British Tv & Film Culture in the 1950s

British Tv & Film Culture in the 1950s

Author: Su Holmes

Publisher: Intellect (UK)

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13:

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This book focuses on the emerging historical relations between British television and film culture in the 1950s. Drawing upon archival research, it does this by exploring the development of the early cinema programme on television - principally Current Release (BBC, 1952-3), Picture Parade (BBC, 1956) and Film Fanfare (ABC, 1956-7) - and argues that it was these texts which played the central role in the developing relations between the media. Particularly when it comes to Britain, the early co-existence of television and cinema has been seen as hostile and antagonistic, but in situating these programmes within the contexts of their institutional production, aesthetic construction and reception, the book aims to 'reconstruct' television's coverage of the cinema as crucial to the fabric of British film and television culture at the time. It demonstrates how the roles of cinema and television - as media industries and cultural forms, but crucially as sites of screen entertainment - effectively came together at this time in such a way that is unique to this decade.


Sound for Film and Television

Sound for Film and Television

Author: Tomlinson Holman

Publisher: Taylor & Francis US

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 9780240804538

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Holman covers the broad field of sound accompanying pictures, from the basics through recording, editing and mixing for theatrical films, documentaries and television shows. In each area, theory is followed by practical sections.


British Cinema of the 90s

British Cinema of the 90s

Author: Robert Murphy

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2019-07-25

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1838714774

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This work examines major box office hits like 'The Full Monty' as well as critically acclaimed films like 'Under the Skin'. It explores the role of distribution and exhibition, the Americanisation of British film culture, Hollywood and Europe, changing representations of sexuality and ethnicity.


British Sources of Information

British Sources of Information

Author: P. Jackson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2003-09-02

Total Pages: 772

ISBN-13: 1135794936

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This comprehensive and versatile reference source will be a most important tool for anyone wishing to seek out information on virtually any aspect of British affairs, life and culture. The resources of a detailed bibliography, directory and journals listing are combined in this single volume, forming a unique guide to a multitude of diverse topics - British politics, government, society, literature, thought, arts, economics, history and geography. Academic subjects as taught in British colleges and universities are covered, with extensive reading lists of books and journals and sources of information for each discipline, making this an invaluable manual.


British Science Fiction Film and Television

British Science Fiction Film and Television

Author: Tobias Hochscherf

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2014-01-10

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 0786484837

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Written by international experts from a range of disciplines, these essays examine the uniquely British contribution to science fiction film and television. Viewing British SF as a cultural phenomenon that challenges straightforward definitions of genre, nationhood, authorship and media, the editors provide a conceptual introduction placing the essays within their critical context. Essay topics include Hammer science fiction films, the various incarnations of Doctor Who, Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange, and such 21st-century productions as 28 Days Later and Torchwood.


Bidding for the Mainstream?

Bidding for the Mainstream?

Author: Barbara Korte

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-07-26

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 9004484329

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This book looks at a sector of black and Asian British film and television as it presented itself in the 1990s and early 2000s. For this period, a ‘mainstreaming’ of black and Asian British film has been observed in criticism and theory and articulated by an increasing number of practitioners themselves, referring to changing modes of production, distribution and reception and implying a more popular and commercial orientation of certain media products. This idea is a leitmotif for the authors’ readings of recent films and examples of television drama, including such diverse products as Young Soul Rebels and Babymother, East Is East and Bend It Like Beckham, The Buddha of Suburbia and White Teeth. These analyses are supplemented with a look at earlier landmark productions (like Pressure) as well as relevant social, institutional and aesthetic frameworks. The book closes with a selection of statements by black and Asian media practitioners who operate from within Britain’s cultural industries: Mike Phillips, Horace Ové, Julian Henriques, Parminder Vir and Gurinder Chadha.


The British film and television industries

The British film and television industries

Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Select Committee on Communications

Publisher: The Stationery Office

Published: 2010-01-24

Total Pages: 624

ISBN-13: 9780108459306

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