Fans, blockbusterisation, and the transformation of cinematic desire : global receptions of the 'Hobbit' film trilogy / Carolyn Michelle, Charles H. Davis, Ann L. Hardy, Craig Hight.
Michelle, Carolyn, author.; Davis, Charles, author.; Hardy, Ann, 1955- author.; Hight, Craig, author.
2017
PN1995.9.H364 M53 2017
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Title
Fans, blockbusterisation, and the transformation of cinematic desire : global receptions of the 'Hobbit' film trilogy / Carolyn Michelle, Charles H. Davis, Ann L. Hardy, Craig Hight.
Author
Michelle, Carolyn, author.
ISBN
9781137596161 (electronic book)
1137596163 (electronic book)
9781137596154
1137596155
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59616-1
Published
London : Palgrave MacMillan, [2017]
Copyright
©2017
Language
English
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1 online resource (350 pages)
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10.1057/978-1-137-59616-1 doi
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PN1995.9.H364 M53 2017
Summary
This book explores the evolution of audience receptions of Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy (2012-14) as an exemplar of the contemporary blockbuster event film franchise. Drawing on findings from a unique cross-cultural and longitudinal study, the authors argue that processes and imperatives associated with Hollywood 'blockbusterisation' shaped the trilogy's conditions of production, format, content, and visual aesthetic in ways that left many viewers progressively disenchanted. The chapters address public and private prefigurations of the Hobbit trilogy, modes of reception, new cinematic technologies and the Hobbit hyperreality paradox, gender representations, adaptation and the transformation of cinematic desire, and the role of social and cultural location in shaping audience engagement and response. This book will appeal to audience researchers, Q methodologists, scholars and students in film and media studies, Tolkien scholars, and Hobbit fans and critics alike.
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This book explores the evolution of audience receptions of Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy (2012-14) as an exemplar of the contemporary blockbuster event film franchise. Drawing on findings from a unique cross-cultural and longitudinal study, the authors argue that processes and imperatives associated with Hollywood 'blockbusterisation' shaped the trilogy's conditions of production, format, content, and visual aesthetic in ways that left many viewers progressively disenchanted. The chapters address public and private prefigurations of the Hobbit trilogy, modes of reception, new cinematic technologies and the Hobbit hyperreality paradox, gender representations, adaptation and the transformation of cinematic desire, and the role of social and cultural location in shaping audience engagement and response. This book will appeal to audience researchers, Q methodologists, scholars and students in film and media studies, Tolkien scholars, and Hobbit fans and critics alike.
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Davis, Charles, author.
Hardy, Ann, 1955- author.
Hight, Craig, author.
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Researching audience engagements with the Hobbit trilogy : a unique methodological approach
Adaptation, anticipation and cinematic desires : prefigurative engagements with a blockbuster fantasy franchise
Unexpected controversies cast a shadow over Middle-earth
The saga begins : mapping audience reactions to An unexpected journey
The rise of the Hobbit critic : from The desolation of Smaug to The battle of the five armies
Pioneering cinematic technologies and The Hobbit's hyperreality paradox
On the transformation of meaning and cinematic desire
Making sense of difference : how social location and identity shaped engagements with the Hobbit trilogy
Conclusion and methodogical reflections on a unique project.

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