How To Read A Film. The Art, Technology, Language, History, And Theory Of Film And Media

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publisher Place: New York
Publisher Year: 1981
Edition: Reprint

Description: 533 pages. Book is in general good condition. There is some light reading wear present, but still a presentable copy. Is It Necessary, Really, To Learn How To Read A Film? Obviously, Anyone Of Minimal Intelligence Over The Age Of Four Can-more Or Less-grasp The Basic Content Of A Film, Record,radio, Or Television Progeram Without Any Specal Training.

Publishers Description: Looking at film from many vantage points, Monaco discusses the elements necessary to understand how a film conveys its meaning, and more importantly, how the audience can best discern all that a film is attempting to communicate. "An astute and thoroughgoing analysis".--"Publishers Weekly". 425 illustrations. 544 pp.

ISBN: 0195028066