Bibliograph

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

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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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 678-691) and indexes

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

How to read a film

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

319635231

Responsibility statement

James Monaco ; with diagrams by David Lindroth

Sub title

movies, media, and beyond : art, technology, language, history, theory

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

Table Of 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

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