Cooke Style in British Television Drama

2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-26592-0
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 160 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Palgrave Close Readings in Film and Television

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cooke, L.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction 1. 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) Conclusion Appendix 1: Select Glossary of Technical Terms Appendix 2: Average Shot Lengths Notes and References Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

Lez Cooke is a Research Fellow in the Department of Media Arts at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is the author of British Television Drama: A History (2003), Troy Kennedy Martin (2007) and A Sense of Place: Regional British Television Drama, 1956-82 (2012).