A Hidden History of Film Style: Cinematographers, Directors,

A Hidden History of Film Style: Cinematographers, Directors, and the Collaborative Process

The image that appears on the movie screen is the direct and tangible result of the joint efforts of the director and the cinematographer. A Hidden History of Film Style is the first study to focus on the collaborations between directors and cinematographers, a partnership that has played a crucial role in American cinema since the early years of the silent era. Christopher Beach argues that an understanding of the complex director-cinematographer collaboration offers an important model that challenges the pervasive conventional concept of director as auteur. Drawing upon oral histories, early industry trade journals, and other primary materials, Beach examines key innovations like deep focus, color, and digital cinematography, and in doing so produces an exceptionally clear history of the craft. Through analysis of several key collaborations in American cinema from the silent era to the late twentieth centuryâ€”such as those of D. W. Griffith and Billy Bitzer, William Wyler and Gregg Toland, and Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Burksâ€”this pivotal book underlines the importance of cinematographers to both the development of cinematic technique and the expression of visual style in film.

Country	USA
Author	Christopher Beach
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	1
EISBN	9780520959927
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	University of California Press
Manufacturer	University of California Press
NumberOfPages	247
PublicationDate	2015-04-30
Publisher	University of California Press
ReleaseDate	2015-04-30
Studio	University of California Press

A Hidden History of Film Style: Cinematographers, Directors, and the Collaborative Process