Description
Book SynopsisMoving Color is the first book-length study of the beginnings of color cinema. It traces the legacy of color history from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the cinema of the early twentieth century and explores the implications of this genealogy on experimental and contemporary digital cinemas.
Trade Review"
Moving Color is a vital contribution to our understanding of the American cultural landscape a century ago."
* Afterimage *
"Eye-opening. The first book-length history of the formative years of color film. The book is most effective when it focuses on historical details: the fascinating processes by which color was applied; the approaches taken by the film industry to manufacture, manipulate, and market movies; and the reception of colored films by early audiences."
* Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Television *
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Moving Color is an enjoyable, well-written addition to the study of colour cinema, which addresses a major gap in our understanding of applied film colour. The hard work Yumibe has done is extremely commendable."
* Screening the Past *
"This is a work of great imagination and exemplary research."
* Moving Image *
"Thoroughly researched, clearly argued, and well-written,
Moving Color convincingly asserts the foundational role of color in cinema…a highly engaging and informative read."
-- Matthew Solomon * author of Disappearing Tricks *
"With astounding research into the original documents and films of the pre-1912 period, this innovative book fills a crucial gap in our knowledge of applied color in early cinema."
-- John Belton * Rutgers University *
"An admirable contribution to film studies."
* Early Popular Visual Culture *
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations
Foreword by Paolo Cherchi Usai
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 The Colors of Modernity
2 Hand Coloring anf the Intermediality of Cinema
3 Transforming and Uplift: Stenciling, Tinting, and Toning
4 Color Cinema, fromGentility to Abstraction
Conclusion
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
