The cinema as a graphic art : on a theory of representation in the cinema (1959)

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Title:
The cinema as a graphic art : on a theory of representation in the cinema
Date:
1959
Publisher:
New York : Hill and Wang
Volume:
The cinema as a graphic art : on a theory of representation in the cinema
Leaf #:
00082
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
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Date Added:
July 11, 2024
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THE CINEMA AS A GRAPHIC ART positional construction of each shot. As we are compelled to restrict ourselv only to a scheme of linear composition, a number of important details will escaj the reader's notice. So we shall attempt to summarise the tonal and lightir treatment of the given scenario at the end. We shall also separately consider tl technical methods of obtaining certain shots. In each of the pages that follow we give six compositional schemes for sho in their editing sequence. Each scheme is provided with a commentary and tl motivation for the principle of compositional construction employed. 84