Art History for Filmmakers

The Art of Visual Storytelling (livre en anglais)

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de Gillian McIver

Type: Ouvrage didactique
Sujet: Technique > Esthétisme
Mots Clés: procédé narratif, arts, esthétique
Année d'édition: 2020
Editeur: Bloomsbury Academic
Collection: Required Reading Range
Langue: anglais

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Broché • 256 pages
21 x 27 cm

ISBN

978-1-5013-6230-9

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Description de l'ouvrage :
Since cinema's earliest days, literary adaptation has provided the movies with stories; and so we use literary terms like metaphor, metonymy and synecdoche to describe visual things. But there is another way of looking at film, and that is through its relationship with the visual arts – mainly painting, the oldest of the art forms.

Art History for Filmmakers is an inspiring guide to how images from art can be used by filmmakers to establish period detail, and to teach composition, color theory and lighting. The book looks at the key moments in the development of the Western painting, and how these became part of the Western visual culture from which cinema emerges, before exploring how paintings can be representative of different genres, such as horror, sex, violence, realism and fantasy, and how the images in these paintings connect with cinema.

Insightful case studies explore the links between art and cinema through the work of seven high-profile filmmakers, including Peter Greenaway, Peter Webber, Jack Cardiff, Martin Scorsese, Guillermo del Toro, Quentin Tarantino and Stan Douglas. A range of practical exercises are included in the text, which can be carried out singly or in small teams.

Featuring stunning full-color images, Art History for Filmmakers provides budding filmmakers with a practical guide to how images from art can help to develop their understanding of the visual language of film.

À propos de l'auteur :
Gillian McIver studied History at the University of Toronto, Canada and completed a PhD in Art History and Cinema at the University of Roehampton, UK. She makes films, curates exhibitions and screenings, and ran a gallery in East London. She has lectured at Central St Martins, The National Film and Television School, and the University for the Creative Arts, UK. She is the author of Art History for Filmmakers (Bloomsbury 2016).

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"Excellent integration of art and film. Particularly useful in regard to cinematography and mise en scene. Ideas are well-expressed and illustrated. This text will cause filmmakers to look anew at painting." ―Dr Ashley Gaskin, Institute of Technology Tralee, Ireland

"This is an outstanding book for filmmakers, opening up art history and providing a visual vocabulary beyond the technically cinematic that is sure to enhance student and professional work. In taking a broad survey of art movements and linking to examples of contemporary and classic cinema, this is an approachable, essential text for film production students as well as writers and directors seeking to augment their visual knowledge." ―Chris Buxton, University of Wales Trinity St David, UK

"This is a nicely presented and engaging text which relates film to fine art practice in a novel and interesting way. It will be useful for students extending their practice in film making and should inspire them to consider the origins and impact of decisions in composition and lighting." ―Tracy Piper-Wright, University of Chester, UK

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