{"product_id":"amateur-movie-making-9780253026163","title":"Amateur Movie Making","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmateur Movie Making\u003c\/em\u003e is Visual History at its best.\u003c\/p\u003e * Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Television *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt first blush, \u003ci\u003eAmateur Movie Making\u003c\/i\u003e's subtitle,\u003ci\u003e Aesthetics of the Everyday in New England Film, 1915–1960\u003c\/i\u003e, might suggest a narrowly defined field of inquiry with limited appeal to a broader audience. But readers would be remiss to dismiss such a delightful and expansive volume that resonates far beyond the realm of amateur film. One of \u003ci\u003eAmateur Movie Making\u003c\/i\u003e's greatest strengths is its addition of materials that animate the films in surprising ways.\u003c\/p\u003e * Journal of Cinema and Media Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn invaluable contribution to the study of previously overlooked nontheatrical films, \u003cem\u003eAmateur Movie Making \u003c\/em\u003eis a welcome addition to the overall field of media studies. Its focus on the everyday aspects of the material culture of the past along with its highly accessible and engaging writing will appeal to experts and non-experts alike.\u003c\/p\u003e * Society for Cinema and Media Studies Best Edited Collection Award Committee. (2018 award winner) *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[I]t is the love of cinema that shines through in these essays and the films themselves, making this book a must read for all of us.\u003c\/p\u003e * UCLA Film \u0026amp; Television Archive *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccessing Moving Images \u003cbr\u003eForeword \/ Alice T. Friedman\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction \/ Martha McNamara and Karan Sheldon \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 1: Locating Contexts: Archive, Material, History, Place \u003cbr\u003e1. A Place for Moving Images: Thirty Years of Northeast Historic Film \/ Karan Sheldon\u003cbr\u003e2. The Technologies of Home Movies and Amateur Film \/ Dino Everett \u003cbr\u003e3. A Region Apart: Representations of Maine and Northern New England in Personal Film, 1920-1940 \/ Libby Bischof\u003cbr\u003e4. A Strange Familiarity: Alexander Forbes and the Aesthetics of Amateur Film \/ Justin Wolff\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 2: Creative Choices: Recovering Value in Amateur Film \u003cbr\u003eReflection 1. The Task at Hand: The Films of Ernest Stillman \/ Whit Stillman\u003cbr\u003e5. Midway Between Secular and Sacred: Consecrating the Home Movie as a Cultural Heritage Object \/ Karen Gracy\u003cbr\u003e6. \"All the Wonderful Possibilities of Motion Pictures\": Hiram Percy Maxim and the Aesthetics of Amateur Filmmaking \/ Charles Tepperman \u003cbr\u003e7. Comedic Counterpoise: Landscape and Laughs in the Films of Sidney N. Shurcliff \/ Martha J. McNamara \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 3: Everyday Lives: Home and Work in Amateur Film\u003cbr\u003eReflection 2. Perspectives on the Home Movies of Charles Norman Shay, Penobscot Elder \/ Jennifer Neptune\u003cbr\u003e8. Not-at-Home Movies \/ Christopher Castiglia and Christopher Reed \u003cbr\u003e9. The Boss's Film: Expert Amateurs and Industrial Culture \/ Brian Jacobson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 4: Families: Private and Public\u003cbr\u003eReflection 3. \"The Ring of Time\" in the E. B. White Home Movies \/ Martha White\u003cbr\u003e10. Opening the Can: Home Movies In the Public Sphere \/ Melissa Dollman \u003cbr\u003e11. Layers of Vision in Amateur Film \/ Mark Neumann and Janna Jones \u003cbr\u003eSelected Bibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400567365975,"sku":"9780253026163","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253026163.jpg?v=1730471000","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/amateur-movie-making-9780253026163","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}