Marketed as more affordable and safer than film cameras, the Kinora
system, launched in 1903, was one of the first amateur filmmaking
devices and represents one of the earliest attempts to create a
domestic market for moving images. In The Enchanting Kinora, Elizabeth
Evans examines the Kinora in its technological, industrial and
socio-cultural context to explore how early attempts to domesticate
moving images were configured. She closely analyses 84 previously
unexamined Kinora reels, filmed using the early motion picture device
between 1908-1913 and held by the Smedley Collection. These include 23
reels that were produced for public consumption and others that were
meant solely for private viewing by the Smedley family. She goes on to
consider the reels as material objects, examining not only their
content, but also how the collection was preserved and catalogued by
members of the family. Finally, she reflects on her own connection to
the reels as the Smedleys' great-granddaughter. In doing so, Evans
expands our understanding of moving images' emergence as part of a
wider network of cultural practices in Edwardian Britain that featured
within domestic as well as public and professional spaces.
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Domesticating Moving Images in Edwardian Britain
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781839026904
Publisert
2024
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
British Film Institute
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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