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Dead Center (film)
Dead center or dead centre may refer to: Engineering * Dead centre (engineering), a position of a crank where the applied force is straight along its axis * Dead center (tool), a type of lathe center used for accurately positioning a workpiece on an axis Music * ''Dead Center'' (Game Theory album), a 1984 power pop album * ''Dead Center'' (Eric Alexander album), a 2004 jazz album * Dead Center Productions, a Ukraine-based record label for heavy metal music Other media * deadCENTER Film Festival, an Oklahoma film festival established in 2001 * "Dead Center", a 1954 science fiction novelette by Judith Merril * ''Dead Center'', a 1993 film directed by Steve Carver * '' The Dead Center'', a 2018 film starring Shane Carruth * Dead Center, a campaign in the 2009 video game ''Left 4 Dead 2 ''Left 4 Dead 2'' is a 2009 first-person shooter game developed and published by Valve. The sequel to Turtle Rock Studios's ''Left 4 Dead'' (2008) and the second game in the ''Left 4 De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Centre (engineering)
In a reciprocating engine, the dead centre is the position of a piston in which it is either farthest from, or nearest to, the crankshaft. The former is known as Top Dead Centre (TDC) while the latter is known as Bottom Dead Centre (BDC). More generally, the dead centre is any position of a crank where the applied force is straight along its axis, meaning no turning force can be applied. Many sorts of machines are crank driven, including unicycles, bicycles, tricycles, various types of machine presses, gasoline engines, diesel engines, steam locomotives, and other steam engines. Crank-driven machines rely on the energy stored in a flywheel to overcome the dead centre, or are designed, in the case of multi-cylinder engines, so that dead centres can never exist on all cranks at the same time. A steam locomotive is an example of the latter, the connecting rods being arranged such that the dead centre for each cylinder occurs out of phase with the other one (or more) cylind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Center (tool)
A lathe center, often shortened to center, is a tool that has been ground to a point to accurately position a workpiece on an axis. They usually have an included angle of 60°, but in heavy machining situations an angle of 75° is used. The primary use of a center is to ensure concentric work is produced; this allows the workpiece to be transferred between machining (or inspection) operations without any loss of accuracy. A part may be ''turned'' in a lathe, sent off for hardening and tempering and then ground ''between centers'' in a cylindrical grinder. The preservation of concentricity between the turning and grinding operations is crucial for quality work. When turning between centres, a steady can be used to support longer workpieces where the cutting forces would deflect the work excessively, reducing the finish and accuracy of the workpiece, or creating a hazardous situation. A center lathe has applications anywhere that a ''centered'' workpiece may be used; this is not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Center (Game Theory Album)
''Dead Center'' is a compilation album from Game Theory, a California power pop band fronted by guitarist and singer-songwriter Scott Miller. Initially released in France on Lolita Records in 1984, a newly remastered version was released on CD on November 24, 2014 on Omnivore Recordings. Background By mid-1982, Scott Miller had assembled the first iteration of Game Theory, which consisted of Miller (lead guitar, vocals), Nancy Becker (keyboards, vocals), Fred Juhos (bass, guitar, vocals), and Michael Irwin (drums). The first Game Theory album was the '' Blaze of Glory'' LP, released on Rational Records in 1982. With Dave Gill replacing Michael Irwin on drums, two 12-inch EPs followed. In 1983, the group released the six-song EP '' Pointed Accounts of People You Know'', recorded at Samurai Sound Studio, which was co-owned by Gill. The group then recorded the five-song '' Distortion'' EP in December 1983 (released 1984), with The Three O'Clock's Michael Quercio producing. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Center (Eric Alexander Album)
''Dead Center'' is an album by tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander. It was recorded in 2004 and released by HighNote Records. Recording and music The album was recorded at the Van Gelder Studio on June 10, 2004.Alexander, Eric ''Dead Center'' (CD liner notes). HighNote Records. HCD 7131. It was produced by Todd Barkan. The four musicians are tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander, pianist Harold Mabern, bassist John Webber, and drummer Joe Farnsworth. The arrangement of "Almost Like Being in Love" uses the harmony of "Giant Steps".Ratlif, Ben (November 15, 2004"New CDs" ''The New York Times''. Release and reception ''Dead Center'' was released by HighNote Records in 2004.Bowers, Jack (November 28, 2004"Eric Alexander: Dead Center" All About Jazz. The AllMusic reviewer compared it to "the moody and atmospheric mid-to-late-'60s work of fellow reedmen Wayne Shorter and Hank Mobley", and concluded that the album "finds Alexander revealing himself as a grounded and muscular improviser who n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heavy Metal Music
Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and United States. With roots in blues rock, psychedelic rock and acid rock, heavy metal bands developed a thick, monumental sound characterized by distorted guitars, extended guitar solos, emphatic beats and loudness. In 1968, three of the genre's most famous pioneers – Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple – were founded. Though they came to attract wide audiences, they were often derided by critics. Several American bands modified heavy metal into more accessible forms during the 1970s: the raw, sleazy sound and shock rock of Alice Cooper and Kiss; the blues-rooted rock of Aerosmith; and the flashy guitar leads and party rock of Van Halen. During the mid-1970s, Judas Priest helped spur the genre's evolution by discarding much of its blues influence,Walser (1993), p. 6 while Motörhead introduced a punk rock sensibilit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DeadCENTER Film Festival
The deadCENTER Film Festival was founded in 2001 in Oklahoma City. The festival was named "deadCENTER" because it is located in the exact center of the United States. Although presenting over a hundred films, and an international assemblage of filmmakers, deadCENTER has remained focused on being open to independent local filmmakers. The festival runs for five days every year in June and has attracted notable actors including Spike Jonze and Rinko Kikuchi. The deadCENTER was named one of the 20 Coolest Film Festivals of 2010 by MovieMaker Magazine ''MovieMaker'' is a magazine, website and podcast network focused on the art and business of filmmaking with a special emphasis on independent film. The magazine is published on a quarterly basis. See also * List of film periodicals Reference .... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judith Merril
Judith Josephine Grossman (January 21, 1923 – September 12, 1997), who took the pen-name Judith Merril around 1945, was an American and then Canadian science fiction writer, editor and political activist, and one of the first women to be widely influential in those roles. Although Judith Merril's first paid writing was in other genres, in her first few years of writing published science fiction she wrote her three novels (all but the first in collaboration with C. M. Kornbluth) and some stories. Her roughly four decades in that genre also included writing 26 published short stories, and editing a similar number of anthologies. Early years Merril was born in Boston in 1923 to Ethel and Samuel (Shlomo) Grossman, who were Jewish. Her father committed suicide in 1929 soon after she began to attend school. In 1936, her mother found a job at the Bronx House community center and moved the family to the New York City borough of the Bronx. In her mid-teens, Merril pursued Z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Carver
Steve Carver (April 5, 1945 – January 8, 2021) was an American film director, producer, and photographer. Biography Carver attended Manhattan's High School of Music and Art and received his BA from Cornell University and his MFA from Washington University in St. Louis. He was originally interested in cartooning, commercial art and animation. He was a cameraman for the Wide World of Sports, for the St. Louis Cardinals, and made 30 documentaries in two years while teaching in St Louis area colleges. American Film Institute In 1970, a documentary he shot in grad school got him admitted to the American Film Institute, then in its second year of taking in fellows in Hollywood. While at the AFI he studied under such filmmakers as George Stevens, George Seaton, Alfred Hitchcock, Charlton Heston and Gregory Peck. He worked as an assistant director on Dalton Trumbo's sole effort as director, '' Johnny Got His Gun'' (1971). Carver's final AFI project was a short film based on Edgar Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dead Center
''The Dead Center'' is a 2018 American horror mystery thriller film written and directed by Billy Senese and starring Shane Carruth. Plot An unnamed adult male corpse is brought into a hospital morgue after dying in an ambulance from an apparent suicide. The man, referred to as John Doe, comes back to life and staggers out of the morgue, making his way to an adjacent hospital room where he gets into a bed and falls asleep. Dr. Edward Graham, a medical investigator, is called to the morgue where he finds out that the body brought in the night before has mysteriously gone missing. When nurses find John Doe in the hospital room during their rounds the next morning, he is in a catatonic state and his body is covered in scars. Dr. Daniel Forrester, a hospital psychologist, is called to examine John Doe. He claims to the nurse (Travis) in a manner of deceptive paternalism that the catatonic John Doe is making threats of self harm in order so that Forrester may admit him under a 5150 h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shane Carruth
Shane Carruth (born 1972) is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, composer, and actor. He is the writer, director, and co-star of the prize-winning science-fiction film ''Primer'' (2004), which was his debut feature. His second film, '' Upstream Color'' (2013), was an experimental science-fiction film which he wrote, directed, produced, edited, designed, and starred in. He also composed the scores for both films. In recognition of Carruth's idiosyncratic and, at times, bizarre filmmaking technique, director Steven Soderbergh told '' Entertainment Weekly'', "I view Shane as the illegitimate offspring of David Lynch and James Cameron." Early life Carruth was born in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina in 1972. He attended Stephen F. Austin State University as a mathematics major. Before becoming a filmmaker, he worked as a developer of flight-simulation software. Career ''Primer'' For his independent film ''Primer'', Carruth wrote, directed, produced, and performed one of the two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Left 4 Dead 2
''Left 4 Dead 2'' is a 2009 first-person shooter game developed and published by Valve. The sequel to Turtle Rock Studios's ''Left 4 Dead'' (2008) and the second game in the ''Left 4 Dead'' series, it was released for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 in November 2009, Mac OS X in October 2010, and Linux in July 2013. ''Left 4 Dead 2'' builds upon cooperatively focused gameplay and Valve's proprietary Source engine, the same game engine used in the original ''Left 4 Dead''. Set during the aftermath of an apocalyptic pandemic, the game focuses on four new Survivors, fighting against hordes of zombies known as the Infected, who develop severe psychosis and act extremely aggressive. The Survivors must fight their way through five campaigns, interspersed with safe houses that act as checkpoints, with the goal of escape at each campaign's finale. The gameplay is procedurally altered by the " AI Director 2.0", which monitors the players' performance and adjusts the scenario to provid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
