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BL
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582229
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GBA218187b411448
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| Main Entry
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Keil, Charlie
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| Title & Author
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Early American cinema in transition : : story, style, and filmmaking, 1907-1913 /\ Charlie Keil
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| Series Statement
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Wisconsin studies in film
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xiii, 306 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0299173607
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: 9780299173609
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: 029917364X
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: 9780299173647
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Filmography: pages 270-286
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-295) and indexes
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| Contents
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Introduction -- "Boom time in the moving-picture business": Inndustrial structure, production practices, and the trade press -- "A story vital and unified in its action": The demands of narrative -- "An immeasurably greater freedom": Time and space in transitional cinema -- "The modern technique of art": The style of transitional cinema -- Analyzing transition: Six sample films -- Conclusion
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The period 1907-1913 marks a crucial transitional moment in American cinema. As moving picture shows changed from mere novelty to an increasingly popular entertainment, fledgling studios responded with longer running times and more complex storytelling. A growing trade press and changing production procedures also influenced filmmaking. In Early American Cinema in Transition, Charlie Keil looks at a broad cross-section of fiction films to examine the formal changes in cinema of this period and the ways that filmmakers developed narrative techniques to suit the fifteen-minute, one-reel format. Keil outlines the kinds of narratives that proved most suitable for a single reel's duration, the particular demands that time and space exerted on this early form of film narration, and the ways filmmakers employed the unique features of a primarily visual medium to craft stories that would appeal to an audience numbering in the millions
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Motion pictures-- United States-- History-- 20th century
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Motion picture industry-- United States-- History-- 20th century
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| Dewey Classification
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791.43/0973/09041
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| LC Classification
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PN1993.5.U6K39 2001
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