| Description |
1 online resource (x, 293 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE
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| Contents |
Introduction: snakes and funerals -- D.W. Griffith, Buster Keaton, Abel Gance, and the precursors of widescreen aesthetics -- Big trail, the bat whispers, and the invention of widescreen style in 1930 -- Emerging stylistic norms in CinemaScope: genre and authorship in the films of Otto Preminger, Nicholas Ray, Frank Tashlin, and Douglas Sirk -- Experiments, 1968, and the fractured screen -- New media, digitextuality, and widescreen -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
Exploring the technological changes of the widescreen technique and how the format has inspired directors and also sparked debates among film critics, Cossar also explains how directors use wider aspect ratios to enhance their creative visions |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-285) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Wide-screen processes (Cinematography) -- History
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ART -- Film & Video.
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PHOTOGRAPHY -- Techniques -- Cinematography & Videography.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism.
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Wide-screen processes (Cinematography)
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Filmästhetik.
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Breitwandfilm.
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Vidfilm.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2010044908 |
| ISBN |
9780813126593 |
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0813126592 |
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9780813135618 |
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0813135613 |
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