The architecture of the screen : essays in cinematographic space / Graham Cairns ; foreword by François Penz ; Holly Rose, cover designer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cairns, Graham.

Contributor:

Penz, François.

Rose, Holly.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Philosophy.

Motion pictures.

Space (Architecture) in motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Influence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (360 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol, England ; Chicago, Illinois : Intellect, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Architecture of the Screen examines the relationship between the visual language of film and the onscreen perception of space and architectural design, revealing how film's visual vocabulary influenced architecture in the twentieth century and continues to influence it today.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Half Title ""; ""Title ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""Foreword by FranÃois Penz ""; ""Introduction ""; ""Part I: Film reviews ""; ""The cinema of the French New Wave and the illusionism of SITE architects Les Carabiniers. 1963 ""; ""The architecture of Diller and Scofidio: The screen and surveillance Das Experiment. 2001 ""; ""The “cutâ€? in the architecture of Jean Nouvel and the scenery of Ken Adam You Only Live Twice. 1967 ""; ""The visual narratives of Resnais in the architecture of Carlo Scarpa Hiroshima Mon Amour. 1959 ""

""Venturi and Antonioni: The modern city and the phenomenon of the moving image Zabriskie Point. 1970 """"Part II: Applying film to architecture ""; ""Video Installation: Hybrid Artworks ""; ""The physical experience of space and the sensorial perception of image ""; ""Performance 1. Shadows ""; ""Performance 2. Memories ""; ""Performance 3. Echoes ""; ""Incidental Legacy: A technical description ""; ""The physical experience of image and the sensorial perception of space ""; ""The world imagined by Diller and Scofidio ""; ""Performance: Jet Lag ""; ""Installation: Loophole ""

""Architecture: The Slow House """"Cinematographic architecture: Exercises in theory and practice ""; ""Cinematographic space: A study of Citizen Kane""; ""Scene 1. Citizen Kane ""; ""Scene 2. Citizen Kane ""; ""Scene 3. Citizen Kane ""; ""Scene 4. Citizen Kane ""; ""From the contradictions of film to the creativity of architecture: Design workshop ""; ""Stage 1. Cinematographic analysis of film ""; ""Stage 2. Filming space ""; ""Stage 3. Storyboarding spaces ""; ""Stage 4. Storyboarding architectural events ""; ""Stage 5. Design proposals ""; ""Part III: Conceptual essays ""

""The hybridisation of sight in the hybrid architecture of sport: The effects of television on stadia and spectatorship """"Cinematic movement in the work of Le Corbusier and Sergei Eisenstein ""; ""The historical construction of cinematic space: An architectural perspective on the films of Jean Renoir and Yasujiro Ozu ""; ""Cinematic phenomenology in architecture: The Cartier Foundation, Paris, Jean Nouvel ""; ""Cinematic space and time: The morphing of a theory in film and architecture ""; ""Conclusion ""; ""Bibliography ""; ""Index ""; ""Index of Images ""; ""Back Cover""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 13, 2014).

ISBN:

1-78320-212-2

1-78320-211-4

OCLC:

899045995