Short History of the Movies Abridged Edition

Name: Short History of the Movies Abridged Edition
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ISBN: 9780205665921

ISBN-10: 0205665926

ISBN-13: 9780205665921

Edition: 10th 2009

Authors: Bruce Kawin, Gerald Mast

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This is the essential core of Mast and Kawinrsquo;s classic in a streamlined volume: the most accurate, carefully updated account of cinema today in a clear and lively book. Building on Mastrsquo;s astute and lively history of cinema, Kawin has refined and updated the fascinating story of cinemarsquo;s evolution from its earliest beginnings to the digital age. Probing deeper than most movie books, he takes us into the studio vaults, corrects the record, discloses what goes on inside the industry, clarifies the mysteries of movie technology, and offers a precise, thoroughly researched account. Kawin's analysis is witty and engaging, rich in instructive insights and entertaining illustrations…

Book details

List price: $77.80
Edition: 10th
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Publication date: 10/10/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 512
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English




Introductory Assumptions


For Further Viewing



Birth


Frames per second


Pictures on Film


Speed


Flicker and the Continuous Signal


Persistence of Vision and Other Phenomena


Seeing with the Brain


Visual Masking and Retinal Retention


Scientific Toys


Emile Reynaud


Photography


Muybridge and Marey



Early Cameras and Films


The Kinetoscope


A Sound Film and Studio


Projection


The Magic Lantern


The Loop and Other Solutions


The Lumiegrave;re Brothers



The Vitascope


The First Films


For Further Viewing



Film Narrative, Commercial Expansion


Early Companies


Narrative



Cohl and Others



From Brighton to Biograph


Business Wars


The Film drsquo;Art


For Further Viewing



Griffith


Apprenticeship


Biograph: The One-Reelers


Two Reels and Up


The Birth of a Nation


Intolerance. 1917-31


Broken BlossomsandWay Down East


The Struggle


For Further Viewing



Mack Sennett and the Chaplin Shorts


Krazy Keystones


Charlie


For Further Viewing



Movie Czars and Movie Stars


Stars over Hollywood


The First Stars


California, Here We Come