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Direct Theory: Experimental Motion Pictures as Major Genre
Edward S. Small
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Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 146 x 12. Weight in Grams: 234.
Undulating water patterns; designs etched or painted directly onto clear or black film leader; computer-generated, pulsating, multihued light tapestries—the visual images that often constitute experimental motion pictures are unlike anything found in either fictive narratives or documentary works. Direct Theory provides a historical and theoretical survey of this overlooked and misunderstood category of international film and video referred to as avant garde. In a radical revision of film theory that incorporates a semiotic system, Small and Johnson argue that experimental motion pictures constitute a special mode of theory that bypasses written and spoken words. The book looks at the historical ... Read more
Undulating water patterns; designs etched or painted directly onto clear or black film leader; computer-generated, pulsating, multihued light tapestries—the visual images that often constitute experimental motion pictures are unlike anything found in either fictive narratives or documentary works. Direct Theory provides a historical and theoretical survey of this overlooked and misunderstood category of international film and video referred to as avant garde. In a radical revision of film theory that incorporates a semiotic system, Small and Johnson argue that experimental motion pictures constitute a special mode of theory that bypasses written and spoken words. The book looks at the historical ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Carbondale, United States
ISBN
9780809332137
SKU
V9780809332137
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