Making film in Egypt how labor, technology, and mediation shape the industry

The enormous influence of the Egyptian film industry on popular culture and collective imagination across the Arab world is widely acknowledged, but little is known about its concrete workings behind the scenes. 'Making Film in Egypt' provides a fascinating glimpse into the lived reality o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: El Khachab, Chihab, 1991- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cairo ; New York : The American University in Cairo Press 2021.
Edición:Electronic edition
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b47441860*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine generated contents note: Locating Egyptian Film Production
  • Labor, Process, and Technology
  • Mediating Futures
  • What Comes Next
  • Inside Immobilia
  • 1. Industry
  • Into the New Millennium
  • An Interpersonal Political Economy
  • Local Models of the Industry
  • "Let's See ..."
  • 2. Process
  • Labor Hierarchies
  • Apprenticeship
  • Operational Sequence
  • Ways of Making Films
  • Paper, Phone, Laptop
  • 3. Reserves
  • On Tiknulujya
  • Commodity-Objects
  • Reserves
  • Work Time and Technology
  • Time and Budget
  • 4. Coordination
  • Budgeting
  • Scheduling
  • Transportation
  • Avoiding Delays
  • Being Available and Being Faultless
  • Logistical Mediation
  • Pre-light
  • 5. Visualization
  • Skill, Authority, and Vision
  • Scouting
  • Image Composition
  • Sound Work
  • Visual Mediation
  • First Cut
  • 6. Enchantment
  • Imagined Audiences
  • Enchantment
  • The Unspoken Audience
  • Empirical Audiences
  • The Afterparty
  • Retrospective.