The Place of the Audience: Cultural Geographies of Film ConsumptionIt has been a recurring complaint both within and against film studies that it has largely ignored the activities of audiences. This book aims to address this absence (as compared to television studies) and to explain its cause. The authors argue that there is a social context in which the consumption of film can be understood or studied historically; demonstrating that a concentration on the place of film consumption within the changing cultural politics of the city can offer a compelling and productive focus of analysis. This book examines not only the different meanings of different sites of film exhibition and distribution (city-centre cinemas, local cinemas, art-house cinemas, multiplexes, terrestrial television transmission, video rental and retail, and satellite/cable), but also the meanings of the activities of film consumption associated with these sites. Through use of archival materials and ethnographic studies of the audience, the book examines the meanings of film consumption from the earliest film showings up to the 21st century. |
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Page 89
... sound films ' introduction and diffusion , and examines their reception within Nottingham . Certainly audiences responded positively to the novelty of sound but they also found sound films difficult in certain ways . Sound films also ...
... sound films ' introduction and diffusion , and examines their reception within Nottingham . Certainly audiences responded positively to the novelty of sound but they also found sound films difficult in certain ways . Sound films also ...
Page 94
... sound films after its two - week engagement . The Elite had not been converted to sound but was simply staging a touring exhibition , and it did not show another sound film until February 1930.8 The Hippodrome was the first Nottingham ...
... sound films after its two - week engagement . The Elite had not been converted to sound but was simply staging a touring exhibition , and it did not show another sound film until February 1930.8 The Hippodrome was the first Nottingham ...
Page 95
... sound films : The Western Electric Apparatus resulted in a rich and mellow sound from the four ' receivers ' ( or loud speakers ) behind the special screen and it was satisfactory reproduction . The voices ( especially the male ) were ...
... sound films : The Western Electric Apparatus resulted in a rich and mellow sound from the four ' receivers ' ( or loud speakers ) behind the special screen and it was satisfactory reproduction . The voices ( especially the male ) were ...
Contents
Contexts of Film Consumption | 16 |
Class Gender and Public Space in Early Film Consumption | 37 |
Slum Clearance Cinema Building and Differentiated Experiences | 83 |
Copyright | |
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