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Elements of Film A new book. Elements of Film, by Lee R. Bobker, president of Vision Associates, New York, is designed to appeal to both the serious student of film wiio vvisiies to pursue a career in filmmaking and to the general reader who wishes to learn more about this most dynamic of art forms. The structure of the book reflects the filmmaking process itself. Early chapters follow the order in which a film is made: script, image (camera, lighting, composition), sound and editing, with special attention to the roles of scriptwriters, cameramen, film editors, actors and directors and their relationships to one another. Emphasis throughout is on the interconnection between the techniques of filmmaking (the how to do it) and their creative application (the why to do it). A separate chapter is included on the work of 13 major directors of theatrical film (Bergman, Kurosawa, Antonioni, etc.) — the complete filmmakers — who have shaped every element of their films from acting techniques and optical effects to the final editing. While Mr. Bobker goes to great lengths to explore the philosophies and working methods of these directors, he does not, surprisingly enough from one of the outstanding modern directors of the documentary and public information film, have much to say about his own methods and techniques, or those of his contemporaries in this important division of the cinema art. Elements of Film, 303 pages, is published by Harcourt, Brace & World. ($4.95). Books on Cinema Indiana University Press has available several books on the cinema which will be of interest to movie makers. "Literature and Film" by Robert Richardson, Chairman of the Department of English at the University of Denver, begins with the simple but possibly crucial observation that, in general, literature and film are storytelling arts, and that, therefore, they are not the entirely different, antithetical disciplines that they are widely held to be. He shows the relationship of the two. pointing our differences as well as similarities, and ilenioiistialing how each form and its associated criticism is able to iilumiiuite and enliven the other. ■■'1 he Inlernational liliii industry" by Thomas H. Cniback, Researcii Assistant Professor in the Institute of Communications Research and Assistant Professor in the College o\' Conununicalions at the University of Illinois, documents a study showing that fihn making in America and Western Euro|ie is rapidly moving toward international coproduction. The massive increase of American investment in European film companies and the continuing search for wider and more lucrative markets are creating a dehumanized, slick style of film that eliminates domestic cultural characteristics and blurs the expression of individual national perceptions. Mr. Guback also discusses postwar quota and tariff restrictions established to protect European film industries, the use of the boycott to force a foreign market for American films, the increasing acceptance of European films in the United States, our government's backing of the industry, and its use of film for propaganda purposes. "Film Makers on Film Making" was edited with an introduction by Harry M. Geduld, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Indiana University. In this book, thirty distinguished film makers, ranging chronologically from Louis Lumiere to Kenneth Anger, present their views of the art and craft of the film. 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