The cognitive semiotics of film / Warren Buckland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Buckland, Warren, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Semiotics.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 174 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In The Cognitive Semiotics of Film, Warren Buckland argues that the conflict between cognitive film theory and contemporary film theory is unproductive. Examining and developing the work of 'cognitive film semiotics', a neglected branch of film theory that combines the insights of cognitive science with those of linguistics and semiotics, he investigates Michel Colin's cognitive semantic theory of film; Francesco Casetti and Christian Metz's theories of film enunciation; Roger Odin's cognitive-pragmatic film theory; and Michel Colin and Dominique Chateau's cognitive studies of film syntax, which are viewed within the framework of Noam Chomsky's transformational generative grammar. Presenting a survey of cognitive film semiotics, this study also re-evaluates the film semiotics of the 1960s, highlights the weaknesses of American cognitive film theory, and challenges the move toward 'post-theory' in film studies.

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CHAPTER ONE The Cognitive Turn in Film Theory; CHAPTER TWO The Body on Screen and in Frame; CHAPTER THREE Not What Is Seen through the Window but the Window Itself; CHAPTER FOUR The Institutional Context; CHAPTER FIVE All in the Mind?; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography of Works Cited; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-169) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-11992-8

0-521-03715-8

0-511-30249-5

0-511-61314-8

0-511-15540-9

0-511-04997-8

1-280-42959-3

0-511-17521-3

OCLC:

814392698