Writing on the Edge
Subtitle: Paratexts in Narrative Cinema
Publisher: Universitätsverlag Winter
Published: Apr 01, 2016
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 179
ISBN-13: 9783825364748
Description: Writing on the edge analyzes texts that surround movies - so-called filmic paratexts. They include opening and closing credits, film posters, and tie-in products such as novelizations. More accessory than an actual part of the film they accompany, paratexts nevertheless serve as an essential framing device that generates expectations and guides audiences through their viewing experience. The book discusses the exchange between the extradiegetic nature of paratexts and the diegesis of the films proper - the space between the producers' attempts to advertise a product and the filmmakers' attempts to tell a story. Writing on the edge investigates cinema's manifold conventions developed to link these realms. In doing so, the book analyzes a wide range of credit sequences and promotional materials covering all periods of film history.
Notes: Source title: Writing on the Edge: Paratexts in Narrative Cinema (Film and Television Studies)