Film art : an introduction /

Film is an art form with a language and an aesthetic all its own. Since 1979, David Bordwell, Kristin Thompson and now, Co-Author, Jeff Smith's Film Art has been the best-selling and most widely respected introduction to the analysis of cinema. Taking a skills-centered approach supported by exa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bordwell, David (Author), Thompson, Kristin, 1950- (Author), Smith, Jeff, 1962 December 17- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : McGraw-Hill Education, [2017]
Edition:Eleventh edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Film art and filmmaking. Film as art : creativity, technology, and business
  • Film form. The significance of film form ; Narrative form
  • Film style. The shot: mise-en-scene ; The shot: cinematography ; The relation of shot to shot: editing ; Sound in the cinema ; Summary: style and film form
  • Types of films. Film genres ; Documentary, experimental, and animated films
  • Critical analysis of films. Film criticism: sample analyses
  • Film art and film history. Historical changes in film art: conventions and choices, tradition and trends.