Movies and Meaning: An Introduction to Film
- ISBN-10
- 020521102X
- ISBN-13
- 9780205211029
- Series
- Movies and Meaning
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Pages
- 504
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-01-26
- Publisher
- Prentice Hall
- Author
- Stephen Prince
Description
Updated in a new 6th edition, Movies and Meaning is a comprehensive introduction to the film industry that focuses on three topics: how movies express meanings, how viewers understand those meanings, and how cinema functions globally as both an art and a business. It examines both how filmmakers create images and sounds and the mechanisms and processes by which viewers make sense of images and stories on screen.
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