"This book consists of three essays about three aspects of aesthetics in the cinema: montage, découpage and mise en scène. The three authors, each taking one of these three topics, present a historical and theoretical overview of these concepts in film theory and practice and di…
Is a film watched on a video screen still cinema? Have digital compositing, motion capture, and other advanced technologies remade or obliterated the craft? Rooted in their hypothesis of the 'double birth of media', André Gaudreault and Philippe Marion take a positive look at ci…
Montage, découpage, mise en scène: these three French terms are central to debates around film history and aesthetics in every language, yet the precise meaning of each and especially their relations with one another remain a source of confusion for many. In this unique volume, …
This book, by one of the world's leading film scholars and a specialist on the topic of cinematic montage, Jacques Aumont, is an essay of extraordinary breadth and depth for its concise length. With invigorating freshness and insight, joining original ideas with historical analy…
