Modern Acting The Lost Chapter of American Film and Theatre (Palgrave Studies in Screen Industries and Performance) by CynthiaBaron Paperback, 332 Pages, Published 2016 by Palgrave Macmillan ISBN-13: 978-1-349-68083-2, ISBN: 1-349-68083-4
"Though it is often neglected in cinema scholarship, screen performance is a crucial element in the ideological and emotional impact of films. More Than a Method: Trends and Traditions in Contemporary Film Performance features twelve essays that analyze performance in post-1950s film, addressing distinct questions about the working relationships between actors and directors and discussing the interplay between performance and cinematic t ..."
"American culture changed radically over the course of the 1960s, and the culture of Hollywood was no exception. The film industry began the decade confidently churning out epic spectacles and lavish musicals, but became flummoxed as new aesthetics and modes of production emerged, and low-budget youth pictures like "Easy Rider "became commercial hits. "New Constellations: Movie Stars of the 1960s" tells the story of the final glory days ..."
Acting Indie Industry, Aesthetics, and Performance by CynthiaBaron, Yannis Tzioumakis 347 Pages, Published 2020 by Springer Nature ISBN-13: 978-1-137-40863-1, ISBN: 1-137-40863-4
"With the narrative centered on first-time actor Ellar Coltrane who plays Mason, Jr.,
audiences become attentive to slight shifts of expression in his face. Framing and
editing choices, including a selective use of point-of-view shots, allow these ..."
Denzel Washington by CynthiaBaron 172 Pages, Published 2017 by Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-84457-919-8, ISBN: 1-84457-919-0
"Film Genre Reader (Austin: University of Texas Press), pp. 129–39. deCordova,
R. (1990), Picture Personalities: The Emergence of the Star System in America (
Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press). Denby, D. (2012), 'High Times:
“Flight” and “Skyfall”', New Yorker (12 November), pp. 94–5. De Vries, H. (1990), '
Denzel Washington's Upward Mobility: He Has Become Hollywood's Leading
Young Black Actor. But One Part Rankles: “ ..."
"Waiting for Lefty premiered on January 6, 1934, at the Civic Repertory Theatre “at
an evening organized by the League of Workers Theatres”; at the play's
conclusion, the ... the production opened on Broadway in February 1935 and ran
until July, with 184 shows. Awake and Sing! would become known as “the
signature play of the Group Theatre.”62 The ... Day I Die. After the program
featuring Odets' two short plays opened in March 1935, ..."
"paintings, rather than someone interested in staring at Jasmin as if she were an
object (Alpers 140). There is a mirror placed above and behind Rudi; here, the
mirror does not symbolize the female nude's vanity but instead draws attention to
the artisan's efforts to represent the woman he loves (Berger 50–51). Rudi's
quirky but respectful study of Jasmin is comparable to Sal watching Brenda with
engaged concern throughout the film. ..."
"22 The Rules of the Game (1939) exempli‹es that ap- proach, for audiences are
consistently given the “opportunity to choose their visual focus from among a
multiplicity of simultaneous actions.”23 For example, when the guests ‹rst arrive
at La Colinière, the country es- tate of Marquis Robert de la Chesnaye (Marcel
Dalio) and his wife Christine (Nora Gregor), we explore the contrasting and
quickly shifting subjective experiences co ..."
Adobe Photoshop Forensics Sleuths, Truths, and Fauxtography by CynthiaBaron 384 Pages, Published 2008 by Cengage Learning ISBN-13: 978-1-59863-643-7, ISBN: 1-59863-643-X
"License. In 2006, award-winning North Carolina photographer Patrick Schneider
was fired by the Charlotte Observer for editing a photo (Figure 5-1 I). This wasn't
the first time that he had been called out for doing what comes naturally to a
photographer raised in the analog world. He was warned in 2003 for using
Similar adjustments. At no point did Schneider deny the accusations, but he did
defend them as being well within all prev ..."
"Hollywood has long been associated with scandal--with covering it up, with managing its effects, and, in some cases, with creating and directing it. In putting together Headline Hollywood, Adrienne McLean and David Cook approach the relationship between Hollywood and scandal from a fresh perspective. The contributors consider some of the famous transgressions that shocked Hollywood and its audiences during the last century, and ex ..."
"Screen performances entertain and delight us but we rarely stop to consider actors reliance on their craft to create memorable characters. Although film acting may appear effortless, a host of techniques, artistic conventions, and social factors shape the construction of each role. The chapters in "Acting" provide a fascinating, in-depth look at the history of film acting, from its inception in 1895 when spectators thrilled at the sight ..."
"A low-budget independent film made by a now defunct video company in the late 1980s, "Dirty Dancing" became a sleeper hit with a huge, primarily young audience. Even twenty-five years on, the film has found millions of devoted fans around the world through TV, video, and DVD releases. In "The Time of Our Lives: "Dirty Dancing" and Popular Culture" editors Yannis Tzioumakis and Si?n Lincoln bring together leading scholars of film, media, ..."
"Hollywood has long been associated with scandal--with covering it up, with managing its effects, and, in some cases, with creating and directing it. In putting together Headline Hollywood, Adrienne McLean and David Cook approach the relationship between Hollywood and scandal from a fresh perspective. The contributors consider some of the famous transgressions that shocked Hollywood and its audiences during the last century, and ex ..."
"Contributors to this collection reveal how Black literary and filmic texts are sites of negotiation between dominant and resistant perspectives."
Denzel Washington by CynthiaBaron 176 Pages, Published 2019 by Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-83871-526-7, ISBN: 1-83871-526-6
"In this illuminating insight into Denzel Washington's multifaceted image and remarkable career, Cynthia Baron traces his star persona and impact on mainstream society – from his time as a skilled actor in theatre and television in the ..."