Amateur Cinema : The Rise of North American Moviemaking, 1923-1960 /

"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, Charle...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tepperman, Charles, 1974- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Amateur films > Production and direction.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > General.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
Films d'amateurs > Production et realisation > Amerique du Nord > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Amateur films > Production and direction > North America > History > 20th century.
North America.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cin-prophecy : the emergence of amateur cinema (1925-1930)
  • Cin-community : the first wave of amateur film culture (1930-1945)
  • Cin-engagement : amateurs and current events
  • Cin-technology : machine art for a machine age
  • Cin-sincerity: postwar amateur film culture (1945-1960)
  • Modes of amateur cinema
  • Amateur chronicles of family, community and travel
  • Amateur experimentation and the aesthetic vanguard
  • Mechanical craftsmanship : amateurs making practical films
  • Photoplaying themselves : amateur fiction films.

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