Film structure and the emotion system / Greg M. Smith.
"Film Structure and the Emotion System synthesizes recent research on emotion in cognitive psychology and neurology in an effort to provide a more nuanced understanding of how film evokes emotion. Analyzing a range of films, including Casablanca and Stranger than Paradise, this book offers a gr...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2003.
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| Online Access: | Sample text |
| Summary: | "Film Structure and the Emotion System synthesizes recent research on emotion in cognitive psychology and neurology in an effort to provide a more nuanced understanding of how film evokes emotion. Analyzing a range of films, including Casablanca and Stranger than Paradise, this book offers a grounded approach to the mechanisms through which films appeal to the human emotions, demonstrating the role of style and narration in this process."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | v, 221 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0521817587 9780521817585 |