| Description |
288 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 25 x 34 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
The first filmmakers (1896-1913) -- Early silent film cameramen -- The Salvation Army Limelight Department -- Bert Ive (1875-1939) -- The first film studios -- The Higgins brothers -- Silent film laboratories -- Lacey Percival ACS (1885-1968) -- Hand-cranked cameras -- Cameramen working in silent film after 1913 -- Frank Hurley ACS Hall of Fame (1885-1962) -- Blue Mountains mystery -- Shooting on location -- Internationalisation (1920s) -- The Burnes -- J.W. (Bill) Trerise ACS, ACS Hall of Fame (1898-1987) -- The 1927 Royal Commission -- The newsreels -- Feature film production (1930s) -- George Heath ACS (1901-1968) -- World War II (1939-1945) -- Damien Parer (1912-1944) -- Post-World War II production -- Ross Wood ACS, ACS Hall of Fame (1916-1980) -- Technological change (1940s-1960s) -- Volk Mol ACS (1926-2003) -- Ron Windon ACS, ACS Hall of Fame, ACS Life Member (b. 1933) -- A new era (late 1960s-1970s) -- Neil Davis ACS Hall of Fame (1934-1985) -- David Brill ACS Hall of Fame (b. 1944) -- The Taylors -- Russell Boyd ACS, ASC, ACS Hall of Fame (b. 1944) -- Don McAlpine ACS, ASC, ACS Hall of Fame (b. 1934) -- Peter James ACS, ASC, ACS Hall of Fame (b. 1947) -- Jim Frazier OAM, D.Sc. (Hon), ACS, ACS Hall of Fame (b. 1940) -- David Parer ACS, ACS Hall of Fame (b. 1945) -- Jan Kenny ACS, ACS Hall of Fame (b. 1947) -- Internationalisation (1980s-the present) -- Dean Semler AM, ACS, ASC, DGA, ACS Hall of Fame (b. 1943) -- John Seale AM, ACS, ASC, ACS Hall of Fame (b. 1942) -- Andrew Lesnie ACS, ASC, ACS Hall of Fame (b. 1956) -- Pieter de Vries ACS (b. 1950) -- The Anifex cinematographers -- Dion Beebe ACS, ASC (b. 1968) -- The revolution in technology -- The Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) list of members |
| Summary |
Contains photographs of working cinematographers from 1901 to the present, with historical text, biographies of Australian cinematographers & fascinating personal anecdotes from the film industry. Reveals little-known information about the role of cinematographers in Australian cinema, & challenges popular conceptions of our national film history |
| Analysis |
Australian |
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Cinema (Film studies) (Australia) |
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Filmographies (Australia) |
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Photography (Australia) |
| Notes |
"Australian Cinematographers Society." |
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Includes index |
| Audience |
General |
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Technical/Vocational/TAFE |
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Tertiary/Undergraduate |
| Subject |
'The Nib' Waverley Library Award for Literature Nominations (2012)
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Cinematographers -- Australia -- History -- Pictorial works.
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Cinematography -- Australia -- History -- Pictorial works.
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Cinematographers -- Australia -- History.
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Cinematography -- Australia -- History.
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Motion picture industry -- Australia -- History -- Pictorial works.
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Motion picture industry -- Australia -- History.
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Motion pictures -- Australia -- History -- Pictorial works.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia -- Social life and customs http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114315 -- Pictorial works. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001272
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Australia -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114315
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| Genre/Form |
Illustrated works.
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| Author |
Australian Cinematographers Society.
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| ISBN |
0987225200 (hbk) |
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0987225219 (paperback) |
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9780987225207 |
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9780987225214 |
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