Engaging dialogue : cinematic verbalism in American independent cinema /

O'Meara highlights how speech can be central to cinema without overshadowing its medium-specific components, and demonstrates how indie dialogue can instead hinge on an idea of cinematic verbalism.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: O'Meara, Jennifer (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, [2018]
Series:Traditions in American cinema.
Subjects:
Dialogue in motion pictures.
Independent films > United States > History and criticism.
Dialogue au cinéma.
Films indépendants > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > Direction & Production.
Dialogue in motion pictures
Independent films
United States
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Measuring engaging dialogue
  • Verbal-visual style and words visualised
  • The integrated soundtrack and lyrical speech
  • Dialogue and character construction
  • Embodying dialogue : rich voices, expressive mouths and gesticulation
  • Gendered verbal dynamics : sensitive men and explicit women
  • Adapting dialogue and authorial double-voicing
  • Conclusion : verbal extremes and excess.

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