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The Sense of Film Narration / Ian Garwood.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Edinburgh Studies in Film and Intermediality : ESFIPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (224 p.) : 33 B/W illustrations 34 colour illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780748640720
  • 9780748678396
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.436 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1995.9.D49 G37 2013
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  • online - DeGruyter
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  • Issued also in print.
Summary: Investigates the sensuous qualities of narration in the feature-length fiction filmHow can a film engage a viewer's senses? How do directors combine images and sounds to create a sensuous quality in their films? What can the use of sensuous film aesthetics contribute to a film's story?The Sense of Film Narration examines films that combine different types of images and sounds in a way that brings out their sensuous qualities in an especially vivid manner. It demonstrates that a film's sensuous qualities can be intimately connected to its storytelling processes. Through close textual analysis of films such as Amores Perros, Double Take, Toy Story 2, Palindromes and Magnolia, this book highlights how films can make viewers particularly aware of their senses in order to help them understand the events, behaviours and attitudes within a film's fictional world.An insightful and thought-provoking read, The Sense of Film Narration brings a fresh perspective to film aesthetics which will be welcomed by film students and scholars.
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Investigates the sensuous qualities of narration in the feature-length fiction filmHow can a film engage a viewer's senses? How do directors combine images and sounds to create a sensuous quality in their films? What can the use of sensuous film aesthetics contribute to a film's story?The Sense of Film Narration examines films that combine different types of images and sounds in a way that brings out their sensuous qualities in an especially vivid manner. It demonstrates that a film's sensuous qualities can be intimately connected to its storytelling processes. Through close textual analysis of films such as Amores Perros, Double Take, Toy Story 2, Palindromes and Magnolia, this book highlights how films can make viewers particularly aware of their senses in order to help them understand the events, behaviours and attitudes within a film's fictional world.An insightful and thought-provoking read, The Sense of Film Narration brings a fresh perspective to film aesthetics which will be welcomed by film students and scholars.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Mai 2022)