Narration in the Fiction Film
- ISBN-10
- 0299101746
- ISBN-13
- 9780299101749
- Category
- Motion picture plays
- Pages
- 370
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1985
- Publisher
- Univ of Wisconsin Press
- Author
- David Bordwell
Description
Mimetic theories of narration - Diegetic theories of narration - The viewe's activity - Principles of narration - Sin, murder, and narration - Narration and time - Narration and space - Modes and norms - Classical narration : the Hollywood example - Art-cinema narration - Historical-materialist narration : the soviet example - Parametric narration - Godard and narration.
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