The Story Of Film:

The Story Of Film: A Worldwide History Mark Cousins Additional Author mixed material bibliography Thunder\'s Mouth Press 2006 512 <div><i>The Story of Film</i> presents the history of the movies in a way never told before. Weaving personalities, technology, and production with engaging descriptions of groundbreaking scenes, Mark Cousins uses his experience as film historian, producer, and director to capture the shifting trends of movie history without recourse to jargon. We learn how filmmakers influenced each other; how contemporary events influenced them; how they challenged established techniques and developed new technologies to enhance their medium. Striking images reinforce the reader�s understanding of cinematic innovation both stylistic and technical.<br><br>Presenting three epochs � Silent (1885�1928); Sound (1928�1990) and Digital (1990�Present) � The Story of Film spans the birth of the moving image; the establishment of Hollywood; the European avant-garde movements; personal filmmaking; world cinema and recent phenomena such as Computer Generated Imagery and the ever-more 'real' realizations of the wildest of imaginations. Here are mainstream entertainment films and maverick talents, breathtaking moments and technical revolutions, blockbuster movies and art-house gems, icons of the screen and the hard workers behind the scenes. It is a powerful story of the world�s most popular artistic medium.<br></div> Motion pictures - History 1560256125 C2O library Online catalog (BETA) 791.4309 COU Sto 60 C2O library & collabtive (Films & Video) 12000 TheStoryOfFilmAWorldwide809_f.jpg 60 2015-01-02 09:50:52 2015-01-02 09:50:52 machine generated