Making-Ofs and Behind the Scenes

Monday, September 17, 2018 to Friday, September 21, 2018

Theme week organized by

Star Wars: The Force Awakens "Legacy" Featurette (Comic Con Experience, Brazil) #DarthViral #StarWars. Image via Flickr Creative Commons by DarthViral.

MGM’s 1925 Studio Tour and Promotional “Tours” of Labor in Early Hollywood

By erinhill

Monday, September 17, 2018

1 comment

The Making of The Night of the Iguana in Mexico

By Daniel Steinhart

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

2 comments

An Avant-Garde Promotional Film Directed by USC Student George Lucas

By andymyers

Wednesday, September 19, 2018

1 comment

The ‘Making-of’ Featurette as a Flirty Object

By Mila Zuo

Thursday, September 20, 2018

Cultural Production of Black Panther behind the scenes

By Leah Aldridge

Friday, September 21, 2018

Recent comments

Re: An Avant-Garde Promotional Film Directed by USC Student George Lucas

A Revelation...

By Daniel Steinhart

9 hours 4 min ago

This was a revelation when you first shared this featurette with me. If anyone were to canonize making-ofs, this could be included, as both a subversion and an elevation of the form. This being a Lucas film, it's also hard not to look...
Re: The Making of The Night of the Iguana in Mexico

Great observations and

By Daniel Steinhart

9 hours 31 min ago

Great observations and question. Having watched many of these kinds of featurettes, I tend to see this disparity as a strategy of trying to visualize the voice-over with whatever footage is available but not always getting the right...
Re: The Making of The Night of the Iguana in Mexico

documentary impulse

By Mila Zuo

Wednesday, September 19, 2018 - 00:10

I really enjoyed this, and particularly the verité feel struck by the asynchronicity between voice and image, as you mention, Daniel. I especially like when Richard Burton says that the best part about being actor is that you can see the...
Re: MGM’s 1925 Studio Tour and Promotional “Tours” of Labor in Early Hollywood

The Power of Studio Tours

By Daniel Steinhart

Monday, September 17, 2018 - 20:01

As you did in NEVER DONE, you show the value of studying studio tours and treating them as primary source objects. Your analysis of how these films reveal invisible labor and the structures of racism and sexism is sharp-eyed. Thanks for introducing...
Re: Being Seen: Cosplay and Performative Identity

Hmmm...

By TaLynn Kel

Saturday, September 15, 2018 - 01:54

In cosplay, there is still a reward for most closely resembling the character, which is one of the reasons why body types and skin tones are criticized. There is always the risk of elitism, as there is no one set of skills that impresses everyone...

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Making-Ofs and Behind the Scenes

MGM’s 1925 Studio Tour and Promotional “Tours” of Labor in Early Hollywood

The Making of The Night of the Iguana in Mexico

An Avant-Garde Promotional Film Directed by USC Student George Lucas

The ‘Making-of’ Featurette as a Flirty Object

Cultural Production of Black Panther behind the scenes

Making-Ofs and Behind the Scenes

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