An effective filmmaker needs to have a good understanding of how film language works, and more importantly, how to actively influence an audience's thoughts and feelings and guide their gaze around the screen. Packed with examples from classic and contemporary cinema, The Language of Film reveals th[...]

Suitable for students on film production courses and those wishing to write a short film, this book helps readers learn the key elements of screenwriting through examining areas such as dialogue, sound, setting, shots and structure. It provides advice to new film-makers on how to market their produc[...]

Basics Film-Making: The Language of Film explores the means by which film communicates meaning to its audience. It discusses the stories they tell, the sign-systems they deploy, the interpretive contexts we are invited to place them in, and the range of aesthetic elements which contribute to the cin[...]

Imaginative, exciting tale recounts the remarkable exploits of an orphaned child raised by a family of apes in the African jungle. 18 illus. (Abridged)
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