Along with updated examples and expanded coverage of digital filmmaking, the eleventh edition of Film Art delivers SmartBook, first and only adaptive reading experience currently available, designed to help students stay focused, maximize study time and retain basic concepts. This introduction to film art explains the techniques specific to film as a medium, discusses the principles by which entire films are constructed. Film Art is generously illustrated with more than 1,000 frame enlargements taken directly from completed films, providing concrete illustrations of key concepts. In-depth examples deepen students' appreciation for how creative choices by filmmakers affect what viewers experience and how they respond. This is the preeminent introductory film textbook because it has literally hundreds of frames from classic and lesser known films, used to illustrate the key concepts of mise-en-scene, cinematography and editing. Taking a skills-centered approach supported by examples from many periods and countries, the authors help students develop a core set of analytical skills that will enrich their understanding of any film, in any genre. However, 'Film Art: An Introduction' by David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson is the proverbial exception to the rule. Since 1979, David Bordwell, Kristin Thompson and now, Co-Author, Jeff Smith's Film Art has been the best-selling and most widely respected introduction to the analysis of cinema. Film is an art form with a language and an aesthetic all its own.
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