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Small-gauge storytelling : discovering the amateur fiction film / edited by Ryan Shand and Ian Craven.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shand, Ryan, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Amateur films.
- Motion pictures.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (319 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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, thrille
- Contents:
- pt. I. Framing fiction
- pt. II. Studio sensibilities
- pt. III. Single-minded scenarios
- pt. IV. Genres and genericity.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780748684274
- 0748684271
- 9780748656356
- 0748656359
- OCLC:
- 1302162387
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