Playful frames : styles of widescreen cinema /

"A widescreen frame in cinema beckons the eye to playfully, creatively roam. Such technology also gives inventive filmmakers room to disrupt and redirect audience expectations, surprising viewers through the use of a wider, more expansive screen. Playful Frames: Styles of Widescreen Cinema stud...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rybin, Steven, 1979- (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2023]
Series:Techniques of the Moving Image Series.
Online Access:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=3563662
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : a scope quartet
  • Jean Negulesco (1900-1993) : CinemaScope connoisseur
  • Blake Edwards (1922-2010) : Panavision pyrotechnics
  • Robert Altman (1925-2006) : diffusive widescreen
  • John Carpenter (1948
  • ) : anamorphic haunting.