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Exhibition, The Film Reader explores the history, sociology and urban geography of the range of venues in which films have been shown in the course of film history.
Author : Ina Rae Hark
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 19,9 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Motion picture theaters
ISBN : 9780415235181
Exhibition, The Film Reader explores the history, sociology and urban geography of the range of venues in which films have been shown in the course of film history.
Author : Ina Rae Hark
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 43,20 MB
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 9780415235174
From the kinetoscope, used by one viewer at a time, to the lavish movie palaces of Hollywood's golden era, the experience of watching films has varied enormously across film. Exhibition, The Film Reader traces the emergence of a culture of moviegoing, exploring the range of venues in which films have been shown and following the fluctuating status of film and the continuning struggle over audiences.
Author : Mark Jancovich
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 15,36 MB
Release : 2002-01-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1134563752
Horror, The Film Reader brings together key articles to provide a comprehensive resource for students of horror cinema. Mark Jancovich's introduction traces the development of horror film from The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari to The Blair Witch Project, and outlines the main critical debates. Combining classic and recent articles, each section explores a central issue of horror film, and features an editor's introduction outlining the context of debates.
Author : Kay Dickinson
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 34,87 MB
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 9780415281591
This reader brings together a wide range of writings to examine the role of music in cinema. Articles by leading critics including Theodor Adorno, Lawrence Grossberg and Lisa A. Lewis explore the function of the soundtrack, the place of song in film, andlook at how cinema has represented music and the music industry.
Author : Pamela Robertson Wojcik
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 20,23 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780415310246
Combining classic and recent essays and examining key issues such Movie Acting, the Film Reader explores one of the most central but often overlooked aspects of cinema: film acting.
Author : Gregory A.. Waller
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 15,33 MB
Release : 2001-12-05
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780631225911
Pairing significant research with primary documents, Moviegoing in America charts the evolution of film exhibition and reception as a function of changing patterns of American community, identity, consumption, and the fabric of everyday life. "Moviegoing in America is an important, groundbreaking book." -- The Moving Image "Waller assembles an impressive collection that should become a key resource in the teaching of film exhibition history." -- Screen
Author : Andrew Utterson
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 34,85 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Cinematography
ISBN : 9780415319850
Bringin together key theoretical texts from respected names in the field including Andre Bevin, Walter Benjamin and Vivian Sobchack, this book examines more than a century of writing on film and technology.
Author : J. David Slocum
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 39,13 MB
Release : 2023-04-28
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1000938565
Discussing such classic films as Sergeant York, Air Force, and All Quiet on the Western Front, as well as more modern blockbusters like Apocalypse Now and Saving Private Ryan, this outstanding volume focuses on Hollywood and its production of war films. Topics covered include: the early formation of war cinema the apotheosis of the Hollywood war film the ascendancy of ambivalence Hollywood and the war since Vietnam war as a way of seeing. For any student of film studies or American cultural studies, this is a valuable companion.
Author : Steve Neale
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 33,37 MB
Release : 2012-11-12
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 113572007X
The Classical Hollywood Reader brings together essential readings to provide a history of Hollywood from the 1910s to the mid 1960s. Following on from a Prologue that discusses the aesthetic characteristics of Classical Hollywood films, Part 1 covers the period between the 1910s and the mid-to-late 1920s. It deals with the advent of feature-length films in the US and the growing national and international dominance of the companies responsible for their production, distribution and exhibition. In doing so, it also deals with film making practices, aspects of style, the changing roles played by women in an increasingly business-oriented environment, and the different audiences in the US for which Hollywood sought to cater. Part 2 covers the period between the coming of sound in the mid 1920s and the beginnings of the demise of the `studio system` in late 1940s. In doing so it deals with the impact of sound on films and film production in the US and Europe, the subsequent impact of the Depression and World War II on the industry and its audiences, the growth of unions, and the roles played by production managers and film stars at the height of the studio era. Part 3 deals with aspects of style, censorship, technology, and film production. It includes articles on the Production Code, music and sound, cinematography, and the often neglected topic of animation. Part 4 covers the period between 1946 and 1966. It deals with the demise of the studio system and the advent of independent production. In an era of demographic and social change, it looks at the growth of drive-in theatres, the impact of television, the advent of new technologies, the increasing importance of international markets, the Hollywood blacklist, the rise in art house imports and in overseas production, and the eventual demise of the Production Code. Designed especially for courses on Hollywood Cinema, the Reader includes a number of newly researched and written chapters and a series of introductions to each of its parts. It concludes with an epilogue, a list of resources for further research, and an extensive bibliography.
Author : Jonathan Kahana
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1057 pages
File Size : 42,48 MB
Release : 2016-01-21
Category : Art
ISBN : 0190459328
Bringing together an expansive range of writing by scholars, critics, historians, and filmmakers, The Documentary Film Reader presents an international perspective on the most significant developments and debates from several decades of critical writing about documentary. Each of the book's seven sections covers a distinct period in the history of documentary, collecting both contemporary and retrospective views of filmmaking in the era. And each section is prefaced by an introductory essay that explains its design and provides critical context. Painstakingly selected from the archives of more than a hundred years of cinema practice and theory, the essays, reviews, interviews, manifestos, and ephemera gathered in this volume suit the needs and interests of the beginning student, the advanced scholar, the casual reader, and the working documentarian.