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The Story Of Film
The Story Of Film
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Description: An updated edition with completely new chapters of the most accessible and compelling history of the cinema yet published and complements Mark Cousins fascinating 15 - hour film documentary The Story of Film: An Odyssey. Filmmaker and author Mark Cousins shows how filmmakers are influenced both by the historical events of their times and by each other. He demonstrates for example how Douglas Sirk's Hollywood melodramas of the 1950s influenced Rainer Werner Fassbinder's despairing visions of 1970s Germany; and how George Lucas Star Wars epics grew out of Akira Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress. The Story of Film is divided into three main epochs: Silent (1885 1928) Sound (1928 1990) and Digital (1990 Present). Films are discussed within chapters reflecting both the stylistic concerns of the film - makers and the political and social themes of the time. This edition includes new text that encompasses the further - reaching scope of world cinema today and the huge leaps in technology that have changed cinema screens forever. Film is an international medium so as well as covering the great American films and film - makers The Story of Film explores cinema in Europe Africa Asia Australasia and South America and shows how cinematic ideas and techniques cross national boundaries. Avoiding jargon and obscure critical theory the author constantly places himself in the role of the moviegoer watching a film and asks: How does a scene or a story affect us and why? In so doing he gets to the heart of cinematic technique explaining how film - makers use lighting framing focal length and editing to create their effects. Clearly written and illustrated with over 400 stills including numerous sequences explaining how scenes work The Story of Film is essential reading for both film students and moviegoers alike.
Title: The Story Of Film
Author(s): Cousins Mark
Publisher: Harpercollins Publishers
Barcode: 9781911641827
Pages: 552 Pages
Publication Date: 10/20/2020
Category: Musicals
Description: An updated edition with completely new chapters of the most accessible and compelling history of the cinema yet published and complements Mark Cousins fascinating 15 - hour film documentary The Story of Film: An Odyssey. Filmmaker and author Mark Cousins shows how filmmakers are influenced both by the historical events of their times and by each other. He demonstrates for example how Douglas Sirk's Hollywood melodramas of the 1950s influenced Rainer Werner Fassbinder's despairing visions of 1970s Germany; and how George Lucas Star Wars epics grew out of Akira Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress. The Story of Film is divided into three main epochs: Silent (1885 1928) Sound (1928 1990) and Digital (1990 Present). Films are discussed within chapters reflecting both the stylistic concerns of the film - makers and the political and social themes of the time. This edition includes new text that encompasses the further - reaching scope of world cinema today and the huge leaps in technology that have changed cinema screens forever. Film is an international medium so as well as covering the great American films and film - makers The Story of Film explores cinema in Europe Africa Asia Australasia and South America and shows how cinematic ideas and techniques cross national boundaries. Avoiding jargon and obscure critical theory the author constantly places himself in the role of the moviegoer watching a film and asks: How does a scene or a story affect us and why? In so doing he gets to the heart of cinematic technique explaining how film - makers use lighting framing focal length and editing to create their effects. Clearly written and illustrated with over 400 stills including numerous sequences explaining how scenes work The Story of Film is essential reading for both film students and moviegoers alike.
Title: The Story Of Film
Author(s): Cousins Mark
Publisher: Harpercollins Publishers
Barcode: 9781911641827
Pages: 552 Pages
Publication Date: 10/20/2020
Category: Musicals