At the Movies, Film Reviewing, and Screenwriting

Selective Affinities and Cultural Mediation

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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Beskrivning

This book examines film reviewing and screenwriting as key sites of cultural mediation, providing new insights on the relationship between criticism and reviewing, as well as the way reviewers handle concepts of story, dialogue and narrative. Drawing on the work of Pierre Bourdieu on the cultural field and his theory of taste, the book provides an assessment of the place of film reviewing in contemporary screen culture. The book analyses a case study comprised of ten years of television scripts of the Australian film reviewing programme At the Movies (2004–2014). Hosted by two of Australia’s most eminent film critics, Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton, for over a decade, this study of At the Movies provides a unique window into film reviewing, movie consumption, and wider cultural attitudes in this period of Australian cultural history. It examines the programme’s cultural significance, and the contribution of Margaret and David to screen culture. This book makes a significant contribution to an under-studied area of media studies (the review), screenwriting research through the analysis of broadcast scripts and cultural studies through the study of an important television programme.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-08-08
Mått:170 x 244 x 17 mm
Vikt:651 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:280
Förlag:Intellect
ISBN:9781835951163

Utforska kategorier

Kultur och medier inom Samhälle och politik
Film inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Steven Maras is associate professor of media and communication at the University of Western Australia. He is author of Screenwriting: History, Theory and Practice (Wallflower, 2009) and editor of Ethics in Screenwriting: New Perspectives (Palgrave, 2016). He also co-edits the Palgrave Studies in Screenwriting book series.

Innehållsförteckning

List of FiguresList of TablesList of AbbreviationsAcknowledgementsAbout At the MoviesPreface1. At the Movies, Reviewing and Screenwriting - From Elective to Selective Affinities- Film ReviewingTwo Approaches: Functionalism and RhetoricShifting the Criticism/Reviewing Distinction- Screenwriting2. At the Movies and Its Influence- The Business of Managing the Review ProcessDebunking the Powerful Critic Theory- The Margaret and David Effect- A Variable Cultural Field: From Restricted to Large-Scale- The Persona of the Critic - The Responsibilities of the ReviewerProximity to IndustryThe Australian New Wave3. Arbiters of Taste- Inside the Gut- Where the Reviewer Sits- Summary Judgements - The Gospel According to David and Margaret - Taste, Taste Culture or Cultural Forum4. The Politics of Classification- Ken Park (2002) - Romper Stomper (1992) - Wolf Creek 2 (2013) 5. Three Discourse Frames (Australia, 1987–2002)- Frame 1: Funding Methods and Creative Outcomes- Frame 2: The Crisis in the Film Industry and the Script as Problematic Object- Frame 3: The Doxa6. The Discursive Construction of Screenwriting in At the Movies (2004–2014)- Method - Coding: Script, Screenplay, Screenwriter- Analysis7. The Well-Made Screenplay: At the Movies as an Aesthetic Enterprise- Performing the Doxa- Problematizations and Conclusions 8. In Interview: David Stratton on Reviewing and At the Movies9. In Interview: Margaret Pomeranz on Reviewing and At the MoviesAppendix 1: Notes on Method, Verification and ExclusionsAppendix 2: ‘Written by’Appendix 3: DVD ClassicsAppendix 4: Selective Reference List of Descriptors used by Margaret and DavidList of Film and Television Works CitedReferencesIndex