Color, The Film Reader (In Focus: Routledge Film Readers) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415324432 ISBN 13: 9780415324434

Publisher: Routledge, 2006

Synopsis

This is the first anthology devoted exclusively to the subject of colour in film and its history, production and technology.

Set out in thematic sections, the book addresses key issues in the field including:

• the development of colour technology
• how visual stule was affected by the shift from black and white to colour
• colour in film theory and the writings of authors such as Bresson, Eisenstein and Oshima
• colour in the films of Godard, Hitchcock, Almodovar and many more.

Including case studies too, this is the perfect introductory guide to a key element in film form and theory. A must for any student starting a film studies course.

About this title

About the Author:

Angela Dalle Vacche is Associate Professor of Film Studies at Georgia Institute of Technology. She is the founding director of IFS, a summer school in documentary filmmaking sponsored by the University of Udine/Gorizia-DAMS in Italy and the Georgia Institute of Technology. Her previous publications include The Visual Turn, (edited, 2002), Cinema and Painting (1996) and The Body in the Mirror (1992).

Brian Price is Assistant Professor of Film Studies at Oklahoma State University. He is also co-editor of Framework.

Review:

'[This book] remains an important stepping-stone in film studies... [and] can be considered an accomplishment'. - Film International

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0415324432
• ISBN 13: 9780415324434
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 214
• Editor: Angela Dalle Vacche, Brian Price