Letterboxed : the evolution of widescreen cinema /

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Exploring the technological changes of the widescreen technique and how the format has inspired directors and also sparked debates among film critics, Cossar also explains how directors use wider aspect ratios to enhance their creative visions.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cossar, Harper
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©2011.
Series:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Wide-screen processes (Cinematography) > History.
Panoramique (Cinéma) > Histoire.
ART > Film & Video.
PHOTOGRAPHY > Techniques > Cinematography & Videography.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
Wide-screen processes (Cinematography)
Filmästhetik.
Breitwandfilm.
Vidfilm.
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: snakes and funerals
  • D.W. Griffith, Buster Keaton, Abel Gance, and the precursors of widescreen aesthetics
  • Big trail, the bat whispers, and the invention of widescreen style in 1930
  • Emerging stylistic norms in CinemaScope: genre and authorship in the films of Otto Preminger, Nicholas Ray, Frank Tashlin, and Douglas Sirk
  • Experiments, 1968, and the fractured screen
  • New media, digitextuality, and widescreen
  • Conclusion.

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