Research Catalog

Title

Big picture, small screen : the relations between film and television / edited by John Hill and Martin McLoone.

Publication

Luton, Bedfordshire, England : University of Luton Press, [1996?]

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Additional Authors

• Hill, John.
• McLoone, Martin.
• Hill, John (W. John)

Description

vii, 269 p. : ill., ports.; 24 cm.

Summary

This work features contributions from academics and media professionals who ask: what is the history of involvement between film and television in the US, Europe, Britain and Ireland; what are the sources of television finance for film; and what are the consequences for the type of film made?

Series Statement

Acamedia research monograph, 0956-9057 ; 16

Uniform Title

Acamedia research monographs ; 16.

Subject

• Motion pictures and television
• Television broadcasting of films > Great Britain
• Motion picture industry > Great Britain

Genre/Form

Television commercials

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Pt. 1: History and aesthetics -- The lure of the big picture: film, television, and Hollywood / Peter Kramer -- 'They think it's all over': the dramatic legacy of live television / Charles Barr -- Boxed in?: the aesthetics of film and television / Martin McLoone -- Speed, film and television: media moving apart / John Ellis -- Nine notes on cinema and television / Rod Stoneman -- Television programmes about the cinema: the making of moving pictures / Paul Kerr -- Pt. 2: Economics, production and technology -- British television and film: the making of a relationship / John Hill -- Getting the right approach: channel four and the British film industry / Michael Grade -- Channel four's policy towards film / David Aukin -- The BBC and film / Mark Shivas -- Film and television policy in Scotland / Andrea Calderwood -- Film and television in Wales / Dave Berry -- The BBC, television drama and film in Northern Ireland / Robert Cooper -- Film and television in Ireland: building a partnership / Ed Guiney -- The logic of convergence / John Caughie -- 'Enmeshed in British society but with a yen for American movies': film, television and Stephen Frears / John Hill -- Working in television and film: Verity Lambert / Sarah Edge -- Dial 'M' for movies: new technologies, new relations / Dan Fleming.

ISBN

1860200052 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^^97152215^

OCLC

• 39069118
• SCSB-11042954

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library