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Pretty Pictures : Production Design and the History Film / C. S. Tashiro.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©1998Description: 1 online resource (252 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780292761810
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.43/0233 21
LOC classification:
  • PN1995.9.A74 T37 1998
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I DESIGN -- I WHAT IS PRODUCTION DESIGN? -- 2 CIRCLES OF FEELING -- 3 IMAGING -- Part II HISTORY -- 4 HISTORICAL DESIGN -- 5 REALIST HISTORY -- 6 DESIGNER HISTORY -- 7 DIDACTIC HISTORY -- Part III THE PERFECT IMAGE -- 8 A FEW WORDS ABOUT A HAT -- 9 THE POLITICS OF CONSUMPTION -- 10 PRODUCTIONISM -- Notes -- Film List -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Theories of film have traditionally dealt with either narrative or industrial issues, with the consequence that the physical content of the graphic frame has often been ignored or relegated to the sidelines. By contrast, C. S. Tashiro foregrounds the visual aspect of cinema in this book, drawing on his experiences as a designer and filmmaker, as well as on contemporary theory, to show how production design can support or contradict narrative structure, or exist in an entirely parallel realm of meaning. Tashiro looks at cinematic production design from a broadly interdisciplinary perspective, encompassing art and architecture theory, audience reception, narrative theory, and phenomenology, to arrive at a more encompassing definition of the process. He builds his argument around studies of several prominent history films, since design is central to historical representation, and explores the most pertinent issues raised by the topic, particularly commodity consumption. In his conclusion, he also offers possible solutions to some of the social problems raised by design.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I DESIGN -- I WHAT IS PRODUCTION DESIGN? -- 2 CIRCLES OF FEELING -- 3 IMAGING -- Part II HISTORY -- 4 HISTORICAL DESIGN -- 5 REALIST HISTORY -- 6 DESIGNER HISTORY -- 7 DIDACTIC HISTORY -- Part III THE PERFECT IMAGE -- 8 A FEW WORDS ABOUT A HAT -- 9 THE POLITICS OF CONSUMPTION -- 10 PRODUCTIONISM -- Notes -- Film List -- Bibliography -- Index

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Theories of film have traditionally dealt with either narrative or industrial issues, with the consequence that the physical content of the graphic frame has often been ignored or relegated to the sidelines. By contrast, C. S. Tashiro foregrounds the visual aspect of cinema in this book, drawing on his experiences as a designer and filmmaker, as well as on contemporary theory, to show how production design can support or contradict narrative structure, or exist in an entirely parallel realm of meaning. Tashiro looks at cinematic production design from a broadly interdisciplinary perspective, encompassing art and architecture theory, audience reception, narrative theory, and phenomenology, to arrive at a more encompassing definition of the process. He builds his argument around studies of several prominent history films, since design is central to historical representation, and explores the most pertinent issues raised by the topic, particularly commodity consumption. In his conclusion, he also offers possible solutions to some of the social problems raised by design.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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