How films tell stories : the narratology of cinema / Larry A. Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Larry A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Narration (Rhetoric).

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--History.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

214 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Nashville : Creative Arts Press, [2018]

Summary:

This book presents a concise introduction to the often complex study of narrative theory. In part one, Aspects of Story, major theories of plot structure, character, and fictional worlds are applied to cinema. Part two, Aspects of Discourse, discusses how the story is communicated, examining techniques of cinematic narration such as time manipulation, perspective, editing and sound. Each chapter concludes with questions encouraging students to produce their own analysis of the narrative strategies of films.

Contents:

1. Introduction to narratoloty

2. Plot: basic units

3. Plot structure

4. Reading for the plot

5. Character

6. Reading character

7. Fictional worlds

8. Time

9. Perspective

10. Cinematography

11. Editing

12. Sound.

ISBN:

1945527145

9781945527142

OCLC:

1032016067

Publisher Number:

99978902607