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Shakespeare and film : a Norton guide / Samuel Crowl.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) PR3093 .C747 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Crowl, Samuel.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Film adaptations.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- English drama--Film adaptations.
- English drama.
- Film adaptations--History and criticism.
- Film adaptations.
- Genre:
- Film adaptations.
- Physical Description:
- xxv, 238 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2008]
- Summary:
- Written with verve and insight by an award-winning teacher and scholar, Shakespeare and Film: A Norton Guide is the ideal introduction to film adaptations of Shakespeare's plays from the silent era tot the present.
- Part I opens with a brief overview of the history of Shakespeare on film, then focuses in turn on the films of six influential Shakespeare directors; television Shakespeare; and the revival of Shakespeare film in the 1990s. Part II first explains the key elements of film - camera work, editing, and music, among others - and then, through close readings of scenes, examines how cultural contexts, key images, screenplay adaptations, stage conventions, and directorial style all affect a filmmaker's interpretation of Shakespeare's plays. A glossary and filmography complete the book. With 23 illustrations.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Shakespeare on Film and Television xi
- A Brief Guide to Film Grammar and Rhetoric xxiii
- Part I A Brief History of Shakespeare on Film
- 1 Establishing Shot: History 3
- 2 Close-up: Major Directors I: Laurence Olivier, Orson Welles, and Kenneth Branagh 21
- 3 Close-up: Major Directors II: Akira Kurosawa, Grigori Kozintsev, and Franco Zeffirelli 41
- 4 Long Shot: Shakespeare and Television 61
- 5 Wide Angle: The Films of the 1990s 80
- Part II Analyzing Shakespeare on Film
- 6 Auteurs and Actors: Camera, Editing, Music, and Acting 101
- 7 Deep Focus: Text and Context 128
- 8 Depth of Field: Text and Image 145
- 9 Montage: Beginnings and Signature Shots 161
- 10 Soliloquies and Scenes: Adapting Stage Conventions to the Screen 179
- Glossary of Basic Film and Critical Terminology 197.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-207) and index.
- Includes filmography (pages [209]-220).
- ISBN:
- 9780393927658
- 0393927652
- OCLC:
- 137244678
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