About this product: The New SAT: Critical Reading & Writing is developed by the same folks who brought you the award-winning Standard Deviants®, recommended by teachers and professors across the country. With humorous skits, graphics and an approachable format that simplify complex subjects, we give you strategies to maximize your time and score!
About this product: RONALD D. MOORE is one of the most prominent writers of television science fiction working today. Most recently he was writer/executive producer of Battlestar Galactica. Previous writing credits include Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (where he was also co-executive producer and and Good Vs. Evil. In addition to writing, Moore also executive produced Roswell in its final seasons, and the acclaimed HBO series Carnivale. He is the winner of two Peabody Awards, an Emmy (plus many nominations) and a Hugo Award, as well as a WGA nomination.
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About this product: Learn at your own pace with Killer Fiction Workshops! In "Writing Killer Mysteries: 8 Lessons To Get You Into Print," award-winning author Kris Neri takes you from title to resolution in an easy workshop format complete with downloadable handouts to help you write your next mystery novel. Topics Include: Creating sleuths that sizzle Reflections of Character Point of View and Narrative Voice Conflicts and Stakes Structure Clues and Red Herrings Beginnings and Resolutions Advice about the marketplace How to write a query letter ...and much more!
About this product: Early on in Big Love's second season, closeted polygamist Bill Henrickson's kids come to him with a broken toy. "I can fix anything," he reassures them. If only his chaotic life were as easy to mend. Among the crises vying for his attention this season are finding out who was responsible for outing his wife, Barbara (Jeanne Tripplehorn), at the Mother of the Year ceremony; the investigation into the poisoning of his brother-in-law, Alby, for which he could be implicated in a cover-up; negotiating a deal to purchase a gaming company coveted by Roman (Harry Dean Stanton); and, in a "holy spirit sucker punch," meeting Ana (Branca Katic), a Serbian waitress who just could be wife No. 4. A Golden Globe nominee for Best Drama, Big Love further draws viewers into the polygamists' shadow world. "If they could show just one normal plural family for a change," someone remarks at one point. Grounded in "the principle," the Henrickson households are about as normal as you can get with the sister wives at once fiercely protective of the family, while at the same jockeying for position and influence. Nicki (Chloe Svigny) is beholden to her father, the prophet Roman (whom Bill aptly calls "venal, corrupt, the face of evil"), and duty-bound mother, Adaleen (Mary Kay Place). Margene (Ginnifer Goodwin), the third and youngest wife, has absolutely no boundaries, and initiates a friendship with Ana, and agrees to be a surrogate mother for her unwitting neighbor. "Boss Lady" Barbara must come to terms with the sacrifices she made for her marriage. Meanwhile, Barbara's teenage son and daughter are at their own crossroads on deciding whether to follow their parents' path. Complicating matters even further are Rhonda (Daveigh Chase, the voice of Lilo in Disney's Lilo & Stitch), the lying and manipulative child bride who runs away from Roman and the compound, Alby's sinister ascendancy, and Hollis Green, a rival polygamist patriarch and fierce fundamentalist with a penchant for branding those who cross him.
Season 2 further fleshes out television's most unconventional family drama. This set also includes three "prequels" that peek in on the Henricksons up to five years before the events of the first season. In one, Nicki suffers post-partum depression following the birth of her first son. In the second, Margene makes an indelible first impression in "Meet the Baby-Sitter." The third shows how Bill's three wives compel a move to the suburbs and into their three-home compound. This series has emerged from The Sopranos' shadow to earn some Big Love of its own. What happens next? As the Beach Boys sing during the haunting and etheral opening credits, "God only knows." --Donald Liebenson
About this product: Eric Roth's many credits include The Nickel Ride, directed by Robert Mulligan, Suspect, directed by Robert Yates, Forrest Gump, directed by Robert Zemeckis (and for which he won an Academy Award for best adapted screenplay), The Horse Whisperer (with Richard LaGravenese), directed by Robert Redford, The Insider (with Michael Mann) directed by Michael Mann, Ali (with Michael Mann, Stephen J. Rivele and Christopher Wilkinson, story by Gregory Allen Howard) , also directed by Michael Mann, Munich (with Tony Kushner), directed by Steven Spielberg, The Good Shepherd, directed by Robert De Niro, and Lucky You (with Curtis Hanson) directed by Curtis Hanson. Most recently, Eric penned The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, (screenplay by Eric Roth, story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord), which was directed by David Fincher and stars Brad Pitt as the title character. This film has won several industry awards and was nominated for five Academy Awards.
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About this product: If metal guitar is your passion, then this is your ticket to stardom! One of modern metal's most accomplished players, Rob Arnold of the Chimaira teaches you how to create metal rhythms, build multi-part guitar sections and write complete metal songs. Learn his unique lead style with components like minor pentatonic and harmonic minor scales, right-hand finger tapping, and his favorite riffs and licks. The interactive backing tracks of bass and drums put you at the center of a bone-crushing metal band! Rob even reveals the personal practice techniques that have helped propel him to the stage! Features include: iPod-ready video, follow-along tab book, free lifetime membership for online lesson support, authored for Zone 0 and more. 1 hour
About this product: James L. Brooks is one of the most celebrated and accomplished television and film creators in Hollywood. Over the course of his four-decade career, he has written, produced and directed many of the finest television shows and films of his era, including The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Taxi, The Simpsons and the films Terms of Endearment, Broadcast News and As Good As It Gets.
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About this product: Story is the hardest thing to learn for most digital filmmakers these days since the technology has become so inexpensive and easy to use. How would you like to write a great script in about 20 hours while learning almost everything you need to know to tell brilliant visual stories for the rest of your life?
Part 3 of 19: Creating Original Characters: Take the final story idea you came up with and develop your characters. Learn over 28 character identification techniques to hook your audience emotionally during the first five minutes and see how Pixar does it in Finding Nemo.
Sections: 1. Active Characters, 2. Character Goals, 3. Conflicting Goals, 4. Character Identification, 5. Finding Nemo Identification
Based on the bestselling books "Maya 2 Character Animation" (1999 New Riders), and "Developing Digital Short Films" by Sherri Sheridan (2004 New Riders/ Peachpit/ Pearson). Part 3 of 19 from a 20-hour video workshop "Writing A Great Script Fast." The is the ultimate step-by-step story engine class for independent digital filmmakers and computer animators.
Covers the top 20 books on screenwriting, film and animation in easy to follow steps with 1000's of brainstorming ideas and story techniques learned along the way. Now being used as the main story class for structure in schools all over the world.
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About this product: A look at how America's love affair with prescription drugs has moved into the playpen.Today, 4 million children begin their school day by taking a small yellow pill, Ritalin, to control their hyperactivity. Since 1990, there has been a 700% increase in the use of the stimulant. And more than 2.5 million prescriptions for anti-depressants were written for pre-schoolers and adolescents. We look at all sides of the issue and talk to pediatricians, psychiatrists, teachers, parents, and children.
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