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Fun, behind the scenes account of how they made the BBC P & P. Interesting for anyone who loves that series!
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The Making of Pride and Prejudice
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The BBC’s lavish adaptation of ‘Pride and Prejudice’, starring Colin Firth, was eighteen months in the making and continues to captivate audiences today. This indispensable companion to the series is packed with colour photographs, interviews and lavish illustrations.
Follow a typical day's filming, including the wholesale transformation of Lacock village into Jane Austen's Meryton. Discover how Colin Firth approaches the part of Darcy, how actors' costumes and wigs are designed and how Carl Davis recreates the period music and composes an original score. Piece together the roles of behind-the-scenes contributors from researchers to fencing masters.
Follow a typical day's filming, including the wholesale transformation of Lacock village into Jane Austen's Meryton. Discover how Colin Firth approaches the part of Darcy, how actors' costumes and wigs are designed and how Carl Davis recreates the period music and composes an original score. Piece together the roles of behind-the-scenes contributors from researchers to fencing masters.
128 pages, Paperback
First published September 7,1995
This edition
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128 pages, Paperback
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August 26, 2003 by Penguin Books Ltd
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9780140251579
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014025157X
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English
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While Downton Abbey has certainly deserved all the praise that's been heaped on it recently, there was another TV sensation over 15 years ago that caused another tsunami of fan fever, and probably had a huge impact on all the Austen (as well as other classic) book-to-film adaptations produced since 1995.
Pride and Prejudice remains one of the most highly loved books of all time, and this adaptation remains, IMO, the best adaptation (regardless of the teeny tiny fact that Colin Firth was too chubby to be n myn Mr. Darcy....sorry, it's true, ladies) :p
After recently finishing the excellent The World of Downton Abbey, I pulled this book out of my TBR pile so that I could immerse myself in another "behind-the-scenes" companion book. Unlike the Downton Abbey book, this book focused exclusively on the film production of the P&P mini-series, and gave the reader a very in-depth look at what it took to pull it off. My favorite part of the entire book focused on the owner of the house they used for the Bennett family. Her observations over having her home rented out for several months was fascinating (she continued living in a small corner of the house during the entire production). She seemed like a lovely, gracious lady, and I was happy to learn that she used some of the proceeds of the rental of her house to fix the roof after it was all done.
An entertaining read; recommended for fans of the mini (and it paid off to wait over 2 years for this to finally become available from my paperbackswap wishlist) :D
Pride and Prejudice remains one of the most highly loved books of all time, and this adaptation remains, IMO, the best adaptation (regardless of the teeny tiny fact that Colin Firth was too chubby to be n myn Mr. Darcy....sorry, it's true, ladies) :p
After recently finishing the excellent The World of Downton Abbey, I pulled this book out of my TBR pile so that I could immerse myself in another "behind-the-scenes" companion book. Unlike the Downton Abbey book, this book focused exclusively on the film production of the P&P mini-series, and gave the reader a very in-depth look at what it took to pull it off. My favorite part of the entire book focused on the owner of the house they used for the Bennett family. Her observations over having her home rented out for several months was fascinating (she continued living in a small corner of the house during the entire production). She seemed like a lovely, gracious lady, and I was happy to learn that she used some of the proceeds of the rental of her house to fix the roof after it was all done.
An entertaining read; recommended for fans of the mini (and it paid off to wait over 2 years for this to finally become available from my paperbackswap wishlist) :D
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This book is a wonderful exploration of what went into making what I believe will always be the best filmed interpretation of Pride and Prejudice. If you're interested in what goes on when putting this kind of thing together, check it out.
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Reading about all the work and care behind a production of this size and complexity is a fascinating read, and a lot of thought and care was put into the writing of this book. I however felt that a lot of what was said was said with too many words, and some of the sections didn't much touch things I was interested in knowing about (for example, in the one dedicated to the script there's a lot about the technical aspects of writing the script and little about the writer's perspective on the story and characters). I also wished to read more of the actors on the characters (as I expected, having read The Making of Jane Austen's Emma before).
The most interesting parts in my opinion were the ones about sets, locations, costumes, filming schedules, and the bits of interview to the cast. The Book is filled with good quality pictures of screenshots, publicity photos and behind the scenes candid shots.
The most interesting parts in my opinion were the ones about sets, locations, costumes, filming schedules, and the bits of interview to the cast. The Book is filled with good quality pictures of screenshots, publicity photos and behind the scenes candid shots.
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Amazing and excelent book. I love it
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What can bring more pleasure than a book about your favorite movie. It was a great book with a lot of information about almost everything: cloth patterns, hair, lightning, flowers and wallpapers, something we do not even pay attention while watching. But it still requires a lot of work, time and money to connect all those tiny details into a whole picture that it respond to the time shown.
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If you are a fan of the movie, this is a fun book to read.
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This is an old book now but for anyone, like me, who still loves the BBC Colin Firth version and rewatches it often, it is a fascinating behind the scenes look at everything that went into making the programme so great. Choosing locations, casting, costumes and fabrics, make up, hairstyles and wigs, composing the music and learning the dances, lighting, getting the food right, even matching the right carriages depending on the wealth of their owners. Months of work, planning, rehearsals and filming. Lots of interviews and photos. I loved it..
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