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Book Cinema verit   in American Television

Download or read book Cinema verit in American Television written by Alexis Weiss and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Robert Drew and the Development of Cinema Verite in America

Download or read book Robert Drew and the Development of Cinema Verite in America written by P.J. O'Connell and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2010-03-19 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author P. J. O’Connell traces Robert Drew’s influence on cinema verite through extensive interviews with Drew and with some of the founding fathers of American cinema verite filmmaking—Donn Alan Pennebaker, Gregory Shuker, and Richard Leacock. Robert Drew’s contributions to documentary film have been both technical and conceptual. Realizing that his equipment was too heavy and intrusive, Drew persuaded Time-Life Broadcasting to sponsor the development of new, lightweight, portable synchronous sound equipment that freed documentary filmmakers from the bulky, tripod-mounted, AC-powered equipment of the past. His new technology allowed him to capture intense moments as they happened, and to make viewers feel personally involved in the events he presented. While making more than twenty documentaries in the early 1960s, Drew continued to initiate innovations that were not thought possible a generation before him. P. J. O’Connell is the executive producer of public affairs at Penn State Television and an affiliate assistant professor in the School of Communication at Penn State University.

Book Cinema Verite in America

Download or read book Cinema Verite in America written by Stephen Mamber and published by MIT Press (MA). This book was released on 1976-02-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the first full-length critical studies of a documentary technique, it discusses the filmmakers who pioneered in this genre and the films they created.

Book Robert Drew and the Development of Cinema verite in America

Download or read book Robert Drew and the Development of Cinema verite in America written by P. J. O'Connell and published by . This book was released on 19?? with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Tube of Plenty

    Book Details:
  • Author : Erik Barnouw
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 1990-05-31
  • ISBN : 019977059X
  • Pages : 616 pages

Download or read book Tube of Plenty written by Erik Barnouw and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1990-05-31 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the classic History of Broadcasting in the United States, Tube of Plenty represents the fruit of several decades' labor. When Erik Barnouw--premier chronicler of American broadcasting and a participant in the industry for fifty years--first undertook the project of recording its history, many viewed it as a light-weight literary task concerned mainly with "entertainment" trivia. Indeed, trivia such as that found in quiz programs do appear in the book, but Barnouw views them as part of a complex social tapestry that increasingly defines our era. To understand our century, we must fully comprehend the evolution of television and its newest extraordinary offshoots. With this fact in mind, Barnouw's new edition of Tube of Plenty explores the development and impact of the latest dramatic phases of the communications revolution. Since the first publication of this invaluable history of television and how it has shaped, and been shaped by, American culture and society, many significant changes have occurred. Assessing the importance of these developments in a new chapter, Barnouw specifically covers the decline of the three major networks, the expansion of cable and satellite television and film channels such as HBO (Home Box Office), the success of channels catering to special audiences such as ESPN (Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) and MTV (Music Television), and the arrival of VCRs in America's living rooms. He also includes an appendix entitled "questions for a new millennium," which will challenge readers not only to examine the shape of television today, but also to envision its future.

Book Where is the legacy of the cinema verite moment of documentary filmmaking to found now  Your response must make detailed reference to at least two film or tv examples

Download or read book Where is the legacy of the cinema verite moment of documentary filmmaking to found now Your response must make detailed reference to at least two film or tv examples written by Sebastian Geipel and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2004-02-24 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essay from the year 2003 in the subject Communications - Movies and Television, grade: D (1,5), Macquarie University (Media Department), course: Introduction to the Cinema, language: English, abstract: This essay will treat the “Cinema verite” and its development until today. As the development in Europe and in the USA had been similar, I will choice to describe the German development and emphasis an example from the 60’s and two from today. The movie from the 60’s is the German documentary “Warum ist Frau B. glücklich?” by Erika Runge, made in 1968, the actual examples are: “Der 3. Weltkrieg” by Robert Stone, made in 1998, and “Napoleon” by David Grubin, made in 2003. The stretch will lie on the first movie. It is a perfect example for the “cinema vérité”. I will give you a short overview about the movies, explain the term authenticity and give a conclusion. And during the essay you will see differences and similarities between a motion picture and a documentary movie. You will see that today documentaries could better be called infotainment and the documentaries during the 60’s could better be called portrait. While the innovation in the late 60’s was, to show the normal life (before documentaries dealt with famous persons/situations), today normal and special events are shown in a mix of movie and documentary.

Book Documentary Film Classics

Download or read book Documentary Film Classics written by William Rothman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-01-28 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of classic documentary film.

Book Production and Broadcasting of Television Documentary Film in the San Francisco Bay Area

Download or read book Production and Broadcasting of Television Documentary Film in the San Francisco Bay Area written by Thomas Kinnel Brown and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The American Television Industry

Download or read book The American Television Industry written by Michael Curtin and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American Television Industry offers a concise and accessible introduction to TV production, programming, advertising, and distribution in the United States. The authors outline how programs are made and marketed, and furthermore provide an insightful overview of key players, practices, and future trends.

Book Gutter Auteur

    Book Details:
  • Author : Rob Craig
  • Publisher : McFarland
  • Release : 2012-12-01
  • ISBN : 0786493186
  • Pages : 313 pages

Download or read book Gutter Auteur written by Rob Craig and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grindhouse filmmaker Andy Milligan has been the subject of a revealing biography, and boasts a grassroots fan base, but his remarkable work has thus far received no serious critical overview. Working virtually alone, on infinitesimal budgets, often using a used 16mm newsreel camera, Milligan crafted some of the most unique melodramas of the 1960s and 1970s. Often mounted as period pieces, using costumes sewn by the filmmaker, Milligan's gritty, bizarre films come across as inimitable meldings of the avant-garde theater of Jean Genet, the experimental films of Jack Smith, and the random cinema verite of a lunatic with a home movie camera. Yet Milligan's films are anything but random, ruminating at length on profound sociocultural themes of the day, including the emptiness of the sexual revolution. Evident throughout all the films are two pet themes: a rabid deconstruction of the heterosexual paradigm, and a grotesque illumination of the family as breeder of dysfunction.

Book Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film 3 Volume Set

Download or read book Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film 3 Volume Set written by Ian Aitken and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 1663 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film is a fully international reference work on the history of the documentary film from the Lumière brothers' Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory (1885) to Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 911 (2004). This Encyclopedia provides a resource that critically analyzes that history in all its aspects. Not only does this Encyclopedia examine individual films and the careers of individual film makers, it also provides overview articles of national and regional documentary film history. It explains concepts and themes in the study of documentary film, the techniques used in making films, and the institutions that support their production, appreciation, and preservation.

Book The Camera Age

    Book Details:
  • Author : Michael J. Arlen
  • Publisher : Penguin Group
  • Release : 1982
  • ISBN : 9780140061079
  • Pages : 368 pages

Download or read book The Camera Age written by Michael J. Arlen and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 1982 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book American Film History

Download or read book American Film History written by Cynthia Lucia and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-06-25 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the American underground film to the blockbuster superhero, this authoritative collection of introductory and specialized readings explores the core issues and developments in American cinematic history during the second half of the twentieth-century through the present day. Considers essential subjects that have shaped the American film industry—from the impact of television and CGI to the rise of independent and underground film; from the impact of the civil rights, feminist and LGBT movements to that of 9/11. Features a student-friendly structure dividing coverage into the periods 1960-1975, 1976-1990, and 1991 to the present day, each of which opens with an historical overview Brings together a rich and varied selection of contributions by established film scholars, combining broad historical, social, and political contexts with detailed analysis of individual films, including Midnight Cowboy, Nashville, Cat Ballou, Chicago, Back to the Future, Killer of Sheep, Daughters of the Dust, Nothing But a Man, Ali, Easy Rider, The Conversation, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Longtime Companion, The Matrix, The War Tapes, the Batman films, and selected avant-garde and documentary films, among many others. Additional online resources, such as sample syllabi, which include suggested readings and filmographies, for both general and specialized courses, will be available online. May be used alongside American Film History: Selected Readings, Origins to 1960 to provide an authoritative study of American cinema from its earliest days through the new millennium

Book The Guide to United States Popular Culture

Download or read book The Guide to United States Popular Culture written by Ray Broadus Browne and published by Popular Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 1030 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "To understand the history and spirit of America, one must know its wars, its laws, and its presidents. To really understand it, however, one must also know its cheeseburgers, its love songs, and its lawn ornaments. The long-awaited Guide to the United States Popular Culture provides a single-volume guide to the landscape of everyday life in the United States. Scholars, students, and researchers will find in it a valuable tool with which to fill in the gaps left by traditional history. All American readers will find in it, one entry at a time, the story of their lives."--Robert Thompson, President, Popular Culture Association. "At long last popular culture may indeed be given its due within the humanities with the publication of The Guide to United States Popular Culture. With its nearly 1600 entries, it promises to be the most comprehensive single-volume source of information about popular culture. The range of subjects and diversity of opinions represented will make this an almost indispensable resource for humanities and popular culture scholars and enthusiasts alike."--Timothy E. Scheurer, President, American Culture Association "The popular culture of the United States is as free-wheeling and complex as the society it animates. To understand it, one needs assistance. Now that explanatory road map is provided in this Guide which charts the movements and people involved and provides a light at the end of the rainbow of dreams and expectations."--Marshall W. Fishwick, Past President, Popular Culture Association Features of The Guide to United States Popular Culture: 1,010 pages 1,600 entries 500 contributors Alphabetic entries Entries range from general topics (golf, film) to specific individuals, items, and events Articles are supplemented by bibliographies and cross references Comprehensive index

Book Reality TV

    Book Details:
  • Author : Susan Murray
  • Publisher : NYU Press
  • Release : 2009
  • ISBN : 0814757340
  • Pages : 387 pages

Download or read book Reality TV written by Susan Murray and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays, which provide a comprehensive picture of how and why the genre of reality television emerged, what it means, how it differs from earlier television programming, and how it engages societies, industries, and individuals.

Book Ethereal Queer

    Book Details:
  • Author : Amy Villarejo
  • Publisher : Duke University Press
  • Release : 2014-01-20
  • ISBN : 082237742X
  • Pages : 214 pages

Download or read book Ethereal Queer written by Amy Villarejo and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2014-01-20 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Ethereal Queer, Amy Villarejo offers a historically engaged, theoretically sophisticated, and often personal account of how TV representations of queer life have changed as the medium has evolved since the 1950s. Challenging the widespread view that LGBT characters did not make a sustained appearance on television until the 1980s, she draws on innovative readings of TV shows and network archives to reveal queer television’s lengthy, rich, and varied history. Villarejo goes beyond concerns about representational accuracy. She tracks how changing depictions of queer life, in programs from Our Miss Brooks to The L Word, relate to transformations in business models and technologies, including modes of delivery and reception such as cable, digital video recording, and online streaming. In so doing, she provides a bold new way to understand the history of television.