The sense of film narration / Ian Garwood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garwood, Ian, author.

Series:

Edinburgh studies in film

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dialogue in motion pictures.

Film criticism.

Physical Description:

vii, 192 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2013]

Summary:

How does 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 certain films draw on the viewers' sensory awareness 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. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Analysing Film Texturally 12

2 Sensation and Narrative Sense in Amores Perros 35

3 Storytelling through the Imperfect Image 63

4 Sighs and Sounds: the Materiality of the Voice-over 99

5 The Dramatic Affect of Multiple Casting 139.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-188) and index.

ISBN:

9780748640720

074864072X

OCLC:

852806575