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Download or read book Early Film History written by . This book was released on . Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
A History of Early Film
Author : Stephen Herbert
Release : 2000
Genre : Art
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Book Rating : 529/5 ( reviews)
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Download or read book A History of Early Film written by Stephen Herbert. This book was released on 2000. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
From Peep Show to Palace
Author : David Robinson
Release : 1996
Genre : History
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Download or read book From Peep Show to Palace written by David Robinson. This book was released on 1996. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On history of American film.
Early American Cinema in Transition
Author : Charlie Keil
Release : 2001-12-10
Genre : Performing Arts
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Download or read book Early American Cinema in Transition written by Charlie Keil. This book was released on 2001-12-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The period 1907–1913 marks a crucial transitional moment in American cinema. As moving picture shows changed from mere novelty to an increasingly popular entertainment, fledgling studios responded with longer running times and more complex storytelling. A growing trade press and changing production procedures also influenced filmmaking. In Early American Cinema in Transition, Charlie Keil looks at a broad cross-section of fiction films to examine the formal changes in cinema of this period and the ways that filmmakers developed narrative techniques to suit the fifteen-minute, one-reel format. Keil outlines the kinds of narratives that proved most suitable for a single reel’s duration, the particular demands that time and space exerted on this early form of film narration, and the ways filmmakers employed the unique features of a primarily visual medium to craft stories that would appeal to an audience numbering in the millions. He underscores his analysis with a detailed look at six films: The Boy Detective; The Forgotten Watch; Rose O’Salem-Town; Cupid’s Monkey Wrench; Belle Boyd, A Confederate Spy; and Suspense.
Fiction and Imagination in Early Cinema
Author : Mario Slugan
Release : 2019-11-28
Genre : History
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Download or read book Fiction and Imagination in Early Cinema written by Mario Slugan. This book was released on 2019-11-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortlisted for the BAFTSS 'Best Monograph' Award 2021 When watching the latest instalment of Batman, it is perfectly normal to say that we see Batman fighting Bane or that we see Bruce Wayne making love to Miranda Tate. We would not say that we see Christian Bale dressed up as Batman going through the motions of punching Tom Hardy dressed up us Bane. Nor do we say that we see Christian Bale pretending to be Bruce Wayne making love with Marion Cotillard, who is playacting the role Miranda Tate. But if we look at the history of cinema and consider contemporary reviews from the early days of the medium, we see that people thought precisely in this way about early film. They spoke of film as no more than documentary recordings of actors performing on set. In an innovative combination of philosophical aesthetics and new cinema history, Mario Slugan investigates how our default imaginative engagement with film changed over the first two decades of cinema. It addresses not only the importance of imagination for the understanding of early cinema but also contributes to our understanding of what it means for a representational medium to produce fictions. Specifically, Slugan argues that cinema provides a better model for understanding fiction than literature.
