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Movies and Meaning An Introduction to Film

Paperback • 2013 • English

Movies and Meaning An Introduction to Film

By Stephen Prince

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About the book

This comprehensive introduction to film text focuses on three topics: how movies express meanings, how viewers understand those meanings, and how cinema functions globally as both an art and a business. Using clear, accessible, and jargon-free writing, this is the only introductory film text to examine the elements of film style and the viewer's contribution to the cinema experience. How do viewers interpret the effects filmmakers create? How do filmmakers anticipate, and build on, the likely w...Show more

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9781292041292

Publisher

Pearson

Published year

2013

Language

English

Original title

Movies and Meaning An Introduction to Film

Format

Paperback

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