Bibliographic Details
Authors and Corporations: Leotta, Alfio
published: New York : Bloomsbury Academic & Professional, 2017.
©2015.
Part of: The Bloomsbury Companions to Contemporary Filmmakers Series
Media Type: Book, E-Book

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Physical Description: 1 online resource (300 pages)
ISBN: 9781623560966
Edition: 1st ed.
Language: English
Part of: The Bloomsbury Companions to Contemporary Filmmakers Series
Subjects:
Print version:: Leotta, Alfio, Peter Jackson, New York : Bloomsbury Academic & Professional,c2017
Collection: E-Books adlr
Table of Contents
Cover
Half-title
Title
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. The Cinema of Peter Jackson
Biography
The early years
The birth of a film auteur
Building a film empire
Auteur as entrepreneur
Auteur theory
Themes
Style
2. Collaborative Relationships
Costa Botes
Philippa Boyens
Andrew Lesnie
Joe Letteri
Grant Major
Jamie Selkirk
Andy Serkis
Richard Taylor
Fran Walsh
3. Peter Jackson, Wellywood and the Global Dispersal of Film Production
Introduction
The New Zealand film industry
Jackson and the New Zealand Film Commission
Wellington
From Wellington to 'Wellywood'
Jackson and the global dispersal of film production
Conclusions
4. From Kaihoro to Middle Earth: The Imaginary Geography of Peter Jackson's Film Landscapes
Introduction
Landscape and New Zealand cinema
Locations and film production
Film geography
Middle Earth
Film tourism
Conclusions
A-Z Films/Themes/Key Concepts
3D
Aviation
Bad Taste
Braindead
Cameos
District 9
Forgotten Silver
Heavenly Creatures
Jack Brown Genius
High frame rate
King Kong
Meet the Feebles
Miniatures
Motion capture
Representation, Ethnicity and Race
Short films and minor projects
Sound
Special effects
Splatstick
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
The Frighteners
The Hobbit
Plot
Development
Adaptation
Production
Reception
The Lord of the Rings
Plot
Development
Adaptation
Production
Post-production
Marketing
The Lovely Bones
West of Memphis
Weta
Appendix 1: Filmography
Appendix 2: Selected Bibliography
Works Cited
Index.