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Grammar of the Film Language

Hardcover • 1976 • English

Grammar of the Film Language

By Daniel Arijon

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About the book

This unique magnum opus -- 640 pages and 1,500 illustrations -- of the visual narrative techniques that form the "language of filmmaking has found an avid audience among student filmmakers everywhere. This "language" is basic to the very positioning and moving of players and cameras, as well as the sequencing and pacing of images. It does not date as new technologies alter the means of capturing images on film and tape. Basic to the very scripting of a scene or planning of a shoot Arijon's visua...Show more

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9780240507798

Published year

1976

Language

English

Original title

Grammar of the Film Language

Format

Hardcover

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