Becoming Film Literate: The Art and Craft of Motion Pictures

by Vincent Lobrutto

Book Overview

Though movies have remained our foremost cultural pastime for over 100 years, many of us still know very little about the tools used to create them. In this groundbreaking new book, Vincent LoBrutto provides an enjoyable and accessible education in the art of cinema: using 50 landmark films spanning the history of the medium, LoBrutto illustrates such important concepts as editing, production design, cinematography, sound, screen acting, narrative...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275981444
• ISBN13: 9780275981440
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 404 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.8"