Mise-en-scène Film Style and Interpretation

Mise-en-scène: Film Style and Interpretation explores and elucidates constructions of this fundamental concept in thinking about film. In uncovering the history of mise-en-scène within film criticism, and through the detailed exploration of scenes from films as Imitation of Life and Lone Star, John...

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Main Author: Gibbs, John
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Columbia University Press 2012
Series:Short Cuts
Subjects:
Motion pictures
PERFORMING ARTS
ISBN:0231503113, 9780231503112, 9781903364062, 190336406X
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Summary:Mise-en-scène: Film Style and Interpretation explores and elucidates constructions of this fundamental concept in thinking about film. In uncovering the history of mise-en-scène within film criticism, and through the detailed exploration of scenes from films as Imitation of Life and Lone Star, John Gibbs makes the case for the importance of a sensitive understanding of film style, and provides an introduction to the skills of close reading. This book thus celebrates film-making as well as film criticism that is alive to the creative possibilities of visual style.
ISBN:0231503113
9780231503112
9781903364062
190336406X