Film art : an introduction /

Bordwell, David Jay, 1947-2024

Film art : an introduction / David Bordwell, Kristin Thompson. - 8th edition - Boston : McGraw Hill, c2008. - xxiii, 505 pages : illustrations (some col.) ; 28 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 472-474) and index.

Film as art : Creativity, technology and business -- The significance of film form -- Narrative as a formal system -- 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 -- Film genres -- Documentary, experimental and animated films -- Film criticism: Sample analyses -- Film art and film history.


System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: IBM-PC or compatible; Window 98 or higher.

9780073535067 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0073535060 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0073310271 9780073310275 0071101594 (pbk.) 9780071101592 (pbk.) 9780071286442 (pbk.) 0071286446 (pbk.)


Motion pictures--Aesthetics.
Cine--Estética
Estética cinematográfica

PN 1995 / B729f 2008

791.4301