The Story of Film A Worldwide History
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The Story of Film presents the history of the movies in a way never told before. Weaving personalities, technology, and production with engaging descriptions of groundbreaking scenes, Mark Cousins uses his experience as film historian, producer, and director to capture the shifting trends of movie history without recourse to jargon. We learn how filmmakers influenced each other; how contemporary events influenced them; how they challenged established techniques and developed new technologies to enhance their medium. Striking images reinforce the reader's understanding of cinematic innovation both stylistic and technical. Presenting three epochs Silent (18851928); Sound (19281990) and Digital (1990Present) The Story of Film spans the birth of the moving image; the establishment of Hollywood; the European avant-garde movements; personal filmmaking; world cinema and recent phenomena such as Computer Generated Imagery and the ever-more "real" realizations of the wildest of imaginations. Here are mainstream entertainment films and maverick talents, breathtaking moments and technical revolutions, blockbuster movies and art-house gems, icons of the screen and the hard workers behind the scenes. It is a powerful story of the world's most popular artistic medium.
Book information
ISBN: | 9781560259336 |
Publisher: | Da Capo Books |
Imprint: | Da Capo Press |
Pub date: | 05 Oct 2006 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 512 |
Weight: | 1266g |
Height: | 242mm |
Width: | 165mm |
Spine width: | 30mm |