Hollywood Genres: Formulas, Filmmaking, and The Studio System

Hollywood Genres: Formulas, Filmmaking, and The Studio System

The central thesis of this book is that a genre approach provides the most effective means for understanding, analyzing and appreciating the Hollywood cinema. Taking into account not only the formal and aesthetic aspects of feature filmmaking, but various other cultural aspects as well, the genre approach treats movie production as a dynamic process of exchange between the film industry and its audience. This process, embodied by the Hollywood studio system, has been sustained primarily through genres, those popular narrative formulas like the Western, musical and gangster film, which have dominated the screen arts throughout this century.
Country USA
Brand McGraw-Hill Education
Manufacturer McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780075536239
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	McGraw-Hill Education
Manufacturer	McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Binding	Paperback
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780075536239
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

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