Robert Edgar, John Marland, Steven Rawle

The Language of Film (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

An effective filmmaker needs to have a good understanding of how film language works, and more importantly, how to actively influence an audience's thoughts and feelings and guide their gaze around the screen.

Packed with examples from classic and contemporary cinema, The Language of Film reveals the essential building blocks of film and explains how the screen communicates meaning to its audience. You will learn about fundamental theories and concepts, including film semiotics, narrative structures, ideology, and genre, as well as how elements such as shot size, camera movement, editing technique, and color come together to create the cinematic image.

With insightful case studies and discussion questions, dozens of practical tips and exercises, and a new chapter on film sound, this new edition of The Language of Film is a must-have guide for aspiring filmmakers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. August 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472575258
• Artikelnr.: 46760066

Autorenporträt

Robert Edgar is Professor of Writing and Popular Culture in the York Centre for Writing based in the School of Humanities at York St John University, UK. He has published on Screenwriting (2009), Directing Fiction (2009), The Language of Film (Bloomsbury, 2010 and 2015), The Music Documentary (2013), The Arena Concert (Bloomsbury, 2015), Music, Memory and Memoir (Bloomsbury, 2019), Adaptation for Scriptwriters (Bloomsbury, 2019), and Venue Stories (2023). He is co-editing the forthcoming Bloomsbury publication, Horrifying Children: Hauntology and the Legacy of Children's Fiction.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Chapter 1: Semiotics: Images
The Visual Mind
Reading the Signs
Making Meaning
Codes and Filters
Case Study: Seven
Chapter Summary Chapter 2: Narrative: Theories of Storytelling
Structuralism
Theories of Structure
Genette's Narrative
Discourse
Music
Short Film and Narrative
Case Study: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Chapter Summary Chapter 3: Intertextuality: Text
Quotation
Allusion
Cult Film
Genre
Case Study: Citizen Kane
Chapter Summary Chapter 4: Ideology: Ideological Analysis
Realism
Ideology and Genre
Case Study: Dead Man's Shoes
Chapter Summary Chapter 5: Frames and Images: The Shot
Distance, Height and Framing
Shot Distances
Mise en Scène
The Mobile Camera Frame
Time and the Long Take
Case Study: Hero
Chapter Summary Chapter 6: Sound: Film: An Audiovisual Medium
Sound Properties
Diegetic and Non-diegetic Sound
Offscreen Space and Audio
The Voice
Music
Case Study: Berberian Sound Studio
Chapter Summary Chapter 7: Constructing Meaning: Continuity Editing
Discontinuity Editing
Montage
Pacing
Case Study: Psycho
Chapter Summary Conclusion Film Language Glossary Index Acknowledgements and Credits