An effective filmmaker needs to have a good understanding of how film language works, and more importantly, how to actively influence an audience's thoughts and feelings and guide their gaze around the screen. Packed with examples from classic and contemporary cinema, The Language of Film reveals the essential building blocks of film and explains how the screen communicates meaning to its audience. You will learn about fundamental theories and concepts, including film semiotics, narrative structures, ideology, and genre, as well as how elements such as shot size, camera movement, editing…mehr
An effective filmmaker needs to have a good understanding of how film language works, and more importantly, how to actively influence an audience's thoughts and feelings and guide their gaze around the screen. Packed with examples from classic and contemporary cinema, The Language of Film reveals the essential building blocks of film and explains how the screen communicates meaning to its audience. You will learn about fundamental theories and concepts, including film semiotics, narrative structures, ideology, and genre, as well as how elements such as shot size, camera movement, editing technique, and color come together to create the cinematic image. With insightful case studies and discussion questions, dozens of practical tips and exercises, and a new chapter on film sound, this new edition of The Language of Film is a must-have guide for aspiring filmmakers.
Robert Edgar is Professor of Writing and Popular Culture in the York Centre for Writing based in the School of Humanities at York St John University, UK. He has published on Screenwriting (2009), Directing Fiction (2009), The Language of Film (Bloomsbury, 2010 and 2015), The Music Documentary (2013), The Arena Concert (Bloomsbury, 2015), Music, Memory and Memoir (Bloomsbury, 2019), Adaptation for Scriptwriters (Bloomsbury, 2019), and Venue Stories (2023). He is co-editing the forthcoming Bloomsbury publication, Horrifying Children: Hauntology and the Legacy of Children's Fiction.
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Introduction Chapter 1: Semiotics: Images The Visual Mind Reading the Signs Making Meaning Codes and Filters Case Study: Seven Chapter Summary Chapter 2: Narrative: Theories of Storytelling Structuralism Theories of Structure Genette's Narrative Discourse Music Short Film and Narrative Case Study: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Chapter Summary Chapter 3: Intertextuality: Text Quotation Allusion Cult Film Genre Case Study: Citizen Kane Chapter Summary Chapter 4: Ideology: Ideological Analysis Realism Ideology and Genre Case Study: Dead Man's Shoes Chapter Summary Chapter 5: Frames and Images: The Shot Distance, Height and Framing Shot Distances Mise en Scène The Mobile Camera Frame Time and the Long Take Case Study: Hero Chapter Summary Chapter 6: Sound: Film: An Audiovisual Medium Sound Properties Diegetic and Non-diegetic Sound Offscreen Space and Audio The Voice Music Case Study: Berberian Sound Studio Chapter Summary Chapter 7: Constructing Meaning: Continuity Editing Discontinuity Editing Montage Pacing Case Study: Psycho Chapter Summary Conclusion Film Language Glossary Index Acknowledgements and Credits
Introduction Chapter 1: Semiotics: Images The Visual Mind Reading the Signs Making Meaning Codes and Filters Case Study: Seven Chapter Summary Chapter 2: Narrative: Theories of Storytelling Structuralism Theories of Structure Genette's Narrative Discourse Music Short Film and Narrative Case Study: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Chapter Summary Chapter 3: Intertextuality: Text Quotation Allusion Cult Film Genre Case Study: Citizen Kane Chapter Summary Chapter 4: Ideology: Ideological Analysis Realism Ideology and Genre Case Study: Dead Man's Shoes Chapter Summary Chapter 5: Frames and Images: The Shot Distance, Height and Framing Shot Distances Mise en Scène The Mobile Camera Frame Time and the Long Take Case Study: Hero Chapter Summary Chapter 6: Sound: Film: An Audiovisual Medium Sound Properties Diegetic and Non-diegetic Sound Offscreen Space and Audio The Voice Music Case Study: Berberian Sound Studio Chapter Summary Chapter 7: Constructing Meaning: Continuity Editing Discontinuity Editing Montage Pacing Case Study: Psycho Chapter Summary Conclusion Film Language Glossary Index Acknowledgements and Credits
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