Matinee melodrama : playing with formula in the sound serial /

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Covering everything from Batman to Zorro's Fighting Legion, Matinee Melodrama is the first scholarly study of the cinematic adventure serial as a distinct artform, one that uniquely encouraged audience participation and imaginative play. It suggests that the serial's incoherent plotting an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Higgins, Scott, 1968- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2016]
Temas:
Film serials > United States > History and criticism.
Motion picture plays, American > History and criticism.
Films à épisodes > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
Scénarios de cinéma américains > Histoire et critique.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
Film serials
Motion picture plays, American
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Serials, melodrama, and play: why study serials?
  • Storytelling on a schedule: narrative form in the sound serial
  • The serial world
  • Cliffhanging
  • narrative and the art of formula
  • Film style and the art of formula
  • Cliffhanger legacies
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Some sources for sound serials.

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