[ebooks] The Csound Book: Perspectives in Software Synthesis; Sound Design; Signal Processing; and Programming (MIT Press) by Richard Boulanger at Arts-Photography

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The High School outsider takes off her glasses; puts on a dress; and becomes the Prom Queen; the dowdy woman has her hair done; buys some chic new clothes and starts to attract the men. Cinderella and Pygmalion stories still provide inspiration for the plots of Hollywood romantic comedies; dramas; and even action films. Their perennial use prompts a series of questions: is; for example; male agency necessary to effect the transformation; or can the woman change herself? Can she ever change him? Most pressingly; what do these images of change and transformation; of improvement and transcendence tell us; the viewers; about what we should be doing? Investigating these questions; this book examines a key but frequently overlooked aspect of film style: the costume. Across all the films discussed; costume and the body it covers becomes the crucial element in the transformation scene; exemplifying the ldquo;beforerdquo; and ldquo;afterrdquo; of the successful change. Exploring the fantasies of transcendence and transformation sold through these films and exemplified in the costumes; this book examines Calamity Jane; Midnight Cowboy; Clueless; The Long Kiss Goodnight; The Devil Wears Prada; and many other examples from both classic and contemporary Hollywood.