Film Art: An IntroductionFilm is an art form with a language and an aesthethic all its own, and since 1979 David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson's 'Film Art' has been the most respected introduction to and analysis of cinema. In this 7th edition, the book has been extensively re-designed to improve readability. |
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Page 176
... Scene O f all the techniques of cinema , mise - en - scene is the one with which we are most familiar . After seeing a film , we may not recall the cutting or the camera move- ments , the dissolves or the ... Scene What Is Mise-en-Scene?
... Scene O f all the techniques of cinema , mise - en - scene is the one with which we are most familiar . After seeing a film , we may not recall the cutting or the camera move- ments , the dissolves or the ... Scene What Is Mise-en-Scene?
Page 177
... scene even though Ford nei- ther planned it nor controlled it ; it was a lucky accident that helped create one of the film's most affecting passages . Jean Renoir , Robert Altman , and other ... Scene 177 Realism The Power of Mise-en-Scene.
... scene even though Ford nei- ther planned it nor controlled it ; it was a lucky accident that helped create one of the film's most affecting passages . Jean Renoir , Robert Altman , and other ... Scene 177 Realism The Power of Mise-en-Scene.
Page 220
... scene helps compose the film shot in space and time . Setting , lighting , costume , and staging interact to create patterns of movement , of color and depth , line and shape ... Scene Narrative Functions of Mise-en-Scene: Our Hospitality.
... scene helps compose the film shot in space and time . Setting , lighting , costume , and staging interact to create patterns of movement , of color and depth , line and shape ... Scene Narrative Functions of Mise-en-Scene: Our Hospitality.
Contents
ONE CHAPTER ONE Film Production Distribution and Exhibition 1 | 18 |
PART Film Form | 47 |
CHAPTER THREE Narrative as a Formal System | 68 |
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