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Acting A Modern History of Filmmaking - Behind the Silver Screen

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Publisher's Synopsis

Screen acting is generally considered in terms of the on-screen performance, which is actually the outcome of collaborative work and ever-changing conventions of the group activity that is filmmaking. New technologies and aesthetic developments, for example, continue to change how actors perform on screen..These elements are explored in this readable, in-depth investigation of the dynamic role of acting in the creation and evolution of Hollywood. Expert contributors take readers from the inception of film acting in 1895, when spectators thrilled at the sight of vaudeville performers and Wild West stars, through Hollywood's different eras, up to the current tendency to blend human actors with CGI. Special attention is paid throughout to definitive performances by notable film stars, including Lillian Gish, Ginger Rogers, Marilyn Monroe, Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Robert De Niro, Nicholas Cage, Denzel Washington and Andy Serkis.

About the Publisher

I.B. Tauris

I.B.Tauris has long been recognised as one of the leading publishers on the Middle East and the Islamic World and has a major presence in Classics and Ancient History, History, Geography and Social Sciences, Politics and International Relations, Philosophy, Religion, Film and Visual Culture, and Fine Art including the internationally recognised Fine Art imprint Philip Wilson Publishers. We also publish the popular Tauris Parke Paperbacks imprint specialising in history, travel and biography.

Book information

ISBN: 9781784534035
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
Imprint: I.B. Tauris
Pub date:
DEWEY: 791.43028
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 218
Weight: 378g
Height: 154mm
Width: 229mm
Spine width: 16mm