Bordwell, David.

Film art : an introduction / David Bordwell, Kristin Thompson. - 9th ed. - New York : McGraw-Hill, c2010. - xx, 519 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.

Includes bibliographical references, filmographies, and index.

Film art and filmmaking. Film as art : creativity, technology, and business -- Film form. The significance of film form ; Narrative as a formal system -- Film style. The shot : mise-en-scene ; The shot : cinematography ; The relation of shot to shot : editing ; Sound in the cinema ; Summary : style as a formal system -- Types of films. Film genres ; Documentary, experimental, and animated films -- Critical analysis of films. Film criticism : sample analyses -- Film history. Film art and film history.

An introduction to cinema as an art form, discussing how a film gets from the planning stages to the screen, film form, classification, techniques, and critical analysis; and surveying noteworthy periods and movements in film history.

Adult Follett Library Resources. Adult.



9780073386164 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0073386162 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2009042923


Motion pictures--Aesthetics.
Motion pictures.
Aesthetics.

PN1995 / .B617 2010

791.4301

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