Author: Herbert Couchman McKay
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chronophotography
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Motion Picture Photography for the Amateur
Author: Herbert Couchman McKay
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chronophotography
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chronophotography
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
The Handbook of Motion Picture Photography
Author: Herbert Couchman McKay
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chronophotography
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chronophotography
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Motion Picture Herald
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Motion pictures
Languages : en
Pages : 734
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Motion pictures
Languages : en
Pages : 734
Book Description
Still
Author: David S. Shields
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022601343X
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
The success of movies like The Artist and Hugo recreated the wonder and magic of silent film for modern audiences, many of whom might never have experienced a movie without sound. But while the American silent movie was one of the most significant popular art forms of the modern age, it is also one that is largely lost to us, as more than eighty percent of silent films have disappeared, the victims of age, disaster, and neglect. We now know about many of these cinematic masterpieces only from the collections of still portraits and production photographs that were originally created for publicity and reference. Capturing the beauty, horror, and moodiness of silent motion pictures, these images are remarkable pieces of art in their own right. In the first history of still camera work generated by the American silent motion picture industry, David S. Shields chronicles the evolution of silent film aesthetics, glamour, and publicity, and provides unparalleled insight into this influential body of popular imagery. Exploring the work of over sixty camera artists, Still recovers the stories of the photographers who descended on early Hollywood and the stars and starlets who sat for them between 1908 and 1928. Focusing on the most culturally influential types of photographs—the performer portrait and the scene still—Shields follows photographers such as Albert Witzel and W. F. Seely as they devised the poses that newspapers and magazines would bring to Americans, who mimicked the sultry stares and dangerous glances of silent stars. He uncovers scene shots of unprecedented splendor—visions that would ignite the popular imagination. And he details how still photographs changed the film industry, whose growing preoccupation with artistry in imagery caused directors and stars to hire celebrated stage photographers and transformed cameramen into bankable names. Reproducing over one hundred and fifty of these gorgeous black-and-white photographs, Still brings to life an entire long-lost visual culture that a century later still has the power to enchant.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022601343X
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
The success of movies like The Artist and Hugo recreated the wonder and magic of silent film for modern audiences, many of whom might never have experienced a movie without sound. But while the American silent movie was one of the most significant popular art forms of the modern age, it is also one that is largely lost to us, as more than eighty percent of silent films have disappeared, the victims of age, disaster, and neglect. We now know about many of these cinematic masterpieces only from the collections of still portraits and production photographs that were originally created for publicity and reference. Capturing the beauty, horror, and moodiness of silent motion pictures, these images are remarkable pieces of art in their own right. In the first history of still camera work generated by the American silent motion picture industry, David S. Shields chronicles the evolution of silent film aesthetics, glamour, and publicity, and provides unparalleled insight into this influential body of popular imagery. Exploring the work of over sixty camera artists, Still recovers the stories of the photographers who descended on early Hollywood and the stars and starlets who sat for them between 1908 and 1928. Focusing on the most culturally influential types of photographs—the performer portrait and the scene still—Shields follows photographers such as Albert Witzel and W. F. Seely as they devised the poses that newspapers and magazines would bring to Americans, who mimicked the sultry stares and dangerous glances of silent stars. He uncovers scene shots of unprecedented splendor—visions that would ignite the popular imagination. And he details how still photographs changed the film industry, whose growing preoccupation with artistry in imagery caused directors and stars to hire celebrated stage photographers and transformed cameramen into bankable names. Reproducing over one hundred and fifty of these gorgeous black-and-white photographs, Still brings to life an entire long-lost visual culture that a century later still has the power to enchant.
A Technological History of Motion Pictures and Television
Author: Raymond Fielding
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520039810
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520039810
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The American Annual of Photography
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
American Photography
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
The New Photo-miniature
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 88
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Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature
Author:
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Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 752
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 752
Book Description
Transactions of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers
Author: Society of Motion Picture Engineers
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cinematography
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cinematography
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description