How to read a film : movies, media, and beyond : art, technology, language, history, theory /
Monaco, James, 1942-
How to read a film : movies, media, and beyond : art, technology, language, history, theory / James Monaco ; with diagrams by David Lindroth. - Fourth edition, completely revised and expanded. - 729 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 678-691) and indexes.
Film as an art -- Technology : image and sound -- The language of film : signs and syntax -- The shape of film history -- Film theory : form and function -- Media : in the middle of things -- Multimedia : the digital revolution -- Film and media : a chronology -- Reading about film and media : a select library.
James Monaco discusses the elements necessary to understand how a film conveys its meaning, and, more importantly, how the audience can best discern all that a film is attempting to communicate.
9780195321050 (pbk. : acidfree paper) 0195321057 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
2009517555
GBA815150 bnb
014513477 Uk
Motion pictures.
PN1994 / .M59 2009
791.43/01/5
How to read a film : movies, media, and beyond : art, technology, language, history, theory / James Monaco ; with diagrams by David Lindroth. - Fourth edition, completely revised and expanded. - 729 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 678-691) and indexes.
Film as an art -- Technology : image and sound -- The language of film : signs and syntax -- The shape of film history -- Film theory : form and function -- Media : in the middle of things -- Multimedia : the digital revolution -- Film and media : a chronology -- Reading about film and media : a select library.
James Monaco discusses the elements necessary to understand how a film conveys its meaning, and, more importantly, how the audience can best discern all that a film is attempting to communicate.
9780195321050 (pbk. : acidfree paper) 0195321057 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
2009517555
GBA815150 bnb
014513477 Uk
Motion pictures.
PN1994 / .M59 2009
791.43/01/5