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New Multimedia Titles: 2009

Making sense of place 
Publication information: Cambridge, Mass. : Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, c2006
Format: DVD
Call Number: HT177.C65 M355 2006
Description: Incorporating historic footage of Cleveland's vibrant economic past and recent interviews with city leaders and neighborhood residents, this film is an examination of the difficulties a new generation must confront in dealing with an uncertain future. This film seeks to educate and inspire citizens to engage in a better-informed civic dialogue about economic opportunities, social equity, regional impacts, and public and private partnerships to shape the future of Cleveland and other cities
The police tapes 
Publication information: New York, NY : Docurama : Distributed by New Video Group, 2006
Format: DVD
Call Number: HV8148.N5 P655 2006
Description: Chronicles the activities of the officers in a police precinct in what statistically was America's highest crime area in 1976-the South Bronx in New York City. Filmed with available light using one of the first portable videotape recorders, it shows the dangerous nighttime work of beat cops as they try to contain an urban community coming unraveled
Don Bluth's The art of storyboard 
Author: Bluth, Don
Publication information: Milwaukie, OR : DH Press, 2004
Format: Book
Call Number: NC1002.S85 B59 2004
Storyboard design course 
Author: Cristiano, Giuseppe
Publication information: Hauppauge, NY : Barron's, c2007
Format: Book
Call Number: NC1002.S85 C75 2007
Exploring storyboarding 
Author: Tumminello, Wendy
Publication information: Australia Clifton Park, NY : Thomson/Delmar Learning, c2005
Format: Book
Call Number: NC1002.S85 T86 2005
Comics and sequential art 
Author: Eisner, Will
Publication information: New York : W.W. Norton, 2008
Format: Book
Call Number: NC1764 .E47 2008
Drawing on the funny side of the brain 
Author: Hart, Christopher
Publication information: New York : Watson-Guptill Publications, 1998
Format: Book
Call Number: NC1764 .H36 1998
How to draw comics the Marvel way 
Author: Lee, Stan
Publication information: New York : Simon and Schuster, 1984 c1978
Format: Book
Call Number: NC1764 .L4 1984
Prepare to board! 
Author: Beiman, Nancy
Publication information: Amsterdam Boston : Elsevier Focal Press, c2007
Format: Book
Call Number: NC1765 .B38 2007
Walt Disney on the front lines 
Publication information: Burbank, CA : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2003]
Format: DVD
Call Number: NC1766.U52 D5923 2003
Description: See never-before-seen Disney war effort productions, including exclusive declassified material, training, propaganda and educational films. Includes Victory Through Air Power, Disney's 27th animated classic. Includes first hand accounts of the work at Disney
Chuck Jones 
Publication information: Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, c2002
Format: DVD
Call Number: NC1766.U52 J6637 2002
Description: Chuck Jones offers a personal introduction to his timeless cartoon creations, with clips from classic works like What's Opera, Doc? and highlights from cartoon shorts. Presents a fascinating look at the life and times of the pioneering artist whose contributions have influenced some of today's leading animators and filmmakers. Includes critiques from many leading filmmakers
The art of Pixar short films 
Author: Amidi, Amid
Publication information: San Francisco, Calif. : Chronicle Books, c2009
Format: Book
Call Number: NC1766.U52 P5833 2009
On air 
Publication information: Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2006
Format: DVD
Call Number: P96.A442 U655 2006
Description: Explores the emergence of alternative media in the form of blogs, satellite broadcasts, and documentaries. Focuses on the political arena and the anti-war movement
Reading the OED 
Author: Shea, Ammon
Publication information: New York : Penguin Group, 2008
Format: Book
Call Number: PE1617.O94 S54 2008
Description: An obsessive word lover's account of reading the Oxford English Dictionary cover to cover
Independent's day 
Publication information: [New York] : Docurama : Distributed by New Video, [2004]
Format: DVD
Call Number: PN1993.43.S863 I537 2004
Description: Examines the world of independent filmmaking and the role of Sundance Film Festival. Reveals what it is like to get an independent film financed, made, delivered, selected, and distributed.
Full frame documentary film festival 
Publication information: [United States] : Docurama : Distributed by New Video, c2003
Format: DVD
Call Number: PN1995.9.D6 F85 2003
Description: Laughing club of India (35 min. - col.): explores the power of laughter through the strangely popular phenomenon of laughing clubs in contemporary Bombay. A film by Mira Nair and Adam Bartos. Producer, Adam Bartos director, Mira Nair director of photography, Adam Bartos;Why can't we be a family again? (27 min. - col.): chronicles the plight of two brothers in foster care, as they attemp to reunite with a mother who abandoned them for drugs over a decade ago. A film by Roger Weisberg and Murray Nossel. Producers, Roger Weisberg, Murray Nossel directors, Roger Weisberg, Murray Nossel narrator, Ossie Davis director of photography, Edward Morritz editor, Barry Alexander Brown original music, Mark Suozzo;We got us (25 min. - col.): captures four elderly, Jewish women during their weekly game of Mah Jong, as they reminisce about their childhood, marriages, illness, and bereavement. Producers, Joan Brooker, Michael Harry director, Joan Brooker director of photography, Maya Stark Michael Harry original music, Walter Marks;Lucy Tsak Tsak (3 min. - col.): traces the life and time of Lucy - one of the first women to work in the Bulgarian film industry. Paounov Kino Product presents a film by Andrey Paounov. Director, Andrey Paounov director of photography, Ilia Danchev editor, Araxy Mohibian original music, Ivo Paounov, Vichren Paounov;Family values (21 min. - b&w): refreshing and amusing portrait of a suburban lesbian couple who run a mom and mom business cleaning up gory crime scenes. A documentary by Eva Saks. Director, Eva Saks directors of photography, Redmond Walsh, Eva Saks editors, Eva Saks, Jessica Sharzer original music, Eric Schorr;The Sunshine (29 min. - col.): an intimate look at the residents of one the Bowery's last flophouses. A poignant story about gentrification, poverty and displacement. Raconteur Pictures and Hudson River Pictures present a Bertelsen Film. Producer, Phil Bertelsen director, Phil Bertelsen director of photography, John Foster editor, Bryan Gunnar Cole original music, Erin O'Hara, Jimi Zhivago;Mojave mirage (27 min. - col.): tells the story of a telephone booth that was placed out in the Mojave desert and the people who came out to answer the phone or place phone calls. Producers, Kaarina Cleverley Roberto, Derek Roberto director, Kaarina Cleverley Roberto director of photography, Derek Roberto editors, Kaarina Cleverley Roberto, Derek Roberto original music, Tony Morales
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. 
Publication information: [United States] : Docurama : Distributed by New Video Group, c2004
Format: DVD
Call Number: PN1995.9.D6 F852 2004
Description: Crowfilm: A captivatingly atmospheric and experimental film in the tradition of 'Winged migration', CROWFILM is a multi-media celebration of the crow, its world, and its relation to ours -- Container;Miss Alabama Nursing Home: A documentary about beauty, aging, and going for the crown, this touching and uplifting film follows an 82-year-old beauty queen on her quest to become MS. ALABAMA NURSING HOME -- Container;Nutria: Irreverently hilarious, NUTRIA tells the story of the Argentine swamp rat that is both destroying the wetlands of Louisiana and rapidly becoming the region's latest culinary delicacy -- Container;Album: Hauntingly personal and intimate, ALBUM presents the creation and destruction of 'typical American family' through the pairing of old silent home movies with revelatory oral commentary from the family members today -- Container;Wood Island: An insightful observation on a community in East Boston adjacent to Logan Airport, WOOD ISLAND shows how religion, work, and tradition intersect amid the constant buzzing of planes in a community seemingly unchanged by time -- Container;Have you seen this man?: An exploration of New York City's post-modern consumer market, this smart and funny film follows artist/businessman Geoff Lupo as he advertises all over the city selling useless trinkets from pen caps to stale crackers -- Container;Iwo Jima, memories in sand: Weaving interviews with survivors and extraordinary archival footage of Iwo Jima, IWO JIMA : MEMORIES IN SAND is a powerful and lyrical account of one of the deadliest battles of modern warfare -- Container
Full frame documentary film festival. 
Publication information: [United States] : Docurama : Distributed by New Video, 2005
Format: DVD
Call Number: PN1995.9.D6 F853 2005
Description: A thousand words : Tells the personal story of a quiet Vietnam War veteran and how his children attempt to understand him. The great cheesesteak debate : A war wages in the streets of Philadelphia - who has the best Cheesesteak? Rosalie's journey : An Aboriginal woman's life changes when she is plucked from obscurity to star in the 1955 acclaimed film 'Jedda'. Texas hospitality : Examines the final meal requests from a number of exucuted prisoners from the state of Texas. Journeys : Explores the universal issues of space and human relations in over-populated Bombay. Foxhole : The paths of two decorated soldiers take an unexpected turn
Full frame Documentary Film Festival. 
Publication information: [United States] : Docurama [New York] : Marketed and distributed in the U.S. by New Video Group, c2006
Format: DVD
Call Number: PN1995.9.D6 F854 2006
Description: Miles above : When the shuttle Columbia crashed from the sky it was documented from many points of view and largely by amateurs. In the shadow of Eden : The director comes to grips with the abuse she suffered at the hands of her religion-fixated father. Good morning, Yokohama : Captures rush hour in one Japanese city as a horde of workers funnel through turnstiles and jockey for a set on the trains. Small town secrets : Tells a personal story of growing up with closeted gay parents in a small Midwestern town. Cheeks : Meet Joe Cheek, folk musician, retro-fashion plate and dedicated son of two paranoid schizophrenic fundamentalists. Good times : Traces the evolution of Israel's security wall that runs through the center of Abu Dis
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. 
Publication information: [United States] : Docurama : Distributed by New Video, c2007
Format: DVD
Call Number: PN1995.9.D6 F855 2007
Description: Afloat: From the intimate vantage point of a senior community swimming pool, water and time suspend both body and memory. This film travels underwater and above water to create a gentle meditation on growing old, staying young, and living life;The angelmakers: Tells the forgotten story of a large group of Hungarian women who killed their husbands with arsenic in 1929;High Plains winter: This short film captures the lunar quality of the western winter landscape. Amid the great expanses of sky and snow, we find the unusual sport of ski-joring and an unlikely visual comment on the fading cultural isolation of the west;Send me somewhere special: What happens when you point the camera at ordinary people and get a conversation going that would never take place otherwise? Absorbing in its randomness and suspenseful in its daring, this extraordinary personal journey searches for answers to life's persistent questions of love and happiness;Stand like still living: Set in a San village in western Botswana, the film follows the lives of two people affected by AIDS and achieves a rare feat: to capture the rhythms of two human beings standing on that precarious yet luminous doorway between life and death;The intimacy of strangers: A story of life, love, loss, and hope--told entirely through the overheard mobile phone conversations of random strangers--weaves seemingly unrelated conversations into a cohesive documentary narrative
The American nightmare 
Publication information: [New York, NY] : Docurama : Distributed by New Video Group, 2003
Format: DVD
Call Number: PN1995.9.H6 A447 2003
Description: An examination into the nature of 1960's-70's horror films, the involved artists, and how they reflected contemporary society
The art of Bond 
Author: Bouzereau, Laurent
Publication information: New York : Abrams, 2006
Format: Book
Call Number: PN1995.9.J3 B68 2006
The art of the storyboard 
Author: Hart, John (John Patrick)
Publication information: Amsterdam Boston : Elsevier/Focal Press, c2008
Format: Book
Call Number: PN1995.9.P7 H42 2008
Direct your own damn movie! 
Author: Kaufman, Lloyd, 1945-
Publication information: Amsterdam Boston : Focal Press/Elsevier, c2009
Format: Book
Call Number: PN1995.9.P7 K382 2009
The animation show. 
Publication information: Hollywood, CA : MTV Home Entertainment/Paramount, [2007]
Format: DVD
Call Number: PN1997 .A656 2007 v.1&2
Description: Following the success of the theatrical tour of The Animation Show, animators Mike Judge and Don Hertzfeldt have brought the stellar collection of shorts to DVD, with extra features that they couldn't fit into the original show
The animation show. 
Publication information: [Hollywood, Calif.] : MTV Home Entertainment/Paramount c2008
Format: DVD
Call Number: PN1997 .A656 2008 v.3
Description: Following the success of the theatrical tour of The Animation Show, animators Mike Judge and Don Hertzfeldt have brought the stellar collection of shorts to DVD, with extra features that they couldn't fit into the original show
Banned & censored 
Publication information: [New York, NY] : WinStar Home Entertainment, 2000
Format: DVD
Call Number: PN1997.5 .B366 2000
Description: Includes 13 full-length, fully restored cartoons, made during the 1930s and 1940s, which were banned or censored by the Hayes Office
Closed Mondays 
Publication information: Santa Monica, CA : Pyramid Film & Video, [2007]
Format: DVD
Call Number: PN1997.5 .C567 2007
Description: A street wanderer strays into an empty museum at night and watches as the art displays come to life
Cultoons! 
Publication information: [Littleton, CO] : Mackinac Media, 2005
Format: DVD
Call Number: PN1997.5 .C858 2005
Description: Presents rare cartoons includ advertisements and educational films along with animated shorts. Many of these cartoons have not been seen since their creation decades ago
Popeye, the sailor. 
Publication information: Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2007]
Format: DVD
Call Number: PN1997.5 .P667 2007
Description: Find Popeye, spindly Olive Oyl, burger opportunist Wimpy, lil' Swee'pea, brooding Bluto, even a pair of rare, full-color, two reel extravaganzas that received top billing in some movie houses. Popeye is in all his muttering, spinach-chomping, Bluto-bashing, crowd-pleasing greatness
Princess Iron Fan 
Publication information: [Los Angeles] : Cinema Epoch, [2007]
Format: DVD
Call Number: PN1997.5 .P756 2007
Description: The Monkey King and his friends journey to the West and reach Fire Mountain, where they are unable to pass. They learn that a special fan can quench the flames of the mountain, however, the fan belongs to Princess Iron Fan and she will not willingly lend it to them
Easy riders, raging bulls 
Author: Biskind, Peter
Publication information: New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, c1998
Format: Book
Call Number: PN1998.2 .B56 1998
Description: Historical look at the changes in fimlmaking brought about by these individuals and the social climate of Hollywod in the 1960's and 1970's based on interviews with directors, producers, stars, agents, writes, and other personalities. Features Robert Altman, Hal Ashby, Warren Beatty, Peter Bogdanovich, Michael Cimino, Francis Ford Coppola, William Friedkin, Dennis Hopper, George Lucas, Terry Malick, Bob Rafelson, Paul Schrader, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, and Robert Towne
Scorsese by Ebert 
Author: Ebert, Roger
Publication information: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008
Format: Book
Call Number: PN1998.3.S39 E33 2008
Paper dreams 
Author: Canemaker, John
Publication information: New York : Hyperion, 1999
Format: Book
Call Number: PN1999.W27 C36 1999
Special make-up effects for stage & screen 
Author: Debreceni, Todd
Publication information: Amsterdam Boston : Elsevier, 2009
Format: Digital Resource
Call Number: PN2068 .D43 2009
The best of See it now 
Publication information: [New York] : Docurama : New Video Group, 2005
Format: DVD
Call Number: PN4874.M89 E394 2005
Description: Narrated by CBS News correspondent Mike Wallace, The Best of See It Now features impressive highlights from one of TV's earliest documentary series, hosted by Murrow as his crossover from radio into television during the 1950s. Revolutionizing how news was delivered in a visual medium, See It Now let viewers become intimate with the people who were directly shaping world events
Pro Tools for video, film, and multimedia 
Author: Shepherd, Ashley
Publication information: Australia United States : Course Technology, c2008
Format: Book
Call Number: QA76.575 .S548 2008
DIY TV 
Publication information: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2007
Format: DVD
Call Number: TK5105.8867 .D59 2007
Description: Geriatric1927 and Katers17 broadcast from YouTube for friendship and fun. Rathergood TV and Franchise News 24 broadcast from 900-channel content aggregator View TV with the expectation of profit. And they're all doing it on a shoestring budget on the Web. This program investigates the rise of do-it-yourself TV, where anyone can be an online broadcaster
Podcasting and blogging essentials 
Publication information: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2008
Format: DVD
Call Number: TK5105.887 .P633 2008
Description: Discusses what podcasts and blogs are, how to find and access them on the Internet, and how to create them from scratch and upload them to the Web
Web video 
Author: Bourne, Jennie, 1951-
Publication information: Berkeley, CA : Peachpit Press, c2009
Format: Book
Call Number: TK6680.5 .B68 2009
Sound equalization 
Author: Bazil, Eddie
Publication information: Merton, Thetford, Norfolk, UK : PC Pub., 2009
Format: Book
Call Number: TK7881.4 .B392 2009
Sound mixing 
Author: Bazil, Eddie
Publication information: Merton, Thetford, Norfolk, UK : PC Publishing, 2008
Format: Book
Call Number: TK7881.4 .B393 2008
Ableton Live 7 
Author: Delaney, Martin, 1962-
Publication information: Merton : PC Pub., 2008
Format: Book
Call Number: TK 7881.4 .D442 2008
The complete guide to game audio 
Author: Marks, Aaron
Publication information: Burlington, MA Oxford : Focal Press/Elsevier, c2009
Format: Digital Resource
Call Number: TK7881.4 .M368 2009
Ableton Live 7 power! 
Author: Margulies, Jon
Publication information: Boston, MA : Course Technology PTR, c2008
Format: Book
Call Number: TK7881.4 .M38 2008
3D game-based filmmaking 
Author: Marino, Paul
Publication information: Scottsdale, Ariz. : Paraglyph Press, 2004
Format: Digital Resource
Call Number: TR897.5 .M37 2004
Description: The complete hands-on guide to creating animated real-time 3D films on your PC.
Flex 3 in action 
Author: Ahmed, Tariq
Publication information: Greenwich, CT : Manning, c2009
Format: Book
Call Number: TR 897.7 .A47 2009
How to cheat in 3ds Max 2009 
Author: Bousquet, Michele, 1962-
Publication information: Amsterdam Boston : Focal Press/Elsevier, c2008
Format: Digital Resource
Call Number: TR897.7 .B68 2008
The essential guide to Flex 3 
Author: Brown, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1951-
Publication information: Berkeley, Calif. : Friends of Ed, 2008
Format: Book
Call Number: TR897.7 .B762 2008
Learning Flex 3 
Author: Cole, Alaric
Publication information: Farnham : O'Reilly, 2008
Format: Book
Call Number: TR897.7 .C592 2008
Flash CS4 for dummies 
Author: Finkelstein, Ellen
Publication information: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley Pub., c2008
Format: Book
Call Number: TR897.7 .F52 2008
Flex 3 bible 
Author: Gassner, David
Publication information: Indianapolis, IN : Wiley, c2008
Format: Book
Call Number: TR897.7 .G37 2008
Flash CS4 
Author: Grover, Chris, 1955-
Publication information: Sebastopol, CA : O'Reilly, 2009
Format: Book
Call Number: TR897.7 .G77 2009
Mastering Maya 2009 
Author: Keller, Eric, 1969-
Publication information: Indianapolis, Indiana, : Wiley Chichester : John Wiley [distributor], 2009
Format: Digital Resource
Call Number: TR897.7 .K418 2007
Maya visual effects 
Author: Keller, Eric, 1969-
Publication information: Indianapolis, Ind. : Wiley Pub., c2007
Format: Digital Resource
Call Number: TR897.7 .K42 2007
Cinema 4D 11 workshop 
Author: Koenigsmarck, Arndt von
Publication information: Oxford : Focal, 2009
Format: Book
Call Number: TR897.7 .K64 2009
Adobe AIR 
Author: Leuchner, Marc, 1980-
Publication information: Indianapolis, IN : Wrox/Wiley Pub., c2008
Format: Book
Call Number: TR897.7 .L46 2008
3ds Max 2009 bible 
Author: Murdock, Kelly
Publication information: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley Chichester : John Wiley [distributor], 2008
Format: Digital Resource
Call Number: TR897.7 .M8725 2009
Flex 3 cookbook 
Author: Noble, Joshua J., 1977-
Publication information: Beijing Sebastopol, CA : O'Reilly, c2008
Format: Book
Call Number: TR897.7 .N62 2008
Flash CS4 professional bible 
Author: Reinhardt, Robert, 1973-
Publication information: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley Chichester : John Wiley [distributor], 2009
Format: Digital Resource
Call Number: TR897.7 .R45 2009
Adobe AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) with AJAX 
Author: Ullman, Larry E. (Larry Edward), 1972-
Publication information: Berkeley, CA : Peachpit Press, c2008
Format: Book
Call Number: TR897.7 .U44 2008
Adobe Flash CS4 professional for Windows and Macintosh 
Author: Ulrich, Katherine
Publication information: Berkeley, CA : Peachpit Press c2009
Format: Book
Call Number: TR897.7 .U4583 2009
Essential lightwave v9 
Author: Warner, Steve, 1970-
Publication information: Plano, Tex. : Wordware Pub., c2007
Format: Digital Resource
Call Number: TR897.7 .W375 2007
Cutting rhythms 
Author: Pearlman, Karen
Publication information: Amsterdam Boston : Focal Press/Elsevier, c2009
Format: Book
Call Number: TR899 .P42 2009
Final Cut Express 4 editing workshop 
Author: Wolsky, Tom
Publication information: Amsterdam Boston : Focal Press, c2008
Format: Digital Resource
Call Number: TR899 .W659673 2008
Debbie does Dallas uncovered 
Publication information: [New York, NY]] : Docurama : Distributed by New Video, [2006]
Format: DVD
Call Number: HQ471 .D433 2006
Description: Examines the turbulent lives and times surrounding the world's most famous porn film. Features interviews with the original cast, as well as producers and directors
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