Cecil Hepworth and the Rise of the British Film Industry 1899-1911
This book offers an industrial, economic and aesthetic history of the early years of the British film industry from 1899-1911, through a case study of one of the most celebrated pioneer film makers, Cecil Hepworth.Presenting a picture of daily life in his film studio, an analysis of Hepworth's films is offered including the development of their content, production methods and marketing in this formative period.The early twentieth century saw British film production develop from a cottage industry of artisans to a multi-modal complex economic system with a global reach. Changes in the nature of exhibition and distribution caused a major crisis…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-85989-991-8
- EAN: 9780859899918
- Produktnummer: 31957956
- Verlag: University of Exeter Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 264 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 5'592 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
Über den Autor
Simon Brown is Associate Professor in Film and Television at Kingston University. His main areas of research are early cinema, British cinema, colour cinematography and contemporary American television. He joined Kingston University in 2004 after spending a decade at the BFI National Film and Television Archive, sourcing and restoring old films.In 2004, in addition to teaching at Kingston, he was Senior Research Fellow for The London Project, a year-long AHRB funded project researching the history of the British Film Industry in London from its inception to 1914.He has written about and taught a range of Film, TV and Media related subjects such as Film History and Technology, National Cinemas including Britain, China and Hong Kong, Cult Film and Television, Horror, Censorship, Documentary and the History of Non-Fiction Film, Archiving and the Media Industry as well as Contemporary American Film and Television.
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