Advertising and the transformation of screen cultures / Bo Florin, Patrick Vonderau and Yvonne Zimmermann

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Florin, Bo, 1961- author.

Vonderau, Patrick, author.

Zimmermann, Yvonne, author.

Series:

Film culture in transition

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theater commercials (Motion pictures)--History.

Theater commercials (Motion pictures).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (338 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2021].

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Advertising has played a central role in shaping the history of modern media. While often identified with American consumerism and the rise of the 'Information Society', motion picture advertising has been part of European visual culture since the late nineteenth century. With the global spread of ad agencies, moving image advertisements became a privileged cultural form to make people experience the qualities and uses of branded commodities, to articulate visions of a 'good life', and to incite social relationships. Abandoning a conventional delineation of fields by medium, country, or period, this book suggests a lateral view. It charts the audiovisual history of advertising by focussing on objects (products and services), screens (exhibition, programming, physical media), practices (production, marketing), and intermediaries (ad agencies). In this way, the book develops new historical, methodological, and theoretical perspectives.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Introduction / Bo Florin, Patrick Vonderau, Yvonne Zimmermann

1. Early Cinema, Process Films, and Screen Advertising / Yvonne Zimmermann

Part I Approaches and Methods

2. Advertising and Modernity: A Critical Reassessment / Patrick Vonderau

3. Advertising and Avant-Gardes: A History of Concepts, 1930-1940 / Yvonne Zimmermann

4. Advertising as Institution: Charles Wilp and German Television, 1950- 1970 / Patrick Vonderau

5. Advertising and the Apparatus : Cinema, Television, and Out-of-Home Screens / Yvonne Zimmermann

6. Advertising as Commercial Speech: Truth and Trademarks in Testimonial Advertising / Patrick Vonderau

7. Advertising's Self-Reference: From Early Cinema to the Super Bowl / Yvonne Zimmermann

Part II Cases and Materials

8. Moving Objects: The Case of Volvo / Bo Florin

9. Cinematic Intertexts: h&m Goes YouTube / Bo Florin

10. Beyond Promotion: The UN Global Goal Campaign / Bo Florin

Select Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (directory.doabooks.org, viewed February 22, 2023).

ISBN:

1-003-69047-5

90-485-4156-5

9781003690474

OCLC:

1547759614

Publisher Number:

https://doi.org/10.5117/9789462989153