About the Authorĭavid Bordwell is Jacques Ledoux Professor Emeritus of Film Studies in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. In-depth examples deepen students' appreciation for how creative choices by filmmakers affect what viewers experience and how they respond. Taking a skills-centered approach supported by examples from many periods and countries, the authors help students develop a core set of analytical skills that will enrich their understanding of any film, in any genre. In addition, there is a new appendix on selected Internet reference sites in film from the World Wide Web.įilm Art has been the best-selling and most widely respected introduction to the analysis of cinema. This edition includes a new chapter dealing with types of films and the concept of genre and there is also a new section on "The New Hollywood" and independent film-making. Frame enlargements are used to illuminate concepts, and there is information on the latest film technology, such as the computer and special effects used in shooting "Jurassic Park". Along with updated examples and expanded coverage of digital filmmaking the twelfth edition of Film Art delivers SmartBook first and only adaptive reading experience currently available designed to help students stay focused maximize study time and retain basic concepts.This introduction to film art explains the techniques specific to film as a medium, discusses the principles by which entire films are constructed, and explores how these techniques and formal principles have changed over the history of moviemaking.
Film Art is generously illustrated with more than 1000 frame enlargements taken directly from completed films providing concrete illustrations of key concepts.
Taking a skills-centered approach supported by examples from many periods and countries the authors help students develop a core set of analytical skills that will enrich their understanding of any film in any genre. Since 1979 David Bordwell Kristin Thompson and now Co-Author Jeff Smith's Film Art has been the best-selling and most widely respected introduction to the analysis of cinema. Film is an art form with a language and an aesthetic all its own.
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