Mise en scène and film style : from classical Hollywood to new media art / Adrian Martin, Monash University, Australia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martin, Adrian, 1959- author.

Contributor:

Jacobs Family Cinema Studies Fund.

Series:

Palgrave close readings in film and television

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Production and direction.

Motion pictures.

Mass media--Technological innovations.

Mass media.

Physical Description:

xviii, 235 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Summary:

"Styles of filmmaking have changed greatly from the classical Hollywood system, with its emphasis on narrative and character, to the current digital era of YouTube and installation art, where audiovisual spectacle takes command. The ways in which film critics and scholars have analysed these transformations in film style have also often changed. This book explores two central style concepts from the history of audiovisual criticism and theory, mise en scène and dispositif, to illuminate a wide range of film and new media examples. It argues that we need an open, inclusive and truly international approach to understand anew both old and current film and media works"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Prologue: At the ballet ruse

A term that means everything, and nothing very specific

Aesthetic economies: the expressive and the excessive

What was mise en scène?

The crises (1): squeezed and stretched

The crises (2): the style it takes

Sonic spaces

A detour via reality: social mise en scène

Cinema, audiovisual art of the 21st century

The rise of the dispositif

Epilogue: Five minutes and fifteen seconds with Ritwik Ghatak.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-225) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Jacobs Family Cinema Studies Fund.

ISBN:

9781137269942

1137269944

9781349444175

1349444170

OCLC:

881859049

Publisher Number:

99969742717