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.