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"An utterly satisfying examination of the business of popular music." —Nathaniel Rich, The Atlantic
There's a reason today's ubiquitous pop hits are so hard to ignore—they're designed that way. The Song Machine goes behind the scenes to offer an insider's look at the global hit factories manufacturing the songs that have everyone hooked. Full of vivid, unexpected characters—alongside industry heavy-hitters
...3) Directing
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This book reviews the decisions the director must make while choosing a play, selecting a cast, and coaching the actors for a high school musical performance.
6) Chomp
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When the difficult star of the reality television show "Expedition Survival" disappears while filming an episode in the Florida Everglades using animals from the wildlife refuge run by Wahoo Crane's family, Wahoo and classmate Tuna Gordon set out to find him while avoiding Tuna's gun-happy father.
8) Lighting
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This book reviews how lighting design and direction help to guide the actors and to tell the story in a high school musical performance.
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Provides a behind-the-scenes look at a music video, discussing the history of the genre, the use of technology, the creative process, and the artists. Includes advice for becoming involved in music videos, color photographs, fact boxes, a glossary, and further resources.
11) Ship it
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Told from two viewpoints, Forest, a television actor who needs more fans, and Claire, a teen fan fiction blogger, are teamed to raise his profile despite their disagreement over whether his character is gay.
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"This easy-to-follow guide shows, step-by-step, how to work with sound generation, recording, editing, and distribution tools. Co-written by a professional audio engineer and a dedicated maker-librarian featur[ing] dozens of do-it-yourself projects complete with parts lists, start-to-finish instructions, and full-color illustrations"--
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Seventeen-year-old Kaitlin Burke is back in Los Angeles after her brilliant run on Broadway, but her new sitcom is such a success that she finds herself again wishing for a normal life when a bad run-in with aggressive paparazzi puts her boyfriend Austin in danger.
17) Love & olives
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When her long-estranged father invites sixteen-year-old Liv Varanakis to help him film a documentary about his theories on Atlantis, she looks forward to reconnecting but discovers he may have invited her to Greece for a very different reason.
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Provides a behind-the-scenes look at an animated television show, discussing the history of the genre, the use of technology, the creative process, and the artists. Includes advice for becoming involved in animation and television, color photographs, fact boxes, a glossary, and further resources.
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"Aminah Mae Safi's Tell Me How You Really Feel is an ode to romantic comedies, following two girls on opposite sides of the social scale as they work together to make a movie and try very hard not to fall in love. The first time Sana Khan asked out a girl -- Rachel Recht -- it went so badly that she never did it again. Rachel is a film buff and aspiring director, and she's seen Carrie enough times to learn you can never trust cheerleaders (and beautiful...