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Film and Television

A Guide to the Reference Literature

Häftad, Engelska, 2006

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The popularity and pervasiveness of film and television in 21st-century life is inescapable. Whether viewed as entertainment, educational, or cultural forms, the effect of these media on our lifestyles and attitudes is unmistakable. No wonder an increasing number of academics, students, and laypeople are drawn to study their particular appeal. Mark Emmons's magnum opus is a true labor of love. International in scope, it offers 1,244 substantially annotated entries, organized by topic. Its focus is movies and television shows: how they are produced; the people who make and appear in them; their content, their distribution and exhibition; and their reception by audiences, reviewers, critics, and scholars. Beginning with general guides, dictionaries and encyclopedias, the book then turns to filmographies, filmmakers, and filmmaking respectively. Filmographies lists films and television shows in the categories of national cinema and genre, made by studios or filmmakers, or featuring various groups of people. Filmmakers includes biographies and credits for filmmakers and actors. Filmmaking includes reference sources on making film and television shows. An indispensable guide for librarians, faculty, students, neophyte filmmakers, and fans everywhere.

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Utgivningsdatum2006-03-30
Mått156 x 235 x 21 mm
Vikt624 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieReference Sources in the Humanities
Antal sidor384
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781563089145
UtmärkelserWinner of CHOICE Outstanding Academic Titles, 2006 2006

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Mark Emmons is Librarian and Associate Professor at the University of New Mexico. His lifelong passion for film led him to work briefly in the film and television industry immediately after graduating from UCLA in 1983. Realizing that he liked watching films more than making them, he explored a career in teaching before finding his niche as a librarian in 1990. As a librarian, he has selected books and films for the library collection, taught students how to conduct research, and answered reference questions about film and television. He has also written chapters on web-based film resources and on how to teach film research to undergraduates.

IntroductionIndexes and BibliographiesDictionaries and EncyclopediasGeneral Film and Television FilmographiesNational CinemaGenresFormatsStudiosPortrayalsFilmmakersScreenplaysMaking Films and Television ProgramsFilm and Television IndustryFans and AudienceAppendix A: Library of Congress Subject HeadingsAppendix B: Library of Congress Moving Image Genre/Form ListAppendix C: Library of Congress Classification-by SubjectAppendixD: Library of Congress Classification-by ClassificationAppendix E: Dewey Decimal Classification-by SubjectAppendix F: Dewey Decimal ClassificationIndex: Author and TitleIndex: Topical

Emmons's passion for the large and small screen is evident in this annotated bibliography of reference sources, for which he personally examined and described over 1,200 resources. Recognizing that movies and television are now legitimate areas of growing scholarly analysis, his work identifies print titles (exhaustively) and free and subscription Web sites (selectively). Beyond the standard bibliographies, encyclopedias, and even filmographies, works are organized by topic….Emmons reluctantly limits himself to English-language publications (but spends 46 pages on worldwide cinema) and excludes journalism, individuals and individual works, memorabilia, and trivia. Brief explanatory topic introductions precede carefully done, insightful source annotations that speak to quality, currency, and uniqueness. Appendixes provide bonuses: recommended LC subject headings; LC Moving Image Genre/Form List; a breakdown of LC classification PN1900 by subject, then by classification number, followed by similar information for Dewey. An excellent guide for researchers. Highly recommended. Lower-level undergraduates and above.