Mise en Scène and film style : from classical Hollywood to new media art /
Martin, A.author.
Styles of filmmaking have changed greatly from classical Hollywood through to our digital era. So, too, have the ways in which film critics and scholars have analysed these transformations in film style. This book explores two central style concepts, mise en scène and dispositif, to illuminate a wide range of film and new media examples.
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Cover; Half-Title ; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Prologue: At the Ballet Ruse; 1 A Term That Means Everything, and Nothing Very Specific; 2 Aesthetic Economies: The Expressive and the Excessive; 3 What Was Mise en scène ?; 4 The Crises (1): Squeezed and Stretched; 5 The Crises (2): The Style It Takes; 6 Sonic Spaces; 7 A Detour via Reality: Social Mise en scène; 8 Cinema, Audiovisual Art of the 21st Century; 9 The Rise of the Dispositif; Epilogue: Five Minutes and Fifteen Seconds with Ritwik Ghatak; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Styles of filmmaking have changed greatly from classical Hollywood through to our digital era. So, too, have the ways in which film critics and scholars have analysed these transformations in film style. This book explores two central style concepts, mise en scène and dispositif, to illuminate a wide range of film and new media examples.
Motion pictures—Production and direction.
Motion pictures—History.
Civilization—History.
Arts.
Motion pictures and television.
Communication.
Directing.
Film History.
Cultural History.
Arts.
Screen Studies.
Media Studies.