Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > Film theory & criticism
|
Buy Now
Shot on Location - Postwar American Cinema and the Exploration of Real Place (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R3,126
Discovery Miles 31 260
|
|
Shot on Location - Postwar American Cinema and the Exploration of Real Place (Hardcover)
Series: Techniques of the Moving Image
Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days
|
In the early days of filmmaking, before many of Hollywood's
elaborate sets and soundstages had been built, it was common for
movies to be shot on location. Decades later, Hollywood filmmakers
rediscovered the practice of using real locations and documentary
footage in their narrative features. Why did this happen? What
caused this sudden change? Renowned film scholar R. Barton Palmer
answers this question in Shot on Location by exploring the
historical, ideological, economic, and technological developments
that led Hollywood to head back outside in order to capture footage
of real places. His groundbreaking research reveals that wartime
newsreels had a massive influence on postwar Hollywood film,
although there are key distinctions to be made between these movies
and their closest contemporaries, Italian neorealist films.
Considering how these practices were used in everything from war
movies like Twelve O'Clock High to westerns like The Searchers,
Palmer explores how the blurring of the formal boundaries between
cinematic journalism and fiction lent a ""reality effect"" to
otherwise implausible stories. Shot on Location describes how the
period's greatest directors, from Alfred Hitchcock to Billy Wilder,
increasingly moved beyond the confines of the studio. At the same
time, the book acknowledges the collaborative nature of
moviemaking, identifying key roles that screenwriters, art
designers, location scouts, and editors played in incorporating
actual geographical locales and social milieus within a fictional
framework. Palmer thus offers a fascinating behind-the-scenes look
at how Hollywood transformed the way we view real spaces.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.