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Bordwell, David.

Film art : an introduction / David Bordwell, Kristin Thompson. - 9th ed. - New York : McGraw-Hill, c2010. - xx, 519 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 486-489) and index.

Film art and filmmaking. Film as art : creativity, technology, and business -- Film form. The significance of film form ; Narrative as a formal system -- Film style. The shot : mise-en-scene ; The shot : cinematography ; The relation of shot to shot : editing ; Sound in the cinema ; Summary : style as a formal system -- Types of films. Film genres ; Documentary, experimental, and animated films -- Critical analysis of films. Film criticism : sample analyses -- Film history. Film art and film history.

Film is an art form with a language and an aesthetic all its own. In this new edition, the authors provide an introduction to the fundamentals of serious film study, with images throughout the text collected from actual film frames, not from production stills or advertising photos.

ISBN: 9780073386164 0073386162

LCCN: 2009042923

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Motion pictures--Aesthetics.--Theory And Instruction
Public performances --film theory--cinema
filmmaking--art-- film style

LC Class. No.: PN1995 / .B617 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 791.4301 BOR / 12244