{"product_id":"pretty-pictures-c-s-tashiro-9780292781504","title":"Pretty Pictures: Production Design and the History Film","description":"\u003cp\u003eTheories of film have traditionally dealt with either narrative or industrial issues, with the consequence that the physical content of the graphic frame has often been ignored or relegated to the sidelines. By contrast, C. S. Tashiro foregrounds the visual aspect of cinema in this book, drawing on his experiences as a designer and filmmaker, as well as on contemporary theory, to show how production design can support or contradict narrative structure, or exist in an entirely parallel realm of meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTashiro looks at cinematic production design from a broadly interdisciplinary perspective, encompassing art and architecture theory, audience reception, narrative theory, and phenomenology, to arrive at a more encompassing definition of the process. He builds his argument around studies of several prominent history films, since design is central to historical representation, and explores the most pertinent issues raised by the topic, particularly commodity consumption. In his conclusion, he also offers possible solutions to some of the social problems raised by design.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e C. S. Tashiro\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0292781504\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292781504\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.24h x 6.16w x 0.62d","brand":"C. S. Tashiro","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981533774079,"sku":"9780292781504","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_53b9a27e-b0e0-4499-b41e-62745ed31698.jpg?v=1683256137","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pretty-pictures-c-s-tashiro-9780292781504","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}