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

By: Bordwell, David.
Contributor(s): Thompson, Kristin | Smith, Jeff.
New York, NY, USA : McGraw-Hill Education, ©2020Edition: Twelfth edition, International student edition.Description: xvii, 494 pages, 31 variously numbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.ISBN: 9781260565669 (pbk).Subject(s): Motion pictures -- AestheticsDDC classification: 791.43 B64 2020
Contents:
Part 1 Film Art and Filmmaking -- 1. Film as Art: Creativity, Technology, and Business -- Part 2 Film Form -- 2. The Significance of Film Form -- 3. Narrative Form -- Part 3 Film Style -- 4. The Shot: Mise-en-Scene -- 5. The Shot: Cinematography -- 6. The Relation of Shot to Shot: Editing -- 7. Sound in the Cinema -- 8. Summary: Style and Film Form -- Part 4 Types of Films -- 9. Film Genres -- 10. Documentary, Experimental, and Animated Films -- Part 5 Critical Analysis of Films -- 11. Film Criticism: Sample Analyses -- Part 6 Film Art and Film History -- 12. Historical Changes in Film Art: Conventions and Choices, Tradition and Trends -- Glossary -- Index.
Summary: "Film Art provides the respected scholarship and analytic tools students need to understand key vocabulary and concepts of film forms, techniques, and history;appreciate a wide variety of classic and contemporary films and the creative choices made by filmmakers to shape the experience of viewers; and analyze films critically and systematically to enrich their understanding and appreciation of any film, in any genre"--
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Includes index.

Part 1 Film Art and Filmmaking --
1. Film as Art: Creativity, Technology, and Business --
Part 2 Film Form --
2. The Significance of Film Form --
3. Narrative Form --
Part 3 Film Style --
4. The Shot: Mise-en-Scene --
5. The Shot: Cinematography --
6. The Relation of Shot to Shot: Editing --
7. Sound in the Cinema --
8. Summary: Style and Film Form --
Part 4 Types of Films --
9. Film Genres --
10. Documentary, Experimental, and Animated Films --
Part 5 Critical Analysis of Films --
11. Film Criticism: Sample Analyses --
Part 6 Film Art and Film History --
12. Historical Changes in Film Art: Conventions and Choices, Tradition and Trends --
Glossary --
Index.

"Film Art provides the respected scholarship and analytic tools students need to understand key vocabulary and concepts of film forms, techniques, and history;appreciate a wide variety of classic and contemporary films and the creative choices made by filmmakers to shape the experience of viewers; and analyze films critically and systematically to enrich their understanding and appreciation of any film, in any genre"--

College of Arts and Sciences Bachelor of Arts in Communication

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