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The Story of Film

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By (author): Mark Cousins

An updated edition with completely new chapters of the most accessible and compelling history of the cinema yet published, and complements Mark Cousins' fascinating 15-hour film documentary The Story of Film: An Odyssey.

Filmmaker and author Mark Cousins shows how filmmakers are influenced both by the historical events of their times, and by each other. He demonstrates, for example, how Douglas Sirks Hollywood melodramas of the 1950s influenced Rainer Werner Fassbinders despairing visions of 1970s Germany; and how George Lucas Star Wars epics grew out of Akira Kurosawas The Hidden Fortress.

The Story of Film is divided into three main epochs: Silent (18851928), Sound (19281990) and Digital (1990Present). Films are discussed within chapters reflecting both the stylistic concerns of the film-makers and the political and social themes of the time. This edition includes new text that encompasses the further-reaching scope of world cinema today, and the huge leaps in technology that have changed cinema screens forever.

Film is an international medium, so as well as covering the great American films and film-makers, The Story of Film explores cinema in Europe, Africa, Asia, Australasia and South America, and shows how cinematic ideas and techniques cross national boundaries. Avoiding jargon and obscure critical theory, the author constantly places himself in the role of the moviegoer watching a film, and asks: How does a scene or a story affect us, and why? In so doing he gets to the heart of cinematic technique, explaining how film-makers use lighting, framing, focal length and editing to create their effects. Clearly written, and illustrated with over 400 stills, including numerous sequences explaining how scenes work, The Story of Film is essential reading for both film students and moviegoers alike.

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Product Details
  • Weight: 1650g
  • Dimensions: 172 x 246mm
  • Publication Date: 01 Oct 2020
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781911641827

About Mark Cousins

Mark Cousins is an Irish-Scottish filmmaker and author. His films including The Story of Film The First Movie The Eyes of Orson Welles Atomic I am Belfast Stockholm My Love and Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema have won the Prix Italia a Peabody and the Stanley Kubrick Award. They have premiered at the worlds major film festivals. Their themes are looking cities cinema childhood and recovery. His other books include Imagining Reality: The Faber Book of Documentary and The Story of Looking. He loves walking across cities such as Los Angeles Moscow Paris Beijing Berlin London and Mexico City with his camera.

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