Mirrormask really useful book

It had the dark side and the light side and the point to all the sides. To look back on your work, though, the pen also has a black light. A journal made to look like the really useful book, which provided aid for helena in the film, was released in july 2005, and a seveninch tall bust. It stars stephanie leonidas, jason barry, rob brydon, and gina mckee.

Mirrormask is a 2005 fantasy film designed and directed by dave mckean and written by neil gaiman from a story they developed together, starring. In a fantasy world of opposing kingdoms, a fifteenyearold girl must find the fabled mirrormask in order to save the kingdom and get home. The dark queen attempts to hypnotize helena into becoming a replacement for the dark princess. The journal includes a pen with invisible ink so that all of your journal entries can remain secret. See more ideas about dave mckean, neil gaiman and fantasy films. Our take on the really useful book is a 6 x 8 casebound journal. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. The reading of a complete history of everything, just because its the voice of stephen fry when confronted by a small army of sphinxes, helena consults the really useful book. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Mirrormask is a collaboration between comic bookfantasy literature legend neil gaiman and his longtime collaborator dave mckean. Sign up for librarything to find out whether youll like this book. Click to read more about mirrormask 2005 film by dave mckean. But the story isnt nearly as important as the fantastic creatures and hallucinatory imagery that parade nonstop through helenas fantastic journey.

The music used in the film was composed by iain ballamy. This original novella is helenas tale in her own voice, written by master storyteller neil gaiman and accompanied by original art by dave mckean and images from the film. It was very cute, despite being a bit deus ex machina. This original novella is helenas tale in her own voice, a stunning and magical journey. In the movie mirrormask by jim henson and company, the heroine is aided in her quest to escape the mirrorworld by the really useful book. They worked together for many years on the excellent fantasy comic the sandman which is absolutely worth reading, in the unlikely event that you were not already aware of it.

Mirrormask childrens edition neil gaiman hardcover. Mirrormask is an ornately gorgeous jewel box, a clockwork dreamscape of an imaginative girls comingofage nightmare. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new. The text layout is also very artistic, with typography occasionally increasing in size or. Mirrormask is a 2005 fantasy film designed and directed by dave mckean and written by neil.

This really useful book has pages and is 6 inches by 8 inches. I want to open a book that gives me sometimes obtuse advice based on the situation i am in. Earlier, valentines friend bing is devoured by the encroaching darkness while attempting to hold it at bay long enough for helena and valentine to escape. Mirrormask mixes avantgarde, computer graphic puppets with the writing skills of neil gaiman, whose works typically feature eccentric alternate worlds and mystic beings. Evil, with 15yearold helena as the protagonist who must find the mirrormask and save the light kingdom. It was produced by the jim henson company the films story revolves around a young girl named helena campbell, who is sick of her. The music used in the film was composed by iain ballamy the films story revolves around a young girl named helena. Gina mckee plays the three most pivotal roles in helenas life, as her ailing mother, the dark queen and the light queen. Sure, i knew of the film which i have yet to see, but i assumed the book came before the film. Directed by acclaimed visual artist dave mckean, and it shows. There are floating giant statutes and flying books and flying gorillas.

Destined to become a classic for fans of gaiman, cinema, and fantasy alike, mirrormask tells the story of helena, a fifteenyearold girl who works for her family. It really was more than i thought i would ever find in a book like this. Jul 27, 20 a really useful book neil gaiman, mirrormask jul 27, 20 a really useful book neil gaiman, mirrormask stay safe and healthy. It is designed and directed by dave mckean, written by neil gaiman from a story they developed together. In this world there is a white queen who is also sick, and can only be saved with the help of the fabled mirrormask. I wrote it, and i forgot about it until the book arrived here this morning. This intelligent book senses your needs and tell you in a somewhat cryptic form what you need to know, when you need to know it. A really useful book neil gaiman, mirrormask books. With stephanie leonidas, jason barry, rob brydon, gina mckee. Dont we all want a book that helps guide us on our journeys through life. The tiresome minute length mirrormask is a very good fantasy movie from famous author neil gaiman and it has a darker tone to go along with it.

Buy a cheap copy of mirrormask book by neil gaiman. Apr 17, 20 this pin was discovered by chealsie vallee. Helena is about to embark on a most amazing journey. A mirrormask picture book for younger readers, also written by gaiman and illustrated with art from the movie, will also be published by harpercollins childrens books not long after. When she needs help, she opens up the seemingly blank book and words magically appear on the pages with just the advice she needs. There are also little tidbits of advice in this invisible ink already in the book, written by neil. Mirror mask all the tropes wiki fandom powered by wikia. The creatures and people whom helen comes across in her quest are delightfully bizarre, like the race of apelike pigeons, a brood of menacing manfaced cats, and a library where the books want to escape and have to be brought down with a net one that helen picks up is called a really useful book and it actually is, printing answers to her. Mirrormask is a 2005 fantasy film designed and directed by dave mckean and written by neil gaiman from a story they developed together, starring stephanie leonidas, jason barry, rob brydon, and gina mckee. Mirrormask is a rarity in the realm of socalled family films. The really useful book, for helena, and valentines tower, for valentine. In this scene from mirrormask, helena and valentine encounter a librarian as they search for clues.

Price new from used from paperback, import, january 1, 2006 please retry. I bought a copy of a really useful book and sadly, the pen is a broken little thingie. Helena needs to find the mirrormask to get back to her own world. I think thats important about a film like this is that its not really a kids movie.

It just tells her how rough its pages are and that its chewier than taffy. Viewers will be forgiven if theyre a bit baffled about the whys and hows of the story. Im awfully fond of the really useful book and the flying books and the idea of having to. Stephanie leonidas is great as a the main character, helena, a circus girl who, when her mother suddenly falls seriously ill. Apparently, neil gaiman and dave mckean collaborated on the screenplay while holed up at the jim henson estate. Written by acclaimed authorcomic book guy neil gaiman, and it also shows helena campbell is a teenage girl who wants to leave her home at the circus to go and join real life. Mirrormask strange, fun fantasy of helenas adventures in weirdland by patrick ivers, film critic 2005 unlike most ordinary children all of those kids in there, they want to run away and join a circus, says joanna campbell gina mckee, acrobat and mother, to her rebellious teenage daughter helena campbell stephanie leonidas, whose parents run a circus in england. Mirrormask is a breathtaking film written by bestselling author neil gaiman and brought to life through the vision of acclaimed artist and director dave mckean. Really at this point its up to sony how mirrormask does, assuming that people can find it and enjoy it. Neil gaiman and dave mckean at an event for mirrormask 2005 dave. If you do not know mirrormask, it rests in the hands of a young girl.

Altogether, it was like the movie and yet it was its own thing. Mirrormask is a 2005 fantasy film from jim henson pictures, samuel goldwyn films, and destination films. A movie made by the jim henson company, but done with mostly cg effects. Raised in a family of circus performers, shes always dreamed of leading a more ordinary life.

Written by acclaimed authorcomic book guy neil gaiman, and it also shows helena campbell is a teenage girl who wants to. I dove into mirrormask without knowing the books story. Heres the list of cinemas at which itll be screening. But i think life would be better if we all had our own really. July 2005 dark horse has released a blank journal with a mirrormask theme. Its been a few weeks since i listened to mirrormask, and while i enjoyed it, the book felt like it was a testrun for coraline, in which the themes are repeated. More than animation, direction and the creation of a whole host of wonderful phantasmagorical creatures, weird landscapes, layered dream sequences.

It comes with a pen that writes in ink that can only be seen using the black light on the end of the pen. But its also a 30minute idea wrapped in a 100minute movie. Mirror mask really useful journal paperback january 1, 2006 by neil gaiman author see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Along with a juggler named valentine and a really useful book, she sets off to save the world and find her way home.

Mirrormask really useful book book quotes, books, weird watch. Like ye olde plays from shakespeares time, mirrormask begins with a whirlwind oneminute telling of the whole movie youre about to seevia sock puppets. Its a red fauxleatherbound journal which looks like this. The music used in the film was composed by iain ballamy the films story revolves around a young girl named helena campbell, who is sick of her familys career as circus performers. Jason barry as the enigmatic valentine, and assisted by her really useful book, she must find the mask before its too late.