BOOKS - Thinking in Pictures
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Thinking in Pictures
Author: Joyce E. Jesionowski
Year: 2020
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 56 MB
Language: English
Year: 2020
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 56 MB
Language: English
Thinking in Pictures shows for the first time in rigorous shot by shot analyses what Griffith really did and allows us to understand the implications for film narrative in general Anyone with an interest in early cinema will find the book compelling but the text will also intrigue readers seeking understanding of film usages on a more general theoretical level When Griffith began making films the shot had been recognized as a basic element of film the camera had a certain amount of freedom transitional effects had been explored audiences displayed an appetite for narrative It was the synthesis of these elements as Jesionowski traces it that was Griffith s great achievement for which he has always been honored by other filmmakers by critics and by audiences who continue to be moved and excited by his films