Point of View in the Cinema

Point of View in the Cinema
Author: Edward Branigan
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2012-01-02
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3110817594

Branigan effectively criticizes the communication model of narration, a task long overdue in Anglo-American circles. The book brings out the extent to which mainstream mimetic theories have relied upon the elastic notion of an invisible, idealized observer, a convenient spook whom critics can summon up whenever they desire to "naturalize" style. The book also makes distinctions among types of subjectivity; after this, we will have much more precise ways of tracing the fluctuations among a character's vision, dreams, wishes, and so forth. Branigan also explains the necessity of distinguishing levels of narration.

Breaking the Fourth Wall

Breaking the Fourth Wall
Author: Tom Brown
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2013-08-12
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0748669531

An examination of the role of direct address within fiction cinema, focusing on its role in avant-garde or experimental cinema, and popular genre traditions.

Cinema of Choice

Cinema of Choice
Author: Nitzan Ben Shaul
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Total Pages: 197
Release: 2012-07-01
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0857455923

Standard Hollywood narrative movies prescribe linear narratives that cue the viewer to expect predictable outcomes and adopt a closed state of mind. There are, however, a small number of movies that, through the presentation of alternate narrative paths, open the mind to thoughts of choice and possibility. Through the study of several key movies for which this concept is central, such as Sliding Doors, Run Lola Run, Inglourious Basterds, and Rashomon, Nitzan Ben Shaul examines the causes and implications of optional thinking and how these movies allow for more open and creative possibilities. This book examines the methods by which standard narrative movies close down thinking processes and deliver easy pleasures to the viewer whilst demonstrating that this is not the only possibility and that optional thinking can be both stimulating and rewarding.

Exploring Movie Construction and Production

Exploring Movie Construction and Production
Author: John Reich
Publisher: Open SUNY Textbooks
Total Pages:
Release: 2017-07-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9781942341475

Exploring Movie Construction & Production contains eight chapters of the major areas of film construction and production. The discussion covers theme, genre, narrative structure, character portrayal, story, plot, directing style, cinematography, and editing. Important terminology is defined and types of analysis are discussed and demonstrated. An extended example of how a movie description reflects the setting, narrative structure, or directing style is used throughout the book to illustrate building blocks of each theme. This approach to film instruction and analysis has proved beneficial to increasing students¿ learning, while enhancing the creativity and critical thinking of the student.

Movies and Tone

Movies and Tone
Author: Douglas Pye
Publisher: Wallflower Press
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2007
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN:

'Colse-Up 02' is a collection of three individual studies specialising in close readings of films and TV. Each issue is devoted to the practice of detailed textual analysis of film and visual media.

The Art of X-Ray Reading

The Art of X-Ray Reading
Author: Roy Peter Clark
Publisher: Little, Brown Spark
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2016-01-26
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0316282162

Roy Peter Clark, one of America's most influential writing teachers, offers writing lessons we can draw from 25 great texts. Where do writers learn their best moves? They use a technique that Roy Peter Clark calls X-ray reading, a form of reading that lets you penetrate beyond the surface of a text to see how meaning is actually being made. In The Art of X-Ray Reading, Clark invites you to don your X-ray reading glasses and join him on a guided tour through some of the most exquisite and masterful literary works of all time, from The Great Gatsby to Lolita to The Bluest Eye, and many more. Along the way, he shows you how to mine these masterpieces for invaluable writing strategies that you can add to your arsenal and apply in your own writing. Once you've experienced X-ray reading, your writing will never be the same again.

Seeing Fictions in Film

Seeing Fictions in Film
Author: George M. Wilson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2011-10-27
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0199594899

What happens when we view a movie? Do we actually see the fiction, and if so how? Literary fiction is recounted by a voice of some sort--the narrator. George M. Wilson explores the strategies of cinematic narration, and argues that this prompts viewers to imagine seeing and hearing events in the fictional world.

Thinking about Film

Thinking about Film
Author: Dean Duncan
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Total Pages: 72
Release: 2007-11
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9780205582204

Perfect for the student who wants to learn to be a more active, intelligent film viewer, this supplement encourages critically thinking about films and also explains how to write a film review. The booklet also includes two helpful appendices, one with a list of essential films that serious movie watchers should see and the other with additional readings to help students keep learning.