But Some Became Stars

She arrived in England with a cardboard sign around her neck and a bare handful of English words.

Slate Magma grows up in suburban America. Just like a lot of kids, he dreams of being famous. The problem is he’s too short and too thin. Despite this, he knows that someday his name will shine. As Slate grows up, he is introduced to all kinds of music. Then, as an older teenager, Slate makes a work friend who sings in a local rock band. Music is in his life to stay. When he’s twenty-two, Slate enrolls in the Army, but his pursuit of musical stardom never stops. During his service time, Slate learns to play the bass guitar and gets the opportunity to jam with other soldiers. When he comes home, he is ready to rule the rock scene. He befriends two other musicians, and their careers start in a Chicago Battle of the Bands. In this fictionalized memoir of Slate’s rise to fame, the bass player shares details of his whirlwind tour and all the backstage gossip shared along the way. Every kid has a dream, and sometimes, that dream comes true, as in the case of Slate Magma, who went from suburban Army boy to beloved rock star.

This is a “Self-help workbook” providing a guideline with several steps how to set up, operate, or position a nongovernmental organization (NGO) with an idealistic mission. For persons working with, or exploring the potentials of a redefined role of NGOs in the scheme of things, it contains a reference framework with clarifying materials.

A complete introduction to analyzing and enjoying a wide variety of movies, for film students and movie lovers alike Thinking About Movies: Watching, Questioning, Enjoying, Fourth Edition is a thorough overview of movie analysis designed to enlighten both students and enthusiasts, and heighten their enjoyment of films. Readers will delve into the process of thinking about movies critically and analytically, and find how doing so can greatly enhance the pleasure of watching movies. Divided roughly into two parts, the book addresses film studies within the context of the dynamics of cinema, before moving on to a broader analysis of the relationship of films to the larger social, cultural, and industrial issues informing them. This updated fourth edition includes an entirely new section devoted to a complete analysis of the film adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, along with many in-depth discussions of important films such as Citizen Kane and Silence of the Lambs. The chapter on television integrates a major expansion distinguishing between television in the digital era of the convergence of the entertainment and technology industries in comparison to the era of broadcast analogue television. The final chapter places film within the current context of digital culture, globalization, and the powerful rise of China in film production and exhibition. The authors clearly present various methodologies for analyzing movies and illustrate them with detailed examples and images from a wide range of films from cult classics to big-budget, award-winning movies. This helps viewers see new things in movies and also better understand and explain why they like some better than others. Thinking About Movies: Watching, Questioning, Enjoying, Fourth Edition is ideal for film students immersed in the study of this important, contemporary medium and art form as well as students and readers who have never taken a class on cinema before. This new edition of the book also comes with a Companion Blog https://thinkingaboutmoviesblog.wordpress.com/ that the authors will update regularly with attention to films and industry developments directly related to each chapter, plus updates to readings and resources.

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