Style in British Television Drama [electronic resource] /
Cooke, L.author.
Holloway, Royal,author.
This pioneering book provides detailed analysis of scenes from nine British television dramas produced between 1954 and 2001. Taking dinner table scenes as a recurring motif, the study analyses changes in televisual style with reference to production practices, technology, aesthetic preferences, and social and institutional change.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroduction1.Nineteen Eighty-Four (BBC, 1954)2. Coronation Street (ITV, 1960)3.The Bond (BBC1, 1965)4.Upstairs Downstairs (ITV, 1971)5.Bar Mitzvah Boy (BBC1, 1976)6.Middlemarch (BBC2, 1994)7.This Life (BBC2, 1996)8.Births, Marriages and Deaths (BBC2, 1999)9.Teachers (Channel 4, 2001)ConclusionAppendix 1: Select Glossary of Technical TermsAppendix 2: Average Shot LengthsNotes and ReferencesBibliographyIndex.
This pioneering book provides detailed analysis of scenes from nine British television dramas produced between 1954 and 2001. Taking dinner table scenes as a recurring motif, the study analyses changes in televisual style with reference to production practices, technology, aesthetic preferences, and social and institutional change.
Motion pictures-Production and direction.
Motion pictures and television.
Culture-Study and teaching.
Civilization-History.
Film genres.
Motion pictures-History.
Directing.
Screen Studies.
Regional and Cultural Studies.
Cultural History.
Genre.
Film History.