Bergman's Muses: Æsthetic Versatility in Film, Theatre, Television and RadioBergman is a most versatile director who has devoted himself to several muses in a variety of media. Apart from being a writer of plays and screenplays, he has over the past fifty years directed about a hundred stage performances, fifty films, and many works for radio and television. During this time, all the production equipment used have undergone significant changes (allowing, just for instance, a more varied and subtle use of light and sound). But by his own admission, Bergman's texts have often lacked a clear orientation toward a specific medium. This book focuses on Bergman's way of tackling the problems inherent in each art form he has dealt with, giving a penetrating picture of his craftsmanship and the intimate relationship between his work on stage and in film, as well as the possibilities and limitations of the various forms. With the varied media at his disposal, Bergman is internationally the most versatile author-cum-director presently at work, well aware of what each medium can and cannot do and, most importantly, eager to test its borders. The book addresses itself not only to Bergman fans but also to all those interested in the aesthetic problems related to different presentational forms. |
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... Audience 172 13. The Hidden Observers 181 14. The Silent Characters 15. " This Is My Hand " 197 204 EPILOGUE 215 Appendix : Subtitling Bergman 221 Notes 235 Bibliography Index 259 251 Preface The present book is a logical continuation ...
... audience ) : L Left ECU Extreme close - up R Right MCU Medium close - up C Center MS Medium shot BG Background LS Long shot FG Foreground HA High angle FR Frontal LA Low angle CU Close - up For media forms that lend themselves to ...
... audience : drama text , screenplay , stage , opera , radio , television and film . To a greater ( television , radio ... audience . Hot media are , therefore , low in participation , and cool media are high in participation or completion ...
... audience to ponder what they have just seen , raise their expectations as to what is to follow , and so on . But they can also be seen as a threat to the unity or the heightening of the mood . Bergman has often stressed the importance ...
... audience interactivity . Ubersfeld ( 15 ) notes , for example , that in the theater " le spectateur n'est jamais seul : son regard , en meme temps qu'il embrasse ce qui lui est montre , embrasse aussi les autres spectateurs don't il est ...