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The language of film

Edgar-Hunt, Robert, author, Marland, John, Rawle, Steven

Overview

\"Becoming an effective filmmaker involves being deliberately mindful of the structures and conventions that allow film to communicate meaning to a global audience. The Language of Film explores complex topics such as semiotics, narrative, intertextuality, ideology and the aesthetics of film in a clear and straightforward style, enabling you to apply these ideas and techniques to your own analysis or film-making. With full-colour film stills, in-depth case studies and a wide range of practical exercises, The Language of Film will help you to make the transition from consumer to practitioner - from someone who just responds to the language of film, to someone who actively uses it. In the second edition, a new chapter examines how sound contributes to narrative and space to tell stories, create imaginary worlds and shape the realist (and often non-realist) effect of cinema. Along with two case studies from the first edition, Seven (dir: David Fincher) and Citizen Kane (dir: Orson Welles), the second edition also includes five new case studies: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (dir: Ben Stiller), Dead Man's Shoes (dir: Shane Meadows), Hero (dir: Yimou Zhang), Berberian Sound Studio (d: Peter Strickland) and Psycho (d: Alfred Hitchcock)\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Fairchild Books, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Subject: Motion pictures Semiotics. / Motion pictures Production and direction. / Cinematography. / ART / Film & Video. / PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / Direction & Production. / PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / Reference.
• ISBN: 9781472575241, 1472575245

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
PN1995.E345 2015	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE