Bordwell, David,

Film art : an introduction / David Bordwell. - Twelfth edition. - xvii, 494 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm.

Includes index.

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.

9781260565669


Motion pictures--Aesthetics.

PN1995 / .B617

791.4301 / B644f