A Peek Inside Warner Bros' Prop Vault
Tested: If you can forgive the campy presentation, CNN's tour of the Warner Bros. prop archive is pretty neat. I've seen plenty of videos of the props and costumes on display at the Warner Bros. studio tour in Hollywood, but this warehouse of wardrobe and vehicles from films like Gravity, The Dark Knight, and Harry Potter is like the propmaker's version of Raiders of the Lost Ark's Hanger 51.
Let the Right One In: Can Horror Work Onstage?
Flavorwire: Throughout the National Theatre of Scotland’s Let the Right One In, adapted from John Ajvide Lindqvist’s novel and Tomas Alfredson‘s film, audiences are subjected to a parade of lyrically gruesome images: a man tied upside-down to a tree, his throat perfunctorily slit and drained into a bucket; another man literally self-effacing with acid; a diminutive teenage girl in a candy-pink sweater whose mouth brims with vomit when she actually tries to eat candy, and whose face cascades with blood every time she enters a home uninvited. All of this stirs a reverent, rapt silence in the audience. This is not the type of play where spectators listlessly turn to their programs mid-show, pretending that looking up the catering credits will somehow enhance their experience.The Future Of Zoos Is Being Nice To The Animals--Not Making It Easy To Watch Them
Co.Exist | ideas + impact: For a decade, Winky and Wanda were the Detroit Zoo’s only Asian elephants. In the summer months they would kick around in the dirt of their limited outdoor enclosure. During Detroit’s long winters, they were confined indoors, their soft feet rarely leaving the hard concrete.
How to Create the Sound of Murder Without Actually Killing Anyone
SoundGirls: I love working as a sound designer in fringe theatre. It’s underfunded, often underpaid and over-looked, and it can also reveal unexpected and rewarding creative challenges.
When I say “fringe theatre”, I’m talking about London (UK) fringe theatre, as that’s where I’m based. I know not all cities, or countries, have permanent off-West End (or off-Broadway, in an American context) venues that regularly produce professional theatrical work outside of a festival, which makes me all the more grateful that I live and work in a city where you don’t have to have arts bodies funding to make great theatre, although that definitely helps.Watch Actresses Read Ridiculously Sexist Casting Calls Out Loud
Flavorwire: This fall, we wrote about Some Lady Parts, a new Tumblr that was devoted to airing and posting many of the most absurdly sexist casting calls to be found in the acting world.
Since then, the site has become even more popular. Recently, its creators collaborated with Upworthy on a video in which aspiring thespians talked honestly about how these damaging casting calls hurt their self-esteem and their sense of themselves in the industry. “We just want to play human beings, rather than bodies,” one said.
Sunday, March 01, 2015
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