The film handbook / Mark de Valk with Sarah Arnold.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De Valk, Mark, author.

Contributor:

Arnold, Sarah, 1980-

Series:

Media practice.

Media Practice

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Production and direction.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (688 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Film Handbook examines the current state of filmmaking and how film language, technique and aesthetics are being utilised for today's 'digital film' productions. It reflects on how critical analysis' of film underpins practice and story, and how developing an autonomous 'vision' will best aid student creativity. The Film Handbook offers practical guidance on a range of traditional and independent 'guerrilla' film production methods, from developing script ideas and the logistics of planning the shoot to cinematography, sound and directing practices. Film professio

Contents:

Cover; Title Information; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction; Part I Film Language and Aesthetic; 1 Renaissance of (Digital) Film; 2 Developing Mise en Scène; 3 Directing the Actor; 4 Cinematography: Painting with Motion; 5 Sound Underpinning Image; 6 Editing: Temporality and Structure; Part II Film Theory in Practice; 7 Reading the Screen; 8 Spectatorship and Audience; 9 Contemporary Cinema; 10 Eisenstein and Bazin: Formalism and Realism, Two Modes of Practice; 11 Genre

Part III Guerrilla Filmmaking: Practice as Subversion12 Experimentation and the Short Film Format; 13 Working with Non-Professional Actors; 14 The Avant-Garde, Subtext, and Symbolism; 15 Documentary as Resistance; Part IV Persistence of Vision; 16 Screenwriting: From Script to Screen; 17 Soundtracks: Using Music in Film; Part V Merging and Emerging Media: Developing a Professional Specialism; 18 Post-Film: Technology and the Digital Film; 19 Post-Film: Production, Distribution, and Consumption in the Digital Age; 20 Mapping a Career Path; Glossary; Bibliography; Filmography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed May 28, 2013).

ISBN:

1-136-50851-1

1-136-50852-X

0-203-14644-1

9780203146446

OCLC:

842882013