Filming Difference: Actors, Directors, Producers, and Writers on Gender, Race, and Sexuality in Film - Softcover

 
9780292719743: Filming Difference: Actors, Directors, Producers, and Writers on Gender, Race, and Sexuality in Film
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ISBN 10: 0292719744 ISBN 13: 9780292719743
Publisher: University of Texas Press, 2009

Synopsis

Addressing representation and identity in a variety of production styles and genres, including experimental film and documentary, independent and mainstream film, and television drama, Filming Difference poses fundamental questions about the ways in which the art and craft of filmmaking force creative people to confront stereotypes and examine their own identities while representing the complexities of their subjects.

Selections range from C. A. Griffith's "Del Otro Lado: Border Crossings, Disappearing Souls, and Other Transgressions" and Celine Perreñas Shimizu's "Pain and Pleasure in the Flesh of Machiko Saito's Experimental Movies" to Christopher Bradley's "I Saw You Naked: 'Hard' Acting in 'Gay' Movies," along with Kevin Sandler's interview with Paris Barclay, Yuri Makino's interview with Chris Eyre, and many other perspectives on the implications of film production, writing, producing, and acting.

Technical aspects of the craft are considered as well, including how contributors to filmmaking plan and design films and episodic television that feature difference, and how the tools of cinema—such as cinematography and lighting—influence portrayals of gender, race, and sexuality. The struggle between economic pressures and the desire to produce thought-provoking, socially conscious stories forms another core issue raised in Filming Difference. Speaking with critical rigor and creative experience, the contributors to this collection communicate the power of their media.

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About the Author

Daniel Bernardi is Director of Film and Media Studies at Arizona State University in Tempe. He is the author of STAR TREK and History: Race-ing Toward Whiteness and editor of several volumes on whiteness and film history.

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Publisher
University of Texas Press
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0292719744
ISBN 13 
9780292719743
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
390
Editor
Bernardi Daniel

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