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The shape of motion : cinema and the aesthetics of movement /

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'The Shape of Motion' develops a method for analyzing movement on screen by identifying patterns or shapes of motion - called 'motion forms' - across a wide range of examples from the history of cinema. By examining a single motion form, each chapter rethinks persistent assumptio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schonig, Jordan (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Subjects:
Movement, Aesthetics of, in motion pictures.
Motion pictures > Aesthetics.
Cinéma > Esthétique.
PERFORMING ARTS.
Film & Video.
Media Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE.
Motion pictures > Aesthetics
Movement, Aesthetics of, in motion pictures
Electronic books.
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Summary:'The Shape of Motion' develops a method for analyzing movement on screen by identifying patterns or shapes of motion - called 'motion forms' - across a wide range of examples from the history of cinema. By examining a single motion form, each chapter rethinks persistent assumptions in film studies about cinema as a medium.
Item Description:Also issued in print: 2022.
Physical Description:1 online resource (264 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780190093921
0190093927
9780190093914
0190093919