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SHORT HISTORY OF THE MOVIES, A (10TH EDITION) By Bruce F. Kawin & Gerald Mast
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- Book Title
- Short History of the Movies, A (10th Edition)
- ISBN-10
- 0205537553
- ISBN
- 9780205537556
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Longman Publishing
ISBN-10
0205537553
ISBN-13
9780205537556
eBay Product ID (ePID)
60653151
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
784 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Short History of the Movies
Publication Year
2007
Subject
Communication Studies, Film / History & Criticism
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Performing Arts, Language Arts & Disciplines
Format
Perfect
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
41.4 Oz
Item Length
9.1 in
Item Width
7.5 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number
10
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2007-035544
TitleLeading
A
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
791.4309
Table Of Content
1. Introductory Assumptions. For Further Reading and Viewing. 2. Birth. Frames per second. Pictures on Film. Speed. Flicker and the Continuous Signal. Persistence of Vision and Other Phenomena. Seeing with the Brain. Visual Masking and Retinal Retention. Early Observations. Separating and Integrating Frames. The Phi Phenomenon and Beta Movement. Short-Range Apparent Motion. Constructing Continuity. Scientific Toys. Émile Reynaud. Photography. Muybridge and Marey. Thomas Edison. W. K-L. Dickson and William Heise. Early Cameras and Films. The Kinetoscope. A Sound Film and Studio. Projection. The Magic Lantern. The Loop and Other Solutions. The LumiÈre Brothers. R.W. Paul. The Vitascope. The First Films. For Further Reading and Viewing. 3. Film Narrative, Commercial Expansion. Early Companies. Narrative. George Melies. Cohl and Others. Edwin S. Porter. From Brighton to Biograph. Business Wars. The Film d'Art. For Further Reading and Viewing. 4. Griffith. Apprenticeship. Biograph: The One-Reelers. Two Reels and Up. The Birth of a Nation. Intolerance. 1917-31. &nbutions
Synopsis
The Tenth Edition ofA Short History of the Moviescontinues the tradition-scrupulously accurate in its details, up-to-date, free of jargon-that has made it the most widely adopted textbook for college courses in film history. This volume offers students a panoramic overview of the worldwide development of film through the studio heyday of the 1930s and 1940s and the "Hollywood Renaissance" of the 1960s and 1970s, to the pictures and technology appearing in multiplexes and living rooms of today. This new edition, wich as been revised and rewritten to reflect current scholarship, recent industry developments, and new films and filmmakers, represents an accurate, scrupulous updating of a classic., "A Short History of the Movies, 10/e "is perfect for anyone with an interest in the worldwide development of film. Recent industry developments and new films and filmmakers represent an accurate updating of a classic. The Tenth Edition includes treatment of more women filmmakers, independent filmmakers, and filmmakers of color than comparable books. Evaluations of great works from such directors as Rossellini, Scorsese, Berman, Hitchcock, and more illuminate conflicts and controversies in many areas of filmmaking., The Tenth Edition of A Short History of the Movies continues the tradition scrupulously accurate in its details, up-to-date, free of jargon that has made it the most widely adopted textbook for college courses in film history. This volume offers students a panoramic overview of the worldwide development of film through the studio heyday of the 1930s and 1940s and the "Hollywood Renaissance" of the 1960s and 1970s, to the pictures and technology appearing in multiplexes and living rooms of today. This new edition, wich as been revised and rewritten to reflect current scholarship, recent industry developments, and new films and filmmakers, represents an accurate, scrupulous updating of a classic.
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