How to read a film : movies, media, and beyond : art, technology, language, history, theory / James Monaco ; with diagrams by David Lindroth.
Material type: TextPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009Edition: Fourth edition, completely revised and expandedDescription: 729 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780195321050 (pbk. : acidfree paper)
- 0195321057 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
- 791.43/01/5 21
- PN1994 .M59 2009
- 24.31
- 05.37
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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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.