Daniel Steinhart
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The Power of Studio Tours
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 me to ... -
Great observations and
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 association. Your atte ... -
A Revelation...
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 at it through a ... -
Acting
Mila, this piece opened my eyes to an important feature of movie promotions: the teasing quality of teasers, the flirtiness of featurettes. From here you spin off some intriguing ideas that ends with a stunning closer about what it is that actors do, whic ... -
Breaking it down...
Leah, thanks for sharing this video, which I'll likely use in my own classes--lots to unpack here. This is such a rich BTS short and you deliver a crisp analysis of its functions. I'm totally fascinated that VANITY FAIR is behind this, which, as ...