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

By: Bordwell, David [author]

Contributor(s): Thompson, Kristin, 1950-

Language: English Publisher: New York, new York : McGraw-Hill, c2001Edition: Sixth editionDescription: xx, 458 pages : illustrations (some color.) ; 26 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0072317256 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780072389326Subject(s): Motion pictures -- AestheticsDDC classification: 791.43 LOC classification: PN1995 | .B617 2001

Contents:

ch. 1. Film production, distribution, and exhibition -- ch. 2. The significance of film form -- ch. 3. Narrative as a formal system -- ch. 4. Film genres -- ch. 5. Documentary, experimental, and animated films -- ch. 6. The shot : mise-en-scene -- ch. 7. The shot : cinematography -- ch. 8. The relation of shot to shot : editing -- ch. 9. Sound in the cinema -- ch. 10. Style as a formal system -- ch. 11. Film criticism : sample analyses -- ch. 12. Film form and film history.

Summary: An introduction to the fundamentals of serious film study - images throughout the book are collected from actual film frames, not from production stills or advertising photos. The film references in the text have been updated and the emphasis is on the study of whole films, not excerpts.

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The McGraw-Hill film viewer's guide / David Bordwell (33 p.) enclosed.

Includes index.

ch. 1. Film production, distribution, and exhibition --
ch. 2. The significance of film form --
ch. 3. Narrative as a formal system --
ch. 4. Film genres --
ch. 5. Documentary, experimental, and animated films --
ch. 6. The shot : mise-en-scene --
ch. 7. The shot : cinematography --
ch. 8. The relation of shot to shot : editing --
ch. 9. Sound in the cinema --
ch. 10. Style as a formal system --
ch. 11. Film criticism : sample analyses --
ch. 12. Film form and film history.

An introduction to the fundamentals of serious film study - images throughout the book are collected from actual film frames, not from production stills or advertising photos. The film references in the text have been updated and the emphasis is on the study of whole films, not excerpts.

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