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Because Close Up sought to review the film of its day, it had a substantial number of high-quality images in each issue. The images in the magazine included still-pictures of movie scenes, pictures of film sets, and portaits of important figures in film. These images accompanied articles that discussed and reviewed film thereby giving both visual and verbal descriptions



Macpherson's sketches
of a movie set


Close Up often showed
images of movie-sets

 


Close Up often printed pictures
of the film-making process.

 


Close Up printed many still shots from movies that they reviewed.

CLOSE UP, a monthly magazine to
begin battle for film art. Beginning July.
The first periodical to approach film
from any angle but the commonplace.
--1927 Advertisement for Close Up
(Donald 9)  

 

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Compiled by Sabrina Rissing (Class of '06, Davidson College).

 
 

 

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