Film art : an introduction /
David Bordwell, Kristin Thompson, Jeff Smith
- Twelfth edition
- New York : McGraw-Hill Education, 2020
- xvii, 494 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Film as art: creativity, technology, and business The significance of film form Narrative form The shot: mise-en-scene The shot: cinematography The relation of shot to shot: editing Sound in the cinema Summary: style and film form Film genres Documentary, experimental, and animated films Film criticism: sample analyses Historical changes in film art: conventions and choices, tradition and trends
Film Art provides the respected scholarship and analytic tools students need to understand key vocabulary and concepts of film forms, techniques, and history; appreciate a wide variety of classic and contemporary films and the creative choices made by filmmakers to shape the experience of viewers; and analyze films critically and systematically to enrich their understanding and appreciation of any film, in any genre