Film Art: an Introduction

by David Bordwell

Paperback, 2006

Status

Available

Call number

AHC.BOD.FAA

Publication

Mcgraw-Hill College (2006), Edition: 8th, 576 pages

Description

Film is an art form with a language and an aesthetic all its own. In this new edition, the authors provide an introduction to the fundamentals of serious film study, with images throughout the text collected from actual film frames, not from production stills or advertising photos.

Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

1979 (1st ed.)

Physical description

505 p.

ISBN

0073535060 / 9780073535067

Call number

AHC.BOD.FAA

Library's review

"Film is an art form with a language and an aesthetic all its own. Since 1979, David Bordwell's and Kristin Thompson's Film Art has been the best-selling and widely respected introduction to the analysis of cinema. While it continues to provide the best introduction to the fundamentals of serious
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film study, the eighth edition has been revised be more classroom friendly by introducing film techniques earlier in the text, followed by the chapters on Film Genres. Supported by a text-specific Tutorial CD-ROM with video clips, Film Art is automatically packaged with this outstanding student learning tool"
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Pages

505
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