayton ...

The Language and Style of Film Criticism brings together original essays from an international range of academics and film critics highlighting the achievements, complexities and potential of film criticism.In recent years, in contrast to the theoretical, historical and cultural study of film, film criticism has been relatively marginalised, especially within the academy. This book highlights the ... Read more

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The Language and Style of Film Criticism brings together original essays from an international range of academics and film critics highlighting the achievements, complexities and potential of film criticism.In recent years, in contrast to the theoretical, historical and cultural study of film, film criticism has been relatively marginalised, especially within the academy. This book highlights the
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Television Performance

by Jonathan Bignell, Tom Brown, Sarah Cardwell, Alex Clayton, Dr Amy Holdsworth, Simone Knox, Elliott Logan, Professor Karen Lury, James Zborowski, Lydia Buckingham, Gary Cassidy, Timotheus Vermeulen ...

This innovative and timely collection offers a wide-reaching critical evaluation of performance in television, mapping out key conventions, practices and concerns while introducing performance theory and criticism to the established field of television studies. Chapters from leading scholars move through a range of examples from different styles and genres, from Game of Thrones to America's Next ... Read more

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This innovative and timely collection offers a wide-reaching critical evaluation of performance in television, mapping out key conventions, practices and concerns while introducing performance theory and criticism to the established field of television studies. Chapters from leading scholars move through a range of examples from different styles and genres, from Game of Thrones to America's Next
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Practical Plone 3: A Beginner's Guide to Building Powerful Websites

A Beginner's Guide to Building Powerful Websites

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A beginner s practical guide to building Plone websites through graphical interfaceKey FeaturesGet a Plone-based website up and running quickly without dealing with codeBeginner's guide with easy-to-follow instructions and screenshotsLearn how to make the best use of Plone's out-of-the-box featuresCustomize security, look-and-feel, and many other aspects of Plone Book DescriptionPlone is a highly ... Read more

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A beginner s practical guide to building Plone websites through graphical interfaceKey FeaturesGet a Plone-based website up and running quickly without dealing with codeBeginner's guide with easy-to-follow instructions and screenshotsLearn how to make the best use of Plone's out-of-the-box featuresCustomize security, look-and-feel, and many other aspects of Plone Book DescriptionPlone is a highly
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Thinking in the Dark

Cinema, Theory, Practice

by Murray Pomerance, R. Barton Palmer, Jeremy T. Blatter, Tom Gunning, Steven Woodward, Johannes von Moltke, Colin Williamson, Sarah Keller, Matthew Solomon0, Dominic Lennard1, Nathan Holmes2, William Brown3, William Rothman4, Dudley Andrew5, Will Scheibel6, Daniel Morgan7, Tom Conley8, Steven Rybin9, Alex Clayton0, Gilberto Perez1, Jonah Corne2, Kristen Hatch3 ...

Today’s film scholars draw from a dizzying range of theoretical perspectives—they’re just as likely to cite philosopher Gilles Deleuze as they are to quote classic film theorist André Bazin. To students first encountering them, these theoretical lenses for viewing film can seem exhilarating, but also overwhelming.Thinking in the Dark introduces readers to twenty-one key theorists whose work has ... Read more

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Today’s film scholars draw from a dizzying range of theoretical perspectives—they’re just as likely to cite philosopher Gilles Deleuze as they are to quote classic film theorist André Bazin. To students first encountering them, these theoretical lenses for viewing film can seem exhilarating, but also overwhelming.Thinking in the Dark introduces readers to twenty-one key theorists whose work has
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Melissa (previously published as GEORGE)

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BE WHO YOU ARE.When people look at Melissa, they think they see a boy named George. But she knows she's not a boy. She knows she's a girl.Melissa thinks she'll have to keep this a secret forever. Then her teacher announces that their class play is going to be Charlotte's Web. Melissa really, really, REALLY wants to play Charlotte. But the teacher says she can't even try out for the part... because ... Read more

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BE WHO YOU ARE.When people look at Melissa, they think they see a boy named George. But she knows she's not a boy. She knows she's a girl.Melissa thinks she'll have to keep this a secret forever. Then her teacher announces that their class play is going to be Charlotte's Web. Melissa really, really, REALLY wants to play Charlotte. But the teacher says she can't even try out for the part... because
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From the award-winning author of Melissa, the story of a boy named Rick who needs to explore his own identity apart from his jerk of a best friend.Rick's never questioned much. He's gone along with his best friend Jeff even when Jeff's acted like a bully and a jerk. He's let his father joke with him about which hot girls he might want to date even though that kind of talk always makes him ... Read more

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From the award-winning author of Melissa, the story of a boy named Rick who needs to explore his own identity apart from his jerk of a best friend.Rick's never questioned much. He's gone along with his best friend Jeff even when Jeff's acted like a bully and a jerk. He's let his father joke with him about which hot girls he might want to date even though that kind of talk always makes him
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David Cronenberg

Author or Filmmaker?

by Mark Browning ...

For more than thirty years, David Cronenberg has made independent films such as Scanners and A History of Violence which aim to disturb, surprise, and challenge audiences. He has also repeatedly drawn on literary fiction for inspiration, adapting themes from authors like William Burroughs, J. G. Ballard, and Patrick McGrath for the big screen; David Cronenberg: Author or Filmmaker? is the first ... Read more

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For more than thirty years, David Cronenberg has made independent films such as Scanners and A History of Violence which aim to disturb, surprise, and challenge audiences. He has also repeatedly drawn on literary fiction for inspiration, adapting themes from authors like William Burroughs, J. G. Ballard, and Patrick McGrath for the big screen; David Cronenberg: Author or Filmmaker? is the first
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Melodrama

Genre, Style and Sensibility

by John Mercer, Martin Shingler ...

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Melodrama: Genre, Style and Sensibility is designed as an accessible overview of one of the most popular genres at undergraduate Film Studies. The book identifies three distinct but connected concepts through which it is possible to make sense of melodrama; either as a genre, originating in European theatre of the 18th and 19th century, as a specific cinematic style, epitomised by the work of ... Read more

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Melodrama: Genre, Style and Sensibility is designed as an accessible overview of one of the most popular genres at undergraduate Film Studies. The book identifies three distinct but connected concepts through which it is possible to make sense of melodrama; either as a genre, originating in European theatre of the 18th and 19th century, as a specific cinematic style, epitomised by the work of
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Getting Started with SharePoint Collaboration Services

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There's nothing like teamwork for making progress on a project, but sharing information and building on each other's successes can be challenging when your team is scattered across the miles. Microsoft's SharePoint helps teams and organizations close the distance. With SharePoint, groups construct web sites specifically for collaboration--sites where individuals can capture and share ideas, and ... Read more

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There's nothing like teamwork for making progress on a project, but sharing information and building on each other's successes can be challenging when your team is scattered across the miles. Microsoft's SharePoint helps teams and organizations close the distance. With SharePoint, groups construct web sites specifically for collaboration--sites where individuals can capture and share ideas, and
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A Companion to Alfred Hitchcock

Edited by Thomas Leitch, Leland Poague ...

The most comprehensive volume ever published on Alfred Hitchcock, covering his career and legacy as well as the broader cultural and intellectual contexts of his work.Contains thirty chapters by the leading Hitchcock scholarsCovers his long career, from his earliest contributions to other directors’ silent films to his last uncompleted last filmDetails the enduring legacy he left to filmmakers and ... Read more

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The most comprehensive volume ever published on Alfred Hitchcock, covering his career and legacy as well as the broader cultural and intellectual contexts of his work.Contains thirty chapters by the leading Hitchcock scholarsCovers his long career, from his earliest contributions to other directors’ silent films to his last uncompleted last filmDetails the enduring legacy he left to filmmakers and
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Joomla! 2.5 Beginner's Guide

Joomla! is the free and easy way to create websites, and this book is written for absolute beginners who want to learn the basics and go beyond. Packed with helpful screenshots and crystal clear instructions.

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