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"Modern Film Aesthetics (3rd Edition)" Author: / Michel Marie / / Marc Vernet Publisher: China Film Publishing House
"Modern Film Aesthetics (3rd Edition)" Author: / Michel Marie / / Marc Vernet Publisher: China Film Publishing House
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Introduction · · · · · ·
"Modern Film Aesthetics (3rd Edition)" is a classic reading on film studies and has been translated into 11 languages. Drawing on art history, literary theory, semiotics, and psychoanalysis, it provides students and movie fans with a panoramic view of film aesthetics and audio-visual aesthetics. This is a truly interdisciplinary work. No professional knowledge is required to get started.
About the Author · · · · · ·
The four authors are Jacques Aumont, professor of film aesthetics at the University of Paris III, Michel Marie, Marc Vernet and Alain Belcarra, editor of Cahiers du Cinema.
Translator Cui Junyan graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University, was a visiting scholar at the University of Paris, a senior visiting scholar at Harvard University, and a visiting professor at City University of Hong Kong. His major publications include Modern Film Theory Information, Film Psychology Research, and Film Semiotics; his major translations include Secular Myths, An Introduction to Film Philosophy, and Film Aesthetics; and he edited Film Aesthetics and Psychology, Film Art Dictionary, and the Film Section of the Modern Art Dictionary.
Table of contents · · · · · ·
1. “Popular” publications
2. Movie fan books
3. Theoretical and Aesthetic Writings II. Film Theory and Film Aesthetics
1. “Originality” theory
2. Descriptive Theory
3. Film theory and aesthetics
4. Film theory and technical practice
5. Various film theories Chapter Film as a form of visual and sound reproduction 1. Film space 2. Depth of field techniques
1. Perspective
2. Depth of Field 3. "Lens" Concept Movie, Sound Reproduction
1. Economic and technological factors and their development history
2. Aesthetic and ideological factors References Chapter 2 Montage 1. Principles of Montage
1. Purpose of Montage
2. Montage action form
3. The “broad” definition of montage 2. The function of montage
1. Empirical research
2. A more systematic description III. The ideology of montage
1. André Bazin and the film “Transparent”
2. Eisenstein and “Dialectical Cinema”
References Chapter 3 Film and Narrative 1. Narrative Film
1. Cinema meets narrative
2. Non-narrative Film
3. Narrative Films, Research Objects and Purposes 2. Fictional Films
1. Any film is a fictional film
2. Reference body issues
3. Narration, narrative, story
4. Narrative Codes, Functions and Characters III. Realism in Film
1. Realism in expressing materials
2. Realism of the film’s theme
3. Realism
4. Genre Effect Real Impression Reference Book Chapter 4 Film and Language 1. Film Language
1. An old concept
2. Early Theorists
3. Film Grammar
4. Classical concepts of film language
5. Unsigned Language 2. Movies. Pure Language or Pan-language?
1. Pan-language and pure language in movies
2. The comprehensibility of the film 3. The heterogeneity of film language
1. Expression medium
2. The concept of code in semiotics
3. The special code of the movie
4. Analysis of non-special code video text
1. The concept of "film text" in "Language and Film" (Metz)
2. Example: The text system of Griffith's "Party"
3. The concept of text in literary semiotics
4. The uniqueness and theoretical significance of text analysis References Chapter 5 Film and Film Audience 1. Film Audience
1. Conditions for reproducing illusions
2. “Shaping” the audience
3. Cinematic Audience
4. Moviegoers, imaginary people
5. A new approach to studying film audiences Part 2: Film audiences and identification with films
1. The place of identification in psychoanalytic theory
2. Identification as narcissistic degeneration III. Double identification in film
1. Primary Identification in Film
2. Secondary Identification in Film
3. Identity and structure
4. Identification and Statement
5. Film audiences and psychoanalytic subjects, no conclusion yet Reference readings Conclusion Bibliography of the third edition Bibliography of names, film titles and film terms
