Hollywood On Location An Industry History Joshua Gleich Editor Lawrence Webb Editor Jennifer Lynn Peterson Editor Sheri Chinen Biesen Editor Noelle Griffis Editor Daniel Steinhart Editor Julian Stringer Editor by Joshua Gleich (editor); Lawrence Webb (editor); Jennifer Lynn Peterson (editor); Sheri Chinen Biesen (editor); Noelle Griffis (editor); Daniel Steinhart (editor); Julian Stringer (editor) 9780813586281, 0813586283 instant download after payment.

Location shooting has always been a vital counterpart to soundstage production, and at times, the primary form of Hollywood filmmaking. But until now, the industrial and artistic development of this production practice has been scattered across the margins of larger American film histories. Hollywood on Location is the first comprehensive history of location shooting in the American film industry, showing how this mode of filmmaking changed Hollywood business practices, production strategies, and visual style from the silent era to the present. The contributors explore how location filmmaking supplemented and later, supplanted production on the studio lots. Drawing on archival research and in-depth case studies, the seven contributors show how location shooting expanded the geography of American film production, from city streets and rural landscapes to far-flung territories overseas, invoking a new set of creative, financial, technical, and logistical challenges. Whereas studio filmmaking sought to recreate nature, location shooting sought to master it, finding new production values and production economies that reshaped Hollywood’s modus operandi.