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Film art : an introduction / David Bordwell, Kristin Thompson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : McGraw-Hill, c2010.Edition: 9th edDescription: xx, 519 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9780073386164 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0073386162 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.4301 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1995 .B617 2010
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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.

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