| Description |
672 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Film as an art -- Technology : image and sound -- The language of film : signs and syntax -- The shape of film history -- Film theory : form and function -- Media : in the middle of things -- Multimedia : the digital revolution -- Film and media : a chronology -- Reading about film and media |
| Summary |
Looking at film from many vantage points, this book explores the medium as both art and craft, sensibility and science, tradition and technology. After examining film's close relation to such other narrative media as novel, painting, photography, television, and even music, the author discusses those elements necessary to understand how films convey meaning and, more importantly, how we can best discern all that a film is attempting to communicate |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 1981 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Audio-visual materials -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Audio-visual materials -- History and criticism.
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Audio-visual materials.
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Motion pictures -- Appreciation.
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Film criticism.
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Motion pictures.
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| Author |
Lindroth, David.
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Monaco, James, 1942-
How to read a film : the art, technology, language, history and theory of film and media
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| LC no. |
97001832 |
| ISBN |
019503869X (paperback) |
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019513981X (cased) |
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