Lure of the big screen : cinema in rural Australia and the United Kingdom / / Karina Aveyard

• Autore: Aveyard Karina
• Pubblicazione: Bristol, England ; ; Chicago, Illinois : , : Intellect, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (202 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.43091734
• Soggetto topico: Motion picture theaters - Great Britain - History; Motion picture theaters - Australia - History; Motion pictures, British; Motion pictures, Australian
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables and Images; List of Abbreviations; Cinema Case Study Sites; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1: Hierarchies of Rural Cinema; Chapter 2: Rural Cinema as a Business; Chapter 3: Rural Cinema and Public Policy; Chapter 4: Rural Cinema and Grassroots Movements; Chapter 5: Rural Cinema as a Social Event; Conclusion: The Lure of the Big Screen; Appendix A: Methodological Notes; Appendix B: Industry Interviews and Correspondence; References; Note; Index; Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: Lure of the Big Screen explores film exhibition and consumption in rural parts of the UK and Australia, where film theatres are often highly valued as spaces around which isolated communities can gather and interact.Going beyond national borders, this book examines how theatres in areas of social and economic decline are sustained by resourceful individuals and sub-commercial operating structures. Systematic analysis of cinemas in non-metropolitan locations has yielded an original five-tiered clustering model through which Karina Aveyard recognizes a range of types between large commercial mul
• Titolo autorizzato: Lure of the big screen
• ISBN: 1-78320-384-6; 1-78320-383-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910797356603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II