A Companion to American Indie Film

by Geoff King
A Companion to American Indie Film
Author: Geoff King
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 546
Release: 2016-10-11
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1118758013
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A Companion to American Indie Film features a comprehensive collection of newly commissioned essays that represent a state-of-the-art resource for understanding key aspects of the field of indie films produced in the United States. Takes a comprehensive and fresh new look at the topic of American indie film Features newly commissioned essays from top film experts and emerging scholars that represent the state-of-the-art reference to the indie film field Topics covered include: indie film culture; key historical moments and movements in indie film history; relationships between indie film and other indie media; and issues including class, gender, regional identity and stardom in in the indie field Includes studies of many types of indie films and film genres, along with various filmmakers and performers that have come to define the field

American Independent Cinema

by Geoff King
American Independent Cinema
Author: Geoff King
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2013
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0415684285
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Edited and written by leading authors in the field, this book offers an examination of American independent cinema through four sections that range in focus from broad definitions to close focus on particular manifestations of independence.

The Rough Guide to American Independent Film

by Jessica Winter
The Rough Guide to American Independent Film
Author: Jessica Winter
Publisher:
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2006
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN:
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This guide gives the lowdown on maverick filmmaking, from sleazy exploitation flicks and satirical documentaries to chilling horror movies and quirky suburban dramas.

Screening American Independent Film

by Justin Wyatt
Screening American Independent Film
Author: Justin Wyatt
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 564
Release: 2023-05-31
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1000872742
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This indispensable collection offers 51 chapters, each focused on a distinct American independent film. Screening American Independent Film presents these films chronologically, addressing works from across more than a century (1915−2020), emphasizing the breadth and long duration of American independent cinema. The collection includes canonical examples as well as films that push against and expand the definitions of "independence." The titles run from micro-budget films through marketing-friendly Indiewood projects, from auteur-driven films and festival darlings to B-movies, genre pics, and exploitation films. The chapters also introduce students to different approaches within film studies including historical and contextual framing, industrial and institutional analysis, politics and ideology, genre and authorship, representation, film analysis, exhibition and reception, and technology. Written by leading international scholars and emerging talents in film studies, this volume is the first of its kind. Paying particular attention to issues of diversity and inclusion for both the participating scholars and the content and themes within the selected films, Screening American Independent Film is an essential resource for anyone teaching or studying American cinema.

Acting Indie

by Cynthia Baron
Acting Indie
Author: Cynthia Baron
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 347
Release: 2020-01-29
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1137408634
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This book illustrates the many ways that actors contribute to American independent cinema. Analyzing industrial developments, it examines the impact of actors as writers, directors, and producers, and as stars able to attract investment and bring visibility to small-scale productions. Exploring cultural-aesthetic factors, the book identifies the various traditions that shape narrative designs, casting choices, and performance styles. The book offers a genealogy of industrial and aesthetic practices that connects independent filmmaking in the studio era and the 1960s and 1970s to American independent cinema in its independent, indie, indiewood, and late-indiewood forms. Chapters on actors’ involvement in the evolution of American independent cinema as a sector alternate with chapters that show how traditions such as naturalism, modernism, postmodernism, and Third Cinema influence films and performances.

The Routledge Companion to World Cinema

by Rob Stone
The Routledge Companion to World Cinema
Author: Rob Stone
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 522
Release: 2017-09-27
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317420586
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The Routledge Companion to World Cinema explores and examines a global range of films and filmmakers, their movements and audiences, comparing their cultural, technological and political dynamics, identifying the impulses that constantly reshape the form and function of the cinemas of the world. Each of the forty chapters provides a survey of a topic, explaining why the issue or area is important, and critically discussing the leading views in the area. Designed as a dynamic forum for forty-three world-leading scholars, this companion contains significant expertise and insight and is dedicated to challenging complacent views of hegemonic film cultures and replacing outmoded ideas about production, distribution and reception. It offers both a survey and an investigation into the condition and activity of contemporary filmmaking worldwide, often challenging long-standing categories and weighted—often politically motivated—value judgements, thereby grounding and aligning the reader in an activity of remapping which is designed to prompt rethinking.

American Independent Cinema

by Yannis Tzioumakis
American Independent Cinema
Author: Yannis Tzioumakis
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages: 358
Release: 2018-03-07
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1474416853
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A comparative analysis of key Islamic ity platforms and their debates

Indie TV

by James Lyons
Indie TV
Author: James Lyons
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2023-03-27
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1000814165
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This edited collection is the first book to offer a wide-ranging examination of the interface between American independent film and a converged television landscape that consists of terrestrial broadcasters, cable networks and streaming providers, in which independent film and television intersect in complex, multifaceted and creative ways. The book covers the long history of continuities and connections between the two sectors, as seen in the activities of PBS, HBO or Sundance. It considers the movement of filmmakers between indie film and TV such as Steven Soderbergh, Rian Johnson, the Duplass brothers, Joe Swanberg, Lynn Shelton and Gregg Araki; details the confluence of aesthetic and thematic elements seen in shows such as Girls, Breaking Bad, Master of None, or Glow; points to a shared interest in regional sensibilities evident in shows like One Mississippi or Fargo; and makes the case for documentaries and web series as significant entities in this domain. Collectively, the book builds a compelling picture of indie TV as a significant feature of US screen entertainment in the 21st Century. This interdisciplinary landmark volume will be a go-to reference for students and scholars of Television Studies, Film Studies and Media Studies.