Making Films in Contemporary Hollywood (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780340809839)

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.

Author: Alan Lovell, Gianluca Sergi
ISBN-10: 0340809833
ISBN-13: 9780340809839
Publisher: Hodder Education Publishers
Language: English
Published: 05/26/2005
Pages: 170
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.24w x 0.36d