Mise-en-scène : film style and interpretation / John Gibbs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gibbs, John, author.

Series:

Short cuts.

Short Cuts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Art direction.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Aesthetics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (196 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Wallflower Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<div>Mise-en-scène: Film Style and Interpretation explores and elucidates constructions of this fundamental concept in thinking about film. In uncovering the history of mise-en-scène within film criticism, and through the detailed exploration of scenes from films as Imitation of Life and Lone Star, John Gibbs makes the case for the importance of a sensitive understanding of film style, and provides an introduction to the skills of close reading. This book thus celebrates film-making as well as film criticism that is alive to the creative possibilities of visual style.</div>

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. The Elements of Mise-en-Scène

2. The Interaction of Elements

3. Coherent Relationships

4. Investigations in the Critical History of Mise-en-Scène

5 Mise-en-Scène and Melodrama

6. Case Study: Imitation of Life

Conclusion

Appendix

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 21, 2014).

ISBN:

9780231503112

0231503113

OCLC:

818857811