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

By:

Monaco, James

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.Edition: 4th ed., completely rev. and expandedDescription: 729 p. : illISBN:

9780195321050 (pbk. : acidfree paper)

Subject(s):

Motion pictures

DDC classification:

791.43015 MON-H

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.

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.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Centre for Cultural Studies General Stacks	Centre for Cultural Studies	791.43015 MON-H (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		CCS1815
Book	Centre for Cultural Studies General Stacks	Centre for Cultural Studies	791.43015 MON-H (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		CCS1876

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

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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