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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462603003321

Autore

De Valk Mark

Titolo

The film handbook / / Mark de Valk with Sarah Arnold

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-50852-X

0-203-14644-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (688 p.)

Collana

Media Practice

Altri autori (Persone)

ArnoldSarah <1980->

Disciplina

791.4302/3

Soggetti

Motion pictures - Production and direction

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Information; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction; Part I Film Language and Aesthetic; 1 Renaissance of (Digital) Film; 2 Developing Mise en Scè€ne; 3 Directing the Actor; 4 Cinematography: Painting with Motion; 5 Sound Underpinning Image; 6 Editing: Temporality and Structure; Part II Film Theory in Practice; 7 Reading the Screen; 8 Spectatorship and Audience; 9 Contemporary Cinema; 10 Eisenstein and Bazin: Formalism and Realism, Two Modes of Practice; 11 Genre

Part III Guerrilla Filmmaking: Practice as Subversion12 Experimentation and the Short Film Format; 13 Working with Non-Professional Actors; 14 The Avant-Garde, Subtext, and Symbolism; 15 Documentary as Resistance; Part IV Persistence of Vision; 16 Screenwriting: From Script to Screen; 17 Soundtracks: Using Music in Film; Part V Merging and Emerging Media: Developing a Professional Specialism; 18 Post-Film: Technology and the Digital Film; 19 Post-Film: Production, Distribution, and Consumption in the Digital Age; 20 Mapping a Career Path; Glossary; Bibliography; Filmography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Film Handbook examines the current state of filmmaking and how film language, technique and aesthetics are being utilised for today's 'digital film' productions. It reflects on how critical analysis' of film underpins practice and story, and how developing an autonomous



'vision' will best aid student creativity. The Film Handbook offers practical guidance on a range of traditional and independent 'guerrilla' film production methods, from developing script ideas and the logistics of planning the shoot to cinematography, sound and directing practices. Film professio