| Below the Line Contributor(s): McFetridge, John (Author), Albert, Scott (Author) |
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ISBN: 0921833881 ISBN-13: 9780921833888 Publisher: Signature Editions OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2003 Annotation: It's spring in Toronto and the Hollywood move crews are back. Edward J. Nijar, whose reputation is built on his music videos, is in town to direct his first feature film, "Life and Death in Little Italy. This runaway production stars Myles Day, working hard on his comeback career, and Linda Grigette, best known for her role in the 1970s series "Fashion Fuzz (supermodels by day, super agents by night), and gorgeous young Ainsley Riordan, who once again, is cast as a character who spends most of her time dressed in underwear and fishnet stockings. As the shoot unfolds, it's clear that the script isn't holding up. The writer is flown in from LA, but even he has trouble making sense of what's happened to his story. Fortunately, as new scenes are added, there are new opportunities for the local talent. And Anne-Marie Robinson is taking every opportunity she can get. Admit it. When there's a film shooting in the neighbourhood, we all slow down to get a closer look, secretly hoping to catch a glimpse of a real live movie star. but who are all those other people bustling about the set with cables and lights and power tools? They're the Canadian crew members: the location scouts, caterers, make-up artists, grips gaffers, and armies of assistants. On budget sheets and cost reports they are known as the crew members "below the line." Inspired by their own experiences in film, authors John McFetridge and Scott Albert have created an authentic backdrop for their novel, including script pages, call sheets, and camera reports, to give the reader a complete behind-the-scenes experience. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2003363899 |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 6.78" W x 9.04" (0.85 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast - Geographic Orientation - California - Locality - Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: It's spring in Toronto and the Hollywood movie crews are back. This is where art meets commerce full force. Instant communities are created, like summer camps for adults, with the cast and crews working long hours and always under pressure. Over the six weeks of production, the cast and crew lives, loves, hates, wins and loses together, on and off the film set. Inspired by the authors' own experiences, Below the Line goes behind the scenes and tells the the stories of on-set romances, ambitions, cynics and even artists. We all know the celebs by first name (even if we don't want to admit it), but who are the other guys -- the Canadians working the crew, the location scouts, caterers, make-up artists, grips, gaffers and armies of assistants? Who are these people who bring the stars their breakfast, park the trucks and paint the set the director's favourite shade? On budget sheets and cost reports they are the "below the line" crew members; these are the names rolling down the screen long after the audience has left the cinema. McFetridge and Albert have a lot of experience in the Toronto film world, and in Below the Line they bring the complete film set experience -- including script pages, call sheets, camera reports and invoices to really get the reader down and dirty in the trenches of the industry. |