Film Art: An Introduction - Brossura

Bordwell, David; Thompson, Kristin

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ISBN 10: 0071220577 ISBN 13: 9780071220576

Casa editrice: McGraw-Hill Education, 2010

Riassunto

Film is an art form with a language and an aesthetic all its own. Since 1979, David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson's Film Art has been the best-selling and widely respected introduction to the analysis of cinema. Taking a skills-centered approach supported by a wide range of examples from various periods and countries, the authors strive to help students develop a core set of analytical skills that will deepen their understanding of any film, in any genre. Frame enlargements throughout the text enable students to view images taken directly from completed films, while an optional, text-specific tutorial CD-ROM helps clarify and reinforce specific concepts addressed in the text with the use of film clips. Building on these strengths, the ninth edition adds coverage of new technologies, updated examples, and references to the authors' acclaimed weblog to provide unparalleled currency and connect students with the world of cinema today.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

David Bordwell is Jacques Ledoux Professor Emeritus of Film Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  He  holds a master's degree and a doctorate in film from the University of Iowa.  His books include The Films of Carl Theodor Dreyer (University of California Press, 1981), Narration in the Fiction Film (University of Wisconsin Press, 1985), Ozu and the Poetics of Cinema (Princeton University Press, 1988), Making Meaning: Inference and Rhetoric in the Interpretation of Cinema (Harvard University Press, 1989), The Cinema of Eisenstein (Harvard University Press, 1993), On the History of Film Style (Harvard University Press, 1997), Planet Hong Kong: Popular Cinema and the Art of Entertainment (Harvard University Press, 2000), Figures Traced in Light: On Cinematic Staging (University of California Press, 2005), The Way Hollywood Tells It: Story and Style in Modern Movies (University of California Press, 2006), and The Poetics of Cinema (Routledge, 2008).  He has won a University Distinguished Teaching Award and was awarded an honorary degree by the University of Copenhagen.  His we site is www.davidbordwell.net.

Contenuti:

Part One: Film Art and Filmmaking

Chapter 1. Putting Films on Screen

Part Two: Film Form

Chapter 2. The Significance of Film Form

Chapter 3. Narrative as a Formal System

Part Three: Film Style

Chapter 4. The Shot: Mise-en-Scene

Chapter 5. The Shot: Cinematography

Chapter 6. The Relation of Shot to Shot: Editing

Chapter 7. Sound in the Cinema

Chapter 8. Style as a Formal System

Part Four: Types of Films

Chapter 9. Film Genres

Chapter 10. Documentary, Experimental, and Animated Films

Part Five: Critical Analysis of Films

Introduction: Writing a Critical Analysis of a Film

Chapter 11. Sample Analyses

Part Six: Film Art and Film History

Chapter 12. Film Art and Film History

Su questa edizione

• Editore: McGraw-Hill Education
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0071220577
• ISBN 13: 9780071220576
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 539