Small-Gauge Storytelling: Discovering the Amateur Fiction Film

What do you understand by the term 'home movie'? Do you imagine images of babies-on-the lawn, sandcastles on the beach, or travels with the family? Did you know that amateur filmmakers have also explored fictional genres as diverse and fascinating as their professional counterparts, that s...

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1. Verfasser: Shand, Ryan (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press [2022]
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Zusammenfassung:What do you understand by the term 'home movie'? Do you imagine images of babies-on-the lawn, sandcastles on the beach, or travels with the family? Did you know that amateur filmmakers have also explored fictional genres as diverse and fascinating as their professional counterparts, that specific amateur film studios have risen and fallen, or that household-name directors owe their origins and inspirations to the amateur film movement? Across a range of settings, this book offers an introduction to the amateur maker of film comedies, thrillers, adaptations and sci-fi. It records the ambitions and achievements of enthusiasts struggling to emulate the mainstream and tell their own stories, armed with limited resources and endless initiative.Key Featuresthe first dedicated book-length study of the amateur fiction filmdraws together established and emerging scholars from Europe, North America and Australasiaestablishes fresh approaches to the study of small-gauge filmmaking using formats such as 8mm, Super 8 and 9.5mmplaces amateur fiction within ongoing debates and historiesestablishes previously unrecognised contributions to the organisational, aesthetic and intellectual history of amateur filmmakingthe first published bibliography of critical sources for the study of the amateur fiction film
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Mrz 2022)
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (288 pages) 46 B/W illustrations Black and white film stills
ISBN:9780748656356
DOI:10.1515/9780748656356

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