Amateur Movie Makers

Author : Martha J. McNamara,Karan Sheldon
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-20
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780253027054

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Amateur Movie Making by Martha J. McNamara,Karan Sheldon Pdf

A compelling regional and historical study that transforms our understanding of film history, Amateur Movie Making demonstrates how amateur films and home movies stand as testaments to the creative lives of ordinary people, enriching our experience of art and the everyday. Here we encounter the lyrical and visually expressive qualities of films produced in New England between 1915 and 1960 and held in the collections of Northeast Historic Film, a moving image repository and study center that was established to collect, preserve, and interpret the audiovisual record of northern New England. Contributors from diverse backgrounds examine the visual aesthetics of these films while placing them in their social, political, and historical contexts. Each discussion is enhanced by technical notes and the analyses are also juxtaposed with personal reflections by artists who have close connections to particular amateur filmmakers. These reflections reanimate the original private contexts of the home movies before they were recast as objects of study and artifacts of public history.

Author : Martha J. McNamara,Karan Sheldon
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-22
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780253026446

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Amateur Movie Making by Martha J. McNamara,Karan Sheldon Pdf

“This remarkable collection of essays both documents and brings to life the contributions of amateur filmmakers in the Northeast region.” —Anne Goodyear, Co-Director, Bowdoin College Museum of Art A compelling regional and historical study that transforms our understanding of film history, Amateur Movie Making demonstrates how amateur films and home movies stand as testaments to the creative lives of ordinary people, enriching our experience of art and the everyday. Here we encounter the lyrical and visually expressive qualities of films produced in New England between 1915 and 1960 and held in the collections of Northeast Historic Film, a moving image repository and study center that was established to collect, preserve, and interpret the audiovisual record of northern New England. Contributors from diverse backgrounds examine the visual aesthetics of these films while placing them in their social, political, and historical contexts. Each discussion is enhanced by technical notes and the analyses are also juxtaposed with personal reflections by artists who have close connections to particular amateur filmmakers. These reflections reanimate the original private contexts of the home movies before they were recast as objects of study and artifacts of public history.

Author : Masha Salazkina,Enrique Fibla
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-05
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780253052049

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Global Perspectives on Amateur Film Histories and Cultures by Masha Salazkina,Enrique Fibla Pdf

For too long, the field of amateur cinema has focused on North America and Europe. In Global Perspectives on Amateur Film Histories and Cultures, however, editors Masha Salazkina and Enrique Fibla-Gutiérrez fill the literature gap by extending that focus and increasing inclusivity. Through carefully curated essays, Salazkina and Fibla-Gutiérrez bring wider meaning and significance to the discipline through their study of alternative cinema in new territories, fueled by different historical and political circumstances, innovative technologies, and ambitious practitioners. The essays in this volume work to realize the radical societal democratization that shows up in amateur cinema around the world. In particular, diverse contributors highlight the significance of amateur filmmaking, the exhibition of amateur films, the uses and availability of film technologies, and the inventive and creative approaches of filmmakers and advocates of amateur film. Together, these essays shed new light on alternative cinema in a wide range of cities and countries where amateur films thrive in the shadow of commercial and conventional film industries.

Author : Charles Tepperman
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-24
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780520279858

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Amateur Cinema by Charles Tepperman Pdf

From the very beginning of cinema, there have been amateur filmmakers at work. It wasnÕt until Kodak introduced 16mm film in 1923, however, that amateur moviemaking became a widespread reality, and by the 1950s, over a million Americans had amateur movie cameras. In Amateur Cinema, Charles Tepperman explores the meaning of the ÒamateurÓ in film history and modern visual culture. In the middle decades of the twentieth centuryÑthe period that saw HollywoodÕs rise to dominance in the global film industryÑa movement of amateur filmmakers created an alternative world of small-scale movie production and circulation. Organized amateur moviemaking was a significant phenomenon that gave rise to dozens of clubs and thousands of participants producing experimental, nonfiction, or short-subject narratives. Rooted in an examination of surviving films, this book traces the contexts of ÒadvancedÓ amateur cinema and articulates the broad aesthetic and stylistic tendencies of amateur films.

Author : Jan-Christopher Horak
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0299146847

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Lovers of Cinema by Jan-Christopher Horak Pdf

Historians and students of American avant-garde cinema often overlook the films of the 1920s through the early 1940s, considering them mere derivatives of their European counterparts. In fact, the American films possess an eclecticism, innovation, and naivete all their own. Marshaling his broad cinematic and cultural knowledge, editor Jan-Christopher Horak has compiled in Lovers of Cinema a ground-breaking group of articles on this neglected film period. With one exception, all are original to this volume, and many are the first to treat comprehensively such early filmmakers as Mary Ellen Bute, Theodore Huff, and Douglass Crockwell.

Author : Don Glut
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2007-06-18
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786430413

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I Was a Teenage Movie Maker by Don Glut Pdf

In 1953, a nine-year-old boy watched a prehistoric film called Beast From 20,000 Fathoms featuring the special effect magic of Ray Harryhausen. Enthralled by the movie but unsatisfied with what was available for at-home movie consumption, he decided to make his own science fiction thriller from dinosaurs to superheroes. This volume takes a firsthand look at the movie-making career of Don Glut. Beginning with his first movie, Diplodocus At Large, at age nine, it explores Glut's various attempts and the increasingly creative processes he used to bring his vision to life. Through the course of the work, Glut discusses his filmmaking experiences at the University of Southern California; the inspiration he received (and gave) through fanzines such as Famous Monsters of Filmland and Castle of Frankenstein; and the interest which his movies still generate. Films discussed include The Earth Before Man, Spy Smasher vs. the Purple Monster, Dinosaur Valley Girls, and Frankenstein Meets Dracula. A chronological filmography lists each of Glut's 41 films with notes regarding cast and a brief synopsis.

Author : Margaret Gardner Mayorga
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1938
Category : Motion picture plays
ISBN : UIUC:30112059749116

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One-reel Scenarios for Amateur Movie-makers by Margaret Gardner Mayorga Pdf

Author : Laura Rascaroli,Gwenda Young,Barry Monahan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-27
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781441106810

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Amateur Filmmaking by Laura Rascaroli,Gwenda Young,Barry Monahan Pdf

With the advent of digital filmmaking and critical recognition of the relevance of self expression, first-person narratives, and personal practices of memorialization, interest in the amateur moving image has never been stronger. Bringing together key scholars in the field, and revealing the rich variety of amateur filmmaking-from home movies of Imperial India and film diaries of life in contemporary China, to the work of leading auteurs such as Joseph Morder and Péter Forgács-Amateur Filmmaking highlights the importance of amateur cinema as a core object of critical interest across an array of disciplines. With contributions on the role of the archive, on YouTube, and on the impact of new technologies on amateur filmmaking, these essays offer the first comprehensive examination of this growing field.

Author : Charles Tepperman
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-12-24
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780520959552

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Amateur Cinema by Charles Tepperman Pdf

From the very beginning of cinema, there have been amateur filmmakers at work. It wasn’t until Kodak introduced 16mm film in 1923, however, that amateur moviemaking became a widespread reality, and by the 1950s, over a million Americans had amateur movie cameras. In Amateur Cinema, Charles Tepperman explores the meaning of the "amateur" in film history and modern visual culture. In the middle decades of the twentieth century—the period that saw Hollywood’s rise to dominance in the global film industry—a movement of amateur filmmakers created an alternative world of small-scale movie production and circulation. Organized amateur moviemaking was a significant phenomenon that gave rise to dozens of clubs and thousands of participants producing experimental, nonfiction, or short-subject narratives. Rooted in an examination of surviving films, this book traces the contexts of "advanced" amateur cinema and articulates the broad aesthetic and stylistic tendencies of amateur films.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1950
Category : Cinematography
ISBN : NYPL:33433036407462

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Amateur Movie Makers by Anonim Pdf

Author : Annamaria Motrescu-Mayes
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781474420747

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British Women Amateur Filmmakers by Annamaria Motrescu-Mayes Pdf

The study of amateur filmmaking and media history is a rapidly-growing specialist field, and this ground-breaking book is the first to address the subject in the context of British women's amateur practice.

Author : Masha Salazkina,Enrique Fibla
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-05
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780253052056

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Global Perspectives on Amateur Film Histories and Cultures by Masha Salazkina,Enrique Fibla Pdf

For too long, the field of amateur cinema has focused on North America and Europe. In Global Perspectives on Amateur Film Histories and Cultures, however, editors Masha Salazkina and Enrique Fibla-Gutiérrez fill the literature gap by extending that focus and increasing inclusivity. Through carefully curated essays, Salazkina and Fibla-Gutiérrez bring wider meaning and significance to the discipline through their study of alternative cinema in new territories, fueled by different historical and political circumstances, innovative technologies, and ambitious practitioners. The essays in this volume work to realize the radical societal democratization that shows up in amateur cinema around the world. In particular, diverse contributors highlight the significance of amateur filmmaking, the exhibition of amateur films, the uses and availability of film technologies, and the inventive and creative approaches of filmmakers and advocates of amateur film. Together, these essays shed new light on alternative cinema in a wide range of cities and countries where amateur films thrive in the shadow of commercial and conventional film industries.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1935
Category : Cinematography
ISBN : NYPL:33433036407314

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Amateur Movie Makers by Anonim Pdf

Author : JOHN BEARDSLEE. CARRIGAN
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1033959790

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AMATEUR MOVIE MAKERS, by JOHN BEARDSLEE. CARRIGAN Pdf

Author : Ryan Shand
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-30
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780748656356

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Small-Gauge Storytelling by Ryan Shand Pdf

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 from the Canadian north-west to the Russian far-east, 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.