Big Picture, Small Screen : The Relations Between Film and Television

by Hill, John

• ISBN13: 9781860200052
• ISBN10: 1860200052
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-09-01
• Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr

Summary

"An examination of the history of involvement between film and television in the United States, Europe, Britain, and Ireland, this book profiles how television has emerged as the most common site for watching films. Issues addressed include the sources of television finance for film and the consequences for the types of film made, whether filmmaking conventions have changed as a result of television influence, and the experiences of practitioners working in both film and television."

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction	p. 1
The Lure of the Big Picture: Film, Television and Hollywood	p. 9
'They Think It's All Over': The Dramatic Legacy of Live Television	p. 47
Boxed In?: The Aesthetics Of Film and Television	p. 76
Speed, Film and Television: Media Moving Apart	p. 107
Nine Notes on Cinema and Television	p. 118
Television Programmes about the Cinema: the Making of Moving Pictures	p. 133
British Television and Film: The Making of a Relationship	p. 151
Getting the Right Approach: Channel Four and the British Film Industry	p. 177
Channel Four's Policy Towards Film	p. 183
The BBC and Film	p. 184
Film and Television Policy in Scotland	p. 188
Film and Television in Wales	p. 196
The BBC, Television Drama and Film in Northern Ireland	p. 205
Film and Television in Ireland: Building a Partnership	p. 210
The Logic of Convergence	p. 215
'Enmeshed in British Society but with a yen for American Movies': Film, Television and Stephen Frears	p. 224
Working in Television and Film: Verity Lambert	p. 232
Dial 'M' for Movies: New Technologies, New Relations	p. 240
Notes on Contributors	p. 267
Stills Index	p. 269
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