Tinseltown
By: Barry Brennessel
Publisher: MLR Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Albion, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
ISBN-13: 9781608203567
Subjects: College students; Fiction; Motion picture producers and directors
Description: "Film student Micah Malone hauls his worldly possessions onto a new set, and prepares for his big debut. And if he bombs on the first take, there's always a second, right? He is the director, after all. And directors know all about the 180 degree rule: if the camera passes over the axis that connects to subjects, it's called crossing the line. The camera should never cross the line. But Micah is not really one for rules. Crossing the line is sometimes just what it takes to move on. There's no script to dictate what happens next for Micah. Life is not exactly a film school project (is it?). As Micah will tell you, life is improv. And great source material. Let the cameras roll. Micah's quirky life as begun filming"--Page 4 of cover