The British 'B' Film - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The British 'B' Film write by Steve Chibnall. This book was released on 2019-07-25. The British 'B' Film available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is the first book to provide a thorough examination of the British 'B' movie, from the war years to the 1960s. The authors draw on archival research, contemporary trade papers and interviews with key 'B' filmmakers to map the 'B' movie phenomenon both as artefact and as industry product, and as a reflection on their times.
Quota Quickies
Quota Quickies - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Quota Quickies write by Steve Chibnall. This book was released on 2019-07-25. Quota Quickies available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book, the first of two volumes, will provide a major new history of the British B film, tracing the development of the low-budget supporting feature from the 1927 Films Act (which introduced a quota system for the distribution and exhibition of indigenous product) to the age of television, when B film producers channelled their energies into making TV programmes. Along the way, the authors will address leading producers and studios, B film stars, distributors, the genres and themes that tended to dominate B film production (comedy, horror, crime and fantasy). 'Quota Quickies' will include a case study of the B films of Michael Powell. The authors' argument is that the B film was hugely important in British cinema history in offering an opportunity for British actors and technicians to develop their careers, and that the films themselves provided an outlet for the exploration of peculiarly British cultural concerns in an industry traditionally dominated by Hollywood output. They also contend that some of the films stand up well to contemporary viewing and are deserving of critical re-evaluation.
An Autobiography of British Cinema
An Autobiography of British Cinema - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook An Autobiography of British Cinema write by Brian McFarlane. This book was released on 1997. An Autobiography of British Cinema available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An Autobiography of British Cinema tell the story of British film by those who made it.
The Brighton School and the Birth of British Film
The Brighton School and the Birth of British Film - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Brighton School and the Birth of British Film write by Frank Gray. This book was released on 2019-07-16. The Brighton School and the Birth of British Film available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This study is devoted to the work of two early British filmmakers, George Albert Smith and James Williamson, and the films that they made around 1900. Internationally, they are known collectively as the ‘Brighton School’ and are positioned as being at the forefront of Britain’s contribution to the birth of film. The book focuses on the years 1896 to 1903, as it was during this short period that film emerged as a new technology, a new enterprise and a new form of entertainment. Beginning with a historiography of the Brighton School, the study goes on to examine the arrival of the first 35mm films in Britain, the first film exhibitions in Brighton and the first projection of film in Brighton. Both Smith and Williamson’s work features a progression from the production of single shot unedited films to multi-shot edited films. Their subject matter was inspired by a knowledge of contemporary pantomime, humour, literature, theatre, mesmerism, the magic lantern and current affairs and their practices were underpinned by active involvement in the new film trade. Through the exploration of how these filmmakers cultivated a new way of understanding film and its commercial potential, this book establishes them as key figures in the development of British film culture.
British Tv & Film Culture in the 1950s
British Tv & Film Culture in the 1950s - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook British Tv & Film Culture in the 1950s write by Su Holmes. This book was released on 2005. British Tv & Film Culture in the 1950s available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book focuses on the emerging historical relations between British television and film culture in the 1950s. Drawing upon archival research, it does this by exploring the development of the early cinema programme on television - principally Current Release (BBC, 1952-3), Picture Parade (BBC, 1956) and Film Fanfare (ABC, 1956-7) - and argues that it was these texts which played the central role in the developing relations between the media. Particularly when it comes to Britain, the early co-existence of television and cinema has been seen as hostile and antagonistic, but in situating these programmes within the contexts of their institutional production, aesthetic construction and reception, the book aims to 'reconstruct' television's coverage of the cinema as crucial to the fabric of British film and television culture at the time. It demonstrates how the roles of cinema and television - as media industries and cultural forms, but crucially as sites of screen entertainment - effectively came together at this time in such a way that is unique to this decade.
