Monaco, James. <br/><br/>
How to read a film :  movies, media, and beyond : art, technology, language, history, theory / 
James Monaco ; with diagrams by David Lindroth. 
 - 4th ed., completely rev. and expanded. 
 - Oxford ;  New York :  Oxford University Press,  2009. 
 - 729 p. :  ill. ; 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 678-691) and indexes. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780195321050 (pbk. : acidfree paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Motion pictures.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>791.43 MON