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How to read a film : movies, media, and beyond : art, technology, language, history, theory / James Monaco ; with diagrams by David Lindroth.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009Edition: Fourth edition, completely revised and expandedDescription: 729 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780195321050 (pbk. : acidfree paper)
  • 0195321057 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.43/01/5 21
LOC classification:
  • PN1994 .M59 2009
Other classification:
  • 24.31
  • 05.37
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Print book for loan Krauth Memorial Branch Philadelphia General Collection PN1994 .M59 2009 Available 31794003110567
Print book for loan Wentz Memorial Branch Gettysburg General Collection (Lower Level) PN1994 .M59 2009 Available 31826003487932

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.

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