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Pop Stars on Film

Author : Kirsty Fairclough,Jason Wood
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2023-02-23
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781501372537

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Pop Stars on Film by Kirsty Fairclough,Jason Wood Pdf

Pop stars have provided audiences with performative moments that have become ingrained in popular consciousness. They are a lens through which deeper understandings about race, gender, politics, history and the artistic process can be understood. When combined with the most affective of mediums – cinema, the combination can be both thrilling and alarming. From the relatively early days of cinema, figures from the world of popular music have made forays into acting and contributed cameo appearances. From Little Richard and Kylie Minogue to Nick Cave and Tom Waits, Pop Stars On Film: Popular Culture in a Global Market offers a collection of essays on some of the most influential international performances from a diverse range of cultural icons. The book considers industry shifts, access and diversity, but also the notion of cultural appropriation, audience appeal, marketing and demographics. Perhaps most importantly, the publication will look at what happens when cultures collide and coalesce.

Pop Stars on Film

Author : Kirsty Fairclough,Jason Wood
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2023-02-23
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781501372520

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Pop Stars on Film by Kirsty Fairclough,Jason Wood Pdf

Pop stars have provided audiences with performative moments that have become ingrained in popular consciousness. They are a lens through which deeper understandings about race, gender, politics, history and the artistic process can be understood. When combined with the most affective of mediums – cinema, the combination can be both thrilling and alarming. From the relatively early days of cinema, figures from the world of popular music have made forays into acting and contributed cameo appearances. From Little Richard and Kylie Minogue to Nick Cave and Tom Waits, Pop Stars On Film: Popular Culture in a Global Market offers a collection of essays on some of the most influential international performances from a diverse range of cultural icons. The book considers industry shifts, access and diversity, but also the notion of cultural appropriation, audience appeal, marketing and demographics. Perhaps most importantly, the publication will look at what happens when cultures collide and coalesce.

Pop Cult

Author : Rupert Till
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2010-12-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780826432360

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Pop Cult by Rupert Till Pdf

Explores the development of a range of cults of popular music as a response to changes in attitudes to meaning, spirituality and religion in society.>

The Beatles on Screen

Author : Stephanie Fremaux
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Musicians in motion pictures
ISBN : 1501327143

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The Beatles on Screen by Stephanie Fremaux Pdf

"The 1960s ushered in a time of creative freedom and idealism reflected in the popular music and films on both sides of the Atlantic. At the forefront of driving that creative change were four mop-topped musicians from Liverpool, The Beatles. While many scholars have examined their role as songwriters, as countercultural and political figures, and as solo artists, few have considered the important role film played in The Beatles' career. This book focuses on the overlooked films the Beatles performed in from 1964 to 1970 in order to chart their journey from pop stars to musicians. Through these case studies, The Beatles on Screen uncovers how the relationship between film and pop music has changed the ways in which bands communicate with their fans."--Bloomsbury Publishing

Pop Stars

Author : Liz Gogerly
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781448871193

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Pop Stars by Liz Gogerly Pdf

The lives of superstars like Lady Gaga and Jay-Z are explored in this exciting pop-music volume. Readers will learn about the rise of their favorite pop artists and read about their secrets to success. Fascinating facts and detailed biographies will engage and encourage readers.

Movie Music, the Film Reader

Author : Kay Dickinson
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 0415281598

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Movie Music, the Film Reader by Kay Dickinson Pdf

This reader brings together a wide range of writings to examine the role of music in cinema. Articles by leading critics including Theodor Adorno, Lawrence Grossberg and Lisa A. Lewis explore the function of the soundtrack, the place of song in film, andlook at how cinema has represented music and the music industry.

Crossover Stardom

Author : Julie Lobalzo Wright
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-28
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781628925784

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Crossover Stardom by Julie Lobalzo Wright Pdf

Crossover Stardom: Popular Male Stars in American Cinema focuses on male music stars who have attempted to achieve film stardom. Crossover stardom can describe stars who cross from one medium to another. Although 'crossover' has become a popular term to describe many modern stars who appear in various mediums, crossover stardom has a long history, going back to the beginning of the cinema. Lobalzo Wright begins with Bing Crosby, a significant Hollywood star in the studio era; moving to Elvis Presley in the 1950s and 1960s, as the studio system collapsed; to Kris Kristofferson in the New Hollywood period of the 1970s; and ending with Will Smith and Justin Timberlake, in the contemporary era, when corporate conglomerates dominate Hollywood. Thus, the study not only explores music stardom (and music genres) in various eras, and masculinity within these periods, it also surveys the history of American cinema from industrial and cultural perspectives, from the 1930s to today.

Rock Star/Movie Star

Author : Landon Palmer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-30
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780190888435

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Rock Star/Movie Star by Landon Palmer Pdf

During the mid-1950s, when Hollywood found itself struggling to compete within an expanding entertainment media landscape, certain producers and studios saw an opportunity in making films that showcased performances by rock 'n' roll stars. Rock stars eventually found cinema to be a useful space to extend their creative practices, and the motion picture and recording industries increasingly saw cinematic rock stardom as a profitable means to connect multiple media properties. Indeed, casting rock stars for film provided a tool for bridging new relationships across media industries and practices. From Elvis Presley to Madonna, this book examines the casting rock stars in films. In so doing, Rock Star/Movie Star offers a new perspective on the role of stardom within the convergence of media industries. While hardly the first popular music culture to see its stars making the transition to screen, the timing of rock's emergence and its staying power within popular culture proved fortuitous for a motion picture business searching for its place in the face of continuous technological and cultural change. At the same time, a post-star-system film industry provided a welcoming context for rock stars who have valued authenticity, creative autonomy, and personal expression. This book uses illuminating archival resources to demonstrate how rock stars have often proven themselves to be prominent film workers exploring this terrain of platforms old and new - ideal media laborers whose power lies in the fact that they are rarely recognized as such. Combining star studies with media industry studies, this book proposes an integrated methodology for writing media history that combines the actions of individuals and the practices of industries. It demonstrates how stars have operated as both the gravitational center of media production as well as social actors who have taken on a decisive role in the purposes to which their images are used.

A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers

Author : Will Friedwald
Publisher : Pantheon
Page : 833 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780375421495

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A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers by Will Friedwald Pdf

An extensive biographical and critical survey of more than 300 jazz and popular singers is comprised of provocative, opinionated essays that incorporate the views of peers, fans and critics while assessing key movements and genres.

American Heroes in a Media Age

Author : Susan J. Drucker,Robert S. Cathcart
Publisher : VNR AG
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 1881303195

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American Heroes in a Media Age by Susan J. Drucker,Robert S. Cathcart Pdf

This volume explores the relationship of hero to celebrity and the changing role of the hero in American culture. It establishes that the nature of hero and its function in society is a communication phenomenon, which has been and is being altered by the rapid advance of electronic media.

Music in Film

Author : Pauline Reay
Publisher : Wallflower Press
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Music
ISBN : 1903364655

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Music in Film by Pauline Reay Pdf

Music in Film: Soundtracks and Synergy discusses a broad range of films - from classical Hollywood through to American independents and European art films - and offers a brief history of the development of music in film from the silent era to the present day. In particular, this book explores how music operates as a narrative device, and also emotionally and culturally. By focusing on the increasing synergy between film and music texts, it includes an extended case study of Magnolia as a film script which developed from a pop song. Emphasis is also placed on the divide between the `high culture' of the orchestral score and the `low culture' of the pop song.

Teen Film

Author : Catherine Driscoll
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2011-06-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781847888457

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Teen Film by Catherine Driscoll Pdf

What makes a film a teen film? And why, when it represents such powerful and enduring ideas about youth and adolescence, is teen film usually viewed as culturally insignificant? Teen film is usually discussed as a representation of the changing American teenager, highlighting the institutions of high school and the nuclear family, and experiments in sexual development and identity formation. But not every film featuring these components is a teen film and not every teen film is American. Arguing that teen film is always a story about becoming a citizen and a subject, Teen Film presents a new history of the genre, surveys the existing body of scholarship, and introduces key critical tools for discussing teen film. Surveying a wide range of films including The Wild One, Heathers, Akira and Donnie Darko, the book's central focus is on what kind of adolescence teen film represents, and on teen film's capacity to produce new and influential images of adolescence.

Where Have All the Pop Stars Gone? -- Volume 1

Author : Marti Childs,Jeff March
Publisher : EditPros LLC
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-07-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781937317010

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Where Have All the Pop Stars Gone? -- Volume 1 by Marti Childs,Jeff March Pdf

"Where Have All the Pop Stars Gone? -- Volume 1" chronicles the lives of musical soloists and band members whose songs hit the top of the music charts in the late 1950s and in the '60s. Through conversations with them, as well as producers, managers and family members, we share fascinating behind-the-scenes glimpses into the lives of these creative, talented people."Where Have All the Pop Stars Gone? -- Volume 1" includes authenticated, authorized biographical chapters on seven musical groups and solo performers: the Association (whose songs include three gold records -- "Cherish," "Windy" and "Never My Love"); Herman's Hermits (whose extensive string of hits includes three gold records -- "Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter," "I'm Henry VIII, I Am" and "There's a Kind of Hush"); the Kingston Trio (whose enormous popularity reflected in seven gold albums triggered the folk music craze of the early '60s, and whose hits included million-selling "Tom Dooley," along with "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" and "Greenback Dollar"); Chris Montez (whose hit tunes included "Let's Dance," "Call Me" and "The More I See You"); the Spiral Starecase (who recorded "She's Ready," "No One For Me To Turn To" and the smash hit "More Today Than Yesterday"); Bobby Vee (whose 30 hit records included "Take Good Care of My Baby," "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" and the million-selling "Come Back When You Grow Up"); and the Zombies (whose hits included "She's Not There," "Tell Her No" and the gold record "Time of the Season").

British National Cinema

Author : Sarah Street
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2009-06-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135253356

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British National Cinema by Sarah Street Pdf

The eclectic nature of British cinema is explored in this examination of genres from the Ealing comedies to heritage films. Viewed against the social, financial and political background, this is an indespensible evaluation of British cinema.

Star Studies

Author : Martin Shingler
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-25
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781838718350

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Star Studies by Martin Shingler Pdf

Martin Shingler presents the mother volume for Palgrave's Film Stars series in three easily-navigable chapters in which he provides a summative and instructive account of star studies for today's film student. Via a critical evaluation of the work of leading film scholars, he provides a convincing argument for howthis important area of film studies has evolved. Building on this, he offerssome new directions for star scholarship, and ends by offering the film student a useful set of themes and issues for his or her own investigation. 'Star Studies' is the perfect companion for the student who wishes to foster further research on stardom across a wide range of contexts, from national cinemas, to mainstream and marginal cinemas, to different historical periods and beyond.