David Bordwell,
University of Wisconsin - Madison Kristin Thompson,
University of Wisconsin - Madison
ISBN: 0073386162 Copyright year: 2010
What's New
Expanded coverage of digital filmmaking. A thoroughly revised Chapter 1, Film as Art: Creativity, Technology, and Business, reflects the increasing merger of photochemically based cinema and digital cinema, with new discussions of how digital technologies are inserted into production, distribution, and exhibition, as well as a case study on the making of Michael Mann's film Collateral.
Greater integration of the authors' acclaimed blog, "Observations on Film Art". In what Roger Ebert calls, "the most knowledgeable blog on the Web," David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson share their ideas and experiences with instructors and students. Throughout the text, added "Connect to the Blog" references point instructors and students to entries keyed to specific ideas, terms, and film examples, connecting ideas in Film Art to the current film scene in an accessible format.
New, more current case study on sound. An analysis of Christopher Nolan's The Prestige, in Chapter 7, Sound in the Cinema, provides students with a current example of how our experience of a film's story can be shaped by sound. The prior edition's case study of Robert Bresson's A Man Escaped now appears on the authors' blog.
Updated examples and film stills throughout the text. Discussions of and images from recent films such as Slumdog Millionaire, Waltz with Bashir, Across the Universe, Iron Man, Wendy and Lucy, Babel, Cloverfield,Persepolis, and The Golden Compass bring the text up to date and show students the concepts of film analysis applied to familiar and relatable content.
Updated Online Learning Center. This site features a wealth of additional resources for students and instructors, including multiple choice quizzes, essay questions, Internet Exercises, an instructor's manual, test bank, a link to the authors' blog, and more.
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