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"The son of first-generation Tongan immigrants, Hau drew on the legacy of his name (meaning 'King') to become one of the nation's most influential musical artists. But the best stories often come from the humblest beginnings. A promising junior rugby player, Hau decided in his teens to trade in the footy boots for Hammer pants, soaking up every bar and breakbeat of the new sound and culture exploding out of urban America- DJ Kool Herc and LL Cool J, mix-tapes and graffiti, velour Kangols and Beat Street. Determined to be more innovator than imitator, the rhymes that eventually burst from his volumes of notebooks and epic freestyle sessions with friends and co-conspirators would express what was happening in his backyard, in his community, in his voice. Along with DJ Danielsan, Hau would form Koolism, one of the seminal acts in Australian hip hop and winner of the ARIA's inaugural Best Urban Release award in 2004. This bolt from the blue began a professional journey that would evolve over decades and play out over iconic albums, reflecting the simple joys of life, the love of family, the loss of faith and the tragedy of lives cut short. When Hau decided to pass the mic, it also announced his next incarnation - acting as mentor and producer for a new generation of up-and-coming Australian artists, including the gritty drill-rap phenomenon out of Mount Druitt- OneFour."-- Provided by publisher

Aimed at both the head and the heart, this book explores the most memorable characters across screen, stage, and page, focusing on pivotal moments that shape their identities. These defining moments create a clear boundary of before and after, essential for character existence and transformation. Writers, actors, and storytellers will find a powerful tool to develop, write, or portray characters, potentially gaining deeper self-awareness. The book includes an introduction to the concept of defining moments as a strategy for understanding character formation, along with numerous examples from film, television, theater, and literature that showcase their prevalence and power. It delves into various types of defining moments—birth, death, discovery, decision, injury, and healing—and examines how writers and actors utilize these moments in their most impactful work. Insights into the roles of directors, editors, cinematographers, and composers in dramatizing these moments are also provided. Practical exercises are included for discovering the defining moments of characters, benefiting documentarians and journalists seeking truth, as well as those bringing true stories to life. Personal anecdotes from the authors illustrate the diversity of defining moments, helping readers uncover their own. This book promises to transform how storytellers understand their characters and themselves.

Intended to be kept at a screenwriter's fingertips, The Hollywood Standard provides what even the best script software can't: clear, concise instructions and hundreds of examples to take the guesswork out of a multitude of formatting questions that perplex even seasoned screenwriters.Contents include:* When a new scene heading is appropriate and when it isn't* How to format shot headings, dialogue, direction and transitions* How to control pace with formatting* How to make a script page visually inviting to the reader* What to capitalize and why* How to get into and out of a POV shot* How to handle text messages and Zoom meetings* How Hollywood's most innovative screenwriters are pushing the boundaries of format* How format for animation differs from live action formatsSimply put, Riley knows more about script format than anyone in Hollywood and shares it all in this indispensable guide.

On 20 July 1969, US astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon. This title presents the story of the Apollo 11 mission and the 'space hardware' that made it possible. It looks at the evolution and design of the mighty Saturn V rocket, the Command and Service Modules, and the Lunar Module.

It will be the greatest adventure that humans have ever embarked on. Six years in space, away from Earth, voyaging further and faster than anyone before them. Demanding the courage to face incredible dangers, it is a quest that will define new frontiers for our species. This is the story of Project Pegasus, the first manned voyage to the planets. Witness, through the eyes of the five astronaut-explorers, the extraordinary sights of our solar the superheated lava fields of volcanic Venus, gigantic Martian dust devils and the fragile, dark surface of a comet that disintegrates as you try to land on it. Join the crew as they chart the inhospitable landscapes of our neighbouring planets and take a death defying fly-by of the Sun to accelerate them towards the outer giant planets and the forbidding, frozen worlds of Pluto and Charon. The story is told in the team s own words. Their mission may still be fiction, but their experiences are rooted in those of the real astronauts who have already flown to another world, and lived for months in orbiting space stations. Vivid images, inspired and informed by forty years of real robotic exploration of the planets, ensure that Space Odyssey is the most accurate portrayal possible of such a voyage until the day it becomes a reality.