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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.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.Edition: 4th ed., completely rev. and expandedDescription: 729 p. : illISBN:
  • 9780195321050 (pbk. : acidfree paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.43 MON
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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Includes bibliographical references (p. 678-691) and indexes.

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.

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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