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The story of film / Mark Cousins.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Pavilion, 2020Copyright date: �2020Edition: [Revised and updated edition]Description: 551 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781911641827
  • 1911641824
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.43/09 22
  • 791.4309 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1993.5.A1 C75 2020
Contents:
Introduction -- Silent. Technical thrill (1895-1903) ; The early power of story (1903-18) ; The world expansion of style (1918-28) -- Sound. Japanese classicism and Hollywood romance (1928-45) ; The devastation of war and a new movie language (1945-52) ; The swollen story (1952-58) ; The exploded story (1958-69) ; Freedom and want see (1969-79) ; Mega-entertainments and philosophy (1979-90) -- Digital. Can see (1990-2004) ; Streaming (2004-now) -- Conclusion.
Review: "Mark Cousins' narrative takes a chronological journey through the history of film worldwide. He gets to the heart of cinematic technique, explaining how film-makers use lighting, framing, focal length and editing to create their effects. Clearly written, and illustrated with over 400 stills, including numerous sequences explaining how scenes work. We learn how filmmakers influenced each other, how contemporary events influenced them, and how they challenged established techniques and developed new technologies to enhance their medium." "The Story of Film presents three epochs: Silent (1885-1928); Sound (1928-1990); and Digital (1990-Present), spanning the birth of the moving image, the establishment of Hollywood, the European avant-garde movements, personal filmmaking, world cinema, and recent phenomena such as Computer Generated Imagery and the ever-more "real" realizations of the wildest of imaginations."-- Publisher data.
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Main Collection Books John Brown University Library Book Vault. Place hold or ask staff for assistance. PN 1993.5 .A1 C75 2020 Pending hold 39524100463201

Previously published: New York : Thunder's Mouth Press, �2004.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 532-533) and index.

Introduction -- Silent. Technical thrill (1895-1903) ; The early power of story (1903-18) ; The world expansion of style (1918-28) -- Sound. Japanese classicism and Hollywood romance (1928-45) ; The devastation of war and a new movie language (1945-52) ; The swollen story (1952-58) ; The exploded story (1958-69) ; Freedom and want see (1969-79) ; Mega-entertainments and philosophy (1979-90) -- Digital. Can see (1990-2004) ; Streaming (2004-now) -- Conclusion.

"Mark Cousins' narrative takes a chronological journey through the history of film worldwide. He gets to the heart of cinematic technique, explaining how film-makers use lighting, framing, focal length and editing to create their effects. Clearly written, and illustrated with over 400 stills, including numerous sequences explaining how scenes work. We learn how filmmakers influenced each other, how contemporary events influenced them, and how they challenged established techniques and developed new technologies to enhance their medium." "The Story of Film presents three epochs: Silent (1885-1928); Sound (1928-1990); and Digital (1990-Present), spanning the birth of the moving image, the establishment of Hollywood, the European avant-garde movements, personal filmmaking, world cinema, and recent phenomena such as Computer Generated Imagery and the ever-more "real" realizations of the wildest of imaginations."-- Publisher data.