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Figures Traced in Light: On Cinematic Staging
David Bordwell
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Description for Figures Traced in Light: On Cinematic Staging
Paperback. Num Pages: 327 pages, 16 color illustrations, 536 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 186 x 17. Weight in Grams: 814.
A film tells its story not only through dialogue and actors' performances but also through the director's control of movement and shot design. Figures Traced in Light is a detailed consideration of how cinematic staging carries the story, expresses emotion, and beguiles the audience through pictorial composition. Ranging over the entire history of cinema, David Bordwell focuses on four filmmakers' unique contributions to the technique. In-depth chapters examine Louis Feuillade, master of the 1910s serial; Kenji Mizoguchi, the great Japanese director who worked from the 1920s to the 1950s; Theo Angelopoulos, who began his career as a political modernist in ... Read more
A film tells its story not only through dialogue and actors' performances but also through the director's control of movement and shot design. Figures Traced in Light is a detailed consideration of how cinematic staging carries the story, expresses emotion, and beguiles the audience through pictorial composition. Ranging over the entire history of cinema, David Bordwell focuses on four filmmakers' unique contributions to the technique. In-depth chapters examine Louis Feuillade, master of the 1910s serial; Kenji Mizoguchi, the great Japanese director who worked from the 1920s to the 1950s; Theo Angelopoulos, who began his career as a political modernist in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
327
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
327
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520241978
SKU
V9780520241978
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About David Bordwell
David Bordwell is Jacques Ledoux Professor of Film Studies and Hilldale Professor of Humanities at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Among his books are Film History: An Introduction (with Kristin Thompson, 2002), Planet Hong Kong: Popular Cinema and the Art of Entertainment (2000), and On the History of Film Style (1997).
Reviews for Figures Traced in Light: On Cinematic Staging
"The choreography of cinematic creation is stunningly revealed in this learned and lively book. Finely historical with meticulous descriptions of directors, actors, and cameras in motion, Figures Traced in Light registers for the first time the abiding patterns of cinematic staging around the world and through the years." - Janet Walker, author of Trauma Cinema; "David Bordwell is undoubtedly the ... Read more