Amateur cinema : the rise of North American moviemaking, 1923-1960 / Charles Tepperman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tepperman, Charles, 1974- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Amateur films--Production and direction--North America--History--20th century.

Amateur films.

Amateur films--Production and direction.

History.

North America.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 364 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2015]

Summary:

"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 spawned 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"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contexts of amateur cinema. Ciné-prophecy : the emergence of amateur cinema (1892-1927)

Ciné-community : the first wave of amateur film culture (1928-1945)

Ciné-engagement : amateurs and current events

Ciné-technology : machine art for a machine age

Ciné-sincerity: postwar amateur film culture (1945-1960)

Modes of amateur cinema. "Communicating a new form of knowledge": amateur chronicles of family, community and travel

"The amateur takes leadership": amateur experimentation, and the aesthetic vanguard

Mechanical craftsmanship : amateurs making practical films

Photoplaying themselves : amateur fiction films.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780520279858

0520279859

9780520279865

0520279867

OCLC:

880349845