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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
As part of the legendary comedy team known as Nichols and May, May revolutionized sketch comedy before striking out on her own to make history as the third woman to be admitted into the Directors Guild of America when she wrote, directed, and starred in 1971's A New Leaf. Throughout the 1970s and '80s, May was one of Hollywood's top screenwriters and script doctors and one of the only women directing within the studio system. After a box-office bomb,...
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Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date
20230124
Language
English
Description
How Documentaries Work breaks down the hidden conventions of documentaries in clear and accessible language for film studies students and documentary enthusiasts alike. Jacob Bricca, ACE, an award-winning documentary editor, producer, and director, provides a behind-the-scenes, under-the-hood view of what's really going on in the construction of non-fiction films and television shows. This book presents examples from contemporary documentaries and...
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Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"A timely and urgent argument for preserving the work that connects us in the age of automation. With the rapid development of artificial intelligence and labor-saving technologies like self-checkouts and automated factories, the future of work has never been more uncertain, and even jobs requiring high levels of human interaction are no longer safe. The Last Human Job explores the human connections that underlie our work, arguing that what people...
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