Film Viewers Guide
by David Bordwell
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Packaged free with each copy of Film Art, this new guide by David Bordwell explains how to analyze and write about films.Tags
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If you've ever wanted a simple guide for film critique, this is it. Included with most copies of Bordwell and Thompson's Film Art, this book explains film critique, and the things you need to take into consideration when acquiring a film or attending a venue playing a film. It provides helpful information, such as that pertaining to widescreen versus pan & scan, and even things not commonly known, such as soundtrack changes for home release.
This book is sure to appeal to most beginner film critics and film students alike.
This book is sure to appeal to most beginner film critics and film students alike.
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David Bordwell is the Jacques Ledoux Professor of Film Studies Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. With Kristin Thompson, he is coauthor of Film History: An Introduction and the Film Arts: An Introduction and the blog Observations on Film Art, which can be found at http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog.
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- Film Viewers Guide
- Original publication date
- 2003 (Seventh Edition) (Seventh Edition)
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