Amateur film : meaning and practice, 1927-77
Nicholson, Heather NorrisAuthor
Manchester : Manchester University Press,
2012.
A study of non professional film making using regional archive sources and oral history. The book traces the rise of Britain's amateur cine photography from its early pioneers, through its years of peak popularity to its adjustment to wider societal and technological changes.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
A study of non professional film making using regional archive sources and oral history. The book traces the rise of Britain's amateur cine photography from its early pioneers, through its years of peak popularity to its adjustment to wider societal and technological changes.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
1. Making space for a neglected visual history -- 2. The amateur club scene -- 3. The rise of a hobby press -- 4. Family life as fact and fiction -- 5. Local lives and communities -- 6. Gazing at other people working -- 7. An indispensable travel accessory -- 8. Socially engaged filmmaking -- 9. Moving pictures, moving on.
Amateur films
Motion pictures
Music, Dance, Drama & Film
Film