Reading the silver screen : a film lover's guide to decoding the art form that moves

Book 2016

"No art form is as instantly and continuously gratifying as film. When the house lights go down and the lion roars, we settle in to be shocked, frightened, elated, moved, and thrilled. We expect magic. While we're being exhilarated and terrified, our minds are also processing data of all sorts&#x;visual, linguistic, auditory, spatial&#x;to collaborate in the construction of meaning. Thomas C. Foster&#x;s Reading the Silver Screen will show movie...

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Motion pictures Aesthetics

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ISBN:

9780062113399

Edition:

First edition

Description:

xlvii, 344 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Other Title:

Film lover's guide to decoding the art form that moves

Contents:

Seeing is believing
The camera does the thinking for us
Shot, scene, sequence!
Silence is golden
In between the dark and the light
Image is everything
Near and far
Art without color
What happens during popcorn time
Whose story is it? What what's his story?
How many heads--and where are they?
In the frame
Highly generic
Novels into films
Movie magic
You can't step into the same movies twice
Listen to the music
Figuratively speaking
Masters of all that they survey
Masters of all that they survey
Put it to the test

Control Number:

1927252

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