Philosophy of Motion Pictures

Name: Philosophy of Motion Pictures
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ISBN: 9781405120258

ISBN-10: 1405120258

ISBN-13: 9781405120258

Edition: 2008

Authors: Noï¿½l Carroll, Noï¿½l Carroll, Noel Carroll

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Philosophy of Motion Pictures offers a new approach, championing the concept of the moving image in a more freestyle manner. Motion pictures are defined in a way that not only embraces the media in which moving images exist, but also affirms the purposes they may legitimately serve.Topics in the book include film as art, medium specificity, defining motion pictures, representation, editing, narrative, emotion and evaluation. Frequently they reflect the legacy of traditional film theory for the contemporary philosophy of the moving image.Characterizations of key cinematic elements --the shot, the sequence, the erotetic narrative, and its modes of affective address - are not deduced from…

Book details

List price: $52.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/26/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.10" long x 0.76" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: From Film Theory to the Philosophy of the Moving Image



Film as Art



Medium Specificity



What Is Cinema?



The Moving Picture - the Shot



Moving Images - Cinematic Sequencing and Narration



Affect and the Moving Image



Evaluation


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Bibliography


Index