Making Films in Contemporary Hollywood (Hodder Arnold Publication)

Lovell, Alan; Sergi, Gianluca

ISBN 10: 0340809833 / ISBN 13: 9780340809839

Published by Bloomsbury Academic, 2005

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Making Films in Contemporary Hollywood (Hodder Arnold Publication)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0340809833
• ISBN 13: 9780340809839
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 12 ounces

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Synopsis

Traditionally, film critics have concentrated on the director, seeing feature filmmaking as a form of individual expression. The authors challenge this view, arguing that filmmaking is a form of collection expression. They examine the idea that many individuals, including editors, cinematographers and sound designers, contribute to the making of a film, and argue that it is misleading to classify them as technicians. The authors consider is how money and power determines the structure within which all those involved with filmmaking work. And, in challenging the accepted view of the dynamics of filmmaking, the book raises questions about the nature of the feature film. Is it essentially a visual form? What place does it have? How important is the script?

Making Films in Contemporary Hollywood contains analysis, interviews and case studies of Chinatown, Jurassic Park, and When Harry Met Sally, bringing a fresh perspective to the study of filmmaking that will be both informative and provocative for Media and Film Studies students at all levels.

About the Author

Gianluca Sergi is Professor of Film and Television at the University of Nottingham, UK. He is the author of The Dolby Era: Film Sound in Contemporary Hollywood (2004).