How to read a film Movies, media, and beyond : art, technology, language, history, theory

James Monaco, 1942-

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Published
Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press [2009]
Language
English
Main Author
James Monaco, 1942- (-)
Other Authors
David Lindroth (-)
Edition
Fourth edition, completely revised and expanded
Physical Description
729 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [677]-691) and indexes.
ISBN
9780195321050
  • Introduction
  • I. Film as Art
  • The Nature of Art Ways of Looking at Art Film, Recording, and the Other
  • Arts The Structure of Art
  • II. Technology
  • Image and Sound Art and Technology
  • The Lens
  • The Camera
  • The Filmstock
  • The Soudtrack Post-Production Video and Film Projection
  • III. The Language of Film
  • Signs and Syntax Signs Syntax
  • IV. The Shape of Film History Movies/Film/Cinema ""Movies""
  • Economics ""Film""
  • Politics ""Cinema""
  • Aesthetics
  • V. Film Theory: Form and Function