Screen media : analysing film and television / Jane Stadler with Kelly McWilliam.
Material type: TextPublisher: Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2009Description: xx, 390 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1741754488
- 9781741754483
- 791.4 23
- PN1992.63 .S73 2008
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 791.4 STA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A360851B | ||
Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 791.4 STA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A360847B |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. Thinking on both sides of the screen -- 1. By design : art direction and mise en scène construction -- 2. Cinematography : writing in light and movement -- 3. Soundscapes : the invisible magic of sound -- 4. At the edge of the cut : editing from continuity to montage -- 5. Plotting and planning : storytelling and reviewing techniques -- 6. Screen narratives : traditions and trends -- 7. Reality and realism : seeing is believing -- 8. Genre : 'someting new based on something familiar' / Kelly McWilliam -- 9. Star struck : fandom and the discourse of celebrity / Kelly McWilliam -- 10. Skating the edge : cult media and the (inter)active audience -- 11. The crowded screen : transcultural influences and new directions in visual culture -- Glossary.
"Traditionally books on film or media studies address either film or television, rarely treating them together. Screen Media follows the increasing tendency in tertiary teaching to see film and television as part of a broader field of screen studies. Using wide ranging international examples, and by making clear the links between screen theory and creative practice, it offers undergraduate students the analytical and theoretical vocabulary they need to articulate their ideas about film and television. Topics covered include the historical emergence of screen media and the particularly modern idea of seeing as believing', the commodification of screen media and its role in mediating between individual and society; comparisons and contrasts between the technical and analytical conventions of both media forms; screenwriting, narrative structure, and genre; and the context of reception and the nature of audience responses to various screen texts. Including chapter summaries, discussion questions, and suggestions for further reading, Screen Media is an ideal introduction for undergraduate students to critical engagement with film and television"--Publisher.
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