An edition of How to read a film (2009)

How to read a film

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

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An edition of How to read a film (2009)

How to read a film

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

4th ed., completely rev. and expanded.
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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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729

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How to read a film: movies, media, and beyond : art, technology, language, history, theory
2009, Oxford University Press, Oxford University Press, USA
in English - 4th ed., completely rev. and expanded.

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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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 678-691) and indexes.

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Oxford, New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
791.43/01/5
Library of Congress
PN1994 .M59 2009, PN1994.M59 2008, PN1994 .M59 2008

The Physical Object

Pagination
729 p. :
Number of pages
729

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Open Library
OL23992146M
Internet Archive
howtoreadfilmmov0000mona
ISBN 13
9780195321050
LCCN
2009517555
OCLC/WorldCat
319635231, 191890514

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