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The Changing Spaces of Television Acting: From Studio Realism to Location Realism in BBC Television Drama
Richard Hewett
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Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 77 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ANC; APT; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
This title is an historical overview and a then-and-now comparison of performing for British television drama. By examining changing acting styles from distinct eras of television production - studio realism and location realism - it makes a unique contribution to both television and performance studies, unpacking the various determinants that have combined to influence how performers work in the medium. Comparing the original versions of The Quatermass Experiment (BBC, 1953), Doctor Who (BBC, 1963-89) and Survivors (BBC, 1975-77) with their respective modern-day re-makes, the book unpacks the developments that have resulted from the shift from multi-camera studio to single camera location production. Textual analysis is combined with extensive archive research into production process and reception, alongside interviews with numerous actors and production personnel from more than sixty years of television production. -- .
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784992989
SKU
V9781784992989
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Ref
99-15
About Richard Hewett
Richard Hewett is Lecturer in Media Theory at the University of Salford -- .
Reviews for The Changing Spaces of Television Acting: From Studio Realism to Location Realism in BBC Television Drama
'Hewett is interested in acting within the context of other practices and developments, such as directing, production practices, technology and actor training [.] Each chapter is given over to a particular production practice - studio realism and location realism - and approached with a broadly common set of questions and a specific example to anchor the wider argument [.] The validity of this approach is confirmed by the illuminating and detailed textual analysis that is at the heart of each chapter, which is used not to elucidate the narrative but to concretise the arguments made about space, the variety of actors' approaches and training and directorial and production practices.' Stephen Lacey, University of South Wales, Critical Studies in Television, Vol. 13, No. 4 (December 2018)
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