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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809942403321

Autore

Keil Charlie

Titolo

Early American cinema in transition [[electronic resource] ] : story, style, and filmmaking, 1907-1913 / / Charlie Keil

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, 2001

ISBN

1-283-48600-8

9786613486004

0-299-17363-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Collana

Wisconsin studies in film

Disciplina

791.43/0973/09041

Soggetti

Motion pictures - United States - History - 20th century

Motion picture industry - United States - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Filmography: p. 270-286.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. "Boom Time in the Moving-Picture Business" : Industrial Structure, Production Practices, and the Trade Press -- 3. "A Story Vital and Unified in Its Action" : The Demands of Narrative -- 4. "An Immeasurably Greater Freedom" : Time and Space in Transitional Cinema -- 5. "The Modern Technique of the Art" : The Style of Transitional Cinema -- 6. Analyzing Transition: Six Sample Films -- 7. Conclusion -- Appendix A: Notes on Method -- Appendix B: Shot-by-Shot Analyses for Chapter 6 -- Notes -- Filmography: Viewed Titles, 1907-1913 -- Works Cited -- Film Index -- General Index.