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The cinematography of Roger Corman : exploitation filmaker or auteur? /
Roger Corman is an ambiguous artistic figure. On the one hand, he is notorious for shooting and producing his films quickly, cheaply and with blatant disregard for safety measures, which, together with his ability to issue a dozen new films every year and his impressive filmography, have earned him...
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Newcastle upon Tyne :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2016.
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Table of Contents:
- Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One; 1. Introduction; 2. The auteur theory; 3. Exploitation cinema; 4. Exploitation filmmakers as auteurs?; Chapter Two; 1. Introduction; 2. Corman's filmmaking career; 3. Corman's production process; 3.1. Choosing and financing a film idea; 3.2. Scriptwriting; 3.3. Casting; 3.4. Direction; 3.5. Post-production; 4. Conclusion; Chapter Three; 1. Fads as exploitable topics; 1.1. Rock and roll; 1.2. Reincarnation; 1.3. Royal jelly cosmetics; 1.4. Summary; 2. Exploitation and genre; 2.1. Science-fiction films.
- 2.2. Teen film (juvenile delinquency)2.3. The gangster film; 2.4 Summary; 3. "Deep" exploitation; 3.1. Racial desegregation; 3.2. Counterculture; 3.3. Summary; 4. Conclusion; Chapter Four; 1. Introduction; 2. Female empowerment; 3. Outsider protagonist; 4. Gothic horror; 4.1. Poe's motifs; 4.2. Freudian motifs; 4.3. Corman's motifs; 5. Conclusion; Chapter Five; 1. Early films, 1955-1958; 2. Mature style; 2.1. Movement; 2.2. Deep shot; 2.3. Ambience, symbolism and expressionism; 3. Conclusion; Conclusion; Filmography; Bibliography.