Visual Worlds

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As many observers have noted, the world is becoming increasingly visually mediated, with the rise of computers and the internet being central factors in the emergence of new tools and conventions. Exploring the social structure of visuality, this volume contains a collection of essays by internationally renowned artists and scholars from a variety of fields (including art history, literary theory and criticism, cultural studies, film and television studies, intellectual history and sociology). It was conceived to address a bold query: how is our experience and understanding of vision and visual form changing under pressure from the various social, economic and cultural factors that are linked under the term globalization.
The essays overlap in their considerations of the tensions between cultures and worlds, political life, everyday social experience, and war. The resulting conversation that develops between the chapters touches on points from many visual worlds, and provides a unique opportunity forconsidering the changing character of visual experience today.
This book will attract readers from a wide range of academic disciplines and will especially be valuable as a textbook for graduate and undergraduate courses in visual culture and cultural studies.


Mind Your Language - Volume 4 (DVD)

This is the fourth collection of episodes from the amusing 1970s and 80s British comedy series (later remade for American television as WHAT A COUNTRY!), which stars Barry Evans as Jeremy Brown, a night school instructor who attempts to teach English to
an eclectic and entertaining group of adult immigrants.
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The War Game/Culloden (DVD)

Two powerful BBC-produced films by Peter Watkins about war and their consequences are collected here. Commissioned by the BBC in the mid-1960s to dramatize the effects of a nuclear attack on Great Britain, WAR GAME is a film of monumental devastation, which so shocked the heads of the agency that it was never shown on television. CULLODEN is an intriguing restaging of the 1746 battle of Culloden--the last battle fought on British ground, in which Bonnie Prince Charles was defeated by the Royal Army of King George II--using amateur actors, and capturing how the bloody struggle might have looked to the nation if television had existed at the time.
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Charmed - The Complete Second Season (DVD)

Debuting in 1998, the Aaron Spelling-produced television series CHARMED follows the adventures of three modern-day witches juggling their supernatural abilities with the demands of everyday life. The Halliwell sisters (originally played by Alyssa Milano, Shannon Doherty, and Hollie Marie Combs) use their magical powers to protect innocent people from evil demons, who, in turn, attempt to steal the sister's powers for their own purposes. In order to shield the world from darkness, Piper, Phoebe, and Prudence must protect their own powers from the lords of the underworld, and also rise above the childish bickering of sisterhood to work together as a team. This collection features all 22 episodes of the show's second season.
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Bolek & Lolek - Volume 1 (DVD)

Bolek and Lolek are two cheerful and imaginative boys. They experience elaborate dreams together in which they travel all over the world and experience many exotic adventures. These animated adventures played to delighted audiences in Poland where they were run on television from 1968 to 1970. This collection of episodes from the Polish animated series bursts with creativity and wonder. With a soundtrack of only sound effects, BOLEK AND LOLEK are a perfect way to introduce children to culture of other countries. Episodes included in this collection: In the Land
of Kangaroos, Tracking Down a Tiger, In the Polynesian Islands, In
the Land of the Incas, In the Land of Eskimos, and In Canada.
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The Budget Book for Film and Television

This guidebook is intended to help both the novice and the experienced producer to create and fine-tune their budgets. Based on the top budgeting software packages, Movie Magic and EP Budgeting, this book takes the reader through each line item in the budgeting software and describes the background for that item, how it fits into the overall production, and any issues or pitfalls that may arise from it. This book is a useful reference for independent filmmakers who depend on accurate, easy-to-understand budgeting methods to seek funding for their projects.
Learn how to create a film or TV budget, line by line
Includes a tutorial on Movie Magic and EP Budgeting
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The Burning Bed (DVD)

In 1977, after suffering years of physical abuse at the hands of her brutal husband, Mickey (Paul Le Mat), Michigan housewife Francine Hughes (Farrah Fawcett) kills him one night by setting fire to him as he sleeps. She is subsequently prosecuted. Fawcett garnered an Emmy nomination for role in this acclaimed television adaptation of a true story.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseFull FrameAudio: Dolby Digital Mono - English Dolby Digital Mono - Spanish
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