Hollywood Genres: Formulas, Filmmaking, and The Studio System
Title | Hollywood Genres: Formulas, Filmmaking, and The Studio System PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Schatz |
Publisher | McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages |
Total Pages | 324 |
Release | 1981-02 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
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The central thesis of this book is that a genre approach provides the most effective means for understanding, analyzing and appreciating the Hollywood cinema. Taking into account not only the formal and aesthetic aspects of feature filmmaking, but various other cultural aspects as well, the genre approach treats movie production as a dynamic process of exchange between the film industry and its audience. This process, embodied by the Hollywood studio system, has been sustained primarily through genres, those popular narrative formulas like the Western, musical and gangster film, which have dominated the screen arts throughout this century.
Hollywood Genres
Title | Hollywood Genres PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Schatz |
Publisher | Random House Trade |
Total Pages | 297 |
Release | 1981 |
Genre | Film genres |
ISBN | 9780394322551 |
The Genius of the System
Title | The Genius of the System PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Schatz |
Publisher | Henry Holt and Company |
Total Pages | 530 |
Release | 2015-06-02 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 1627796452 |
At a time when the studio is making a stunning comeback, film historian Thomas Schatz provides an indispensable account of Hollywood's tradional blend of business and art. This book lays to rest the persistent myth that businesspeople and producers stifle artistic talent and reveals instead the genius of a system of collaboration and conflict. Working from industry documents, Schatz traces the development of house styles, the rise and fall of careers, and the making-and unmaking-of movies, from Frankenstein to Spellbound to Grand Hotel. Richly illustrated and highly readable, The Genius of the System gives the definitive view of the workings of the Old Hollywood and the foundations of the New.
Imitations of Life
Title | Imitations of Life PDF eBook |
Author | Marcia Landy |
Publisher | Wayne State University Press |
Total Pages | 624 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 9780814320655 |
On melodrama.
Boom and Bust
Title | Boom and Bust PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Schatz |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | 596 |
Release | 1999-11-23 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780520221307 |
On the history of motion pictures
Film/Genre
Title | Film/Genre PDF eBook |
Author | Rick Altman |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | 434 |
Release | 2019-07-25 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 1838715797 |
Film/Genre revises our notions of film genre and connects the roles played by industry critics and audiences in making and re-making genre. Altman reveals the conflicting stakes for which the genre game has been played and recognises that the term 'genre' has different meanings for different groups, basing his new genre theory on the uneasy competitive yet complimentary relationship among genre users and discussing a huge range of films from The Great Train Robbery to Star Wars and from The Jazz Singer to The Player.
Exploring Movie Construction and Production
Title | Exploring Movie Construction and Production PDF eBook |
Author | John Reich |
Publisher | Open SUNY Textbooks |
Total Pages | |
Release | 2017-07-10 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781942341475 |
Exploring Movie Construction & Production contains eight chapters of the major areas of film construction and production. The discussion covers theme, genre, narrative structure, character portrayal, story, plot, directing style, cinematography, and editing. Important terminology is defined and types of analysis are discussed and demonstrated. An extended example of how a movie description reflects the setting, narrative structure, or directing style is used throughout the book to illustrate building blocks of each theme. This approach to film instruction and analysis has proved beneficial to increasing students¿ learning, while enhancing the creativity and critical thinking of the student.