Cinematic Urban Geographies
Francois Penz (Ed.)
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Description for Cinematic Urban Geographies
Hardback. Cinema and the moving image contribute to viewers' understanding of cities and their topographies in a variety of ways. The contributors chart the many trajectories and points of contact between cinema and its topographical context and show that filmic studies are rooted in the sites of production. Editor(s): Penz, Francois; Koeck, Richard. Series: Screening Spaces. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; APF; JFD; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
This book proposes new methodological tools and approaches in order to tease out and elicit the different facets of urban fragmentation through the medium of cinema and the moving image, as a contribution to our understanding of cities and their topographies. In doing so it makes a significant contribution to the literature in the growing field of cartographic cinema and urban cinematics, by charting the many trajectories and points of contact between film and its topographical context. Under the influence of new technologies, the opening and the availability of previously unexplored archives but also the contribution of new scholars with ... Read more
This book proposes new methodological tools and approaches in order to tease out and elicit the different facets of urban fragmentation through the medium of cinema and the moving image, as a contribution to our understanding of cities and their topographies. In doing so it makes a significant contribution to the literature in the growing field of cartographic cinema and urban cinematics, by charting the many trajectories and points of contact between film and its topographical context. Under the influence of new technologies, the opening and the availability of previously unexplored archives but also the contribution of new scholars with ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Screening Spaces
Condition
New
Number of Pages
350
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137468307
SKU
V9781137468307
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Ref
99-15
About Francois Penz (Ed.)
Francois Penz is Director of The Martin Centre for Architectural and Urban Studies, UK. He is an architect by training and Professor of Architecture and the Moving Image where he directs the Digital Studio for Research in Design, Visualization and Communication. He has written widely on issues of cinema, architecture and the city and is the author of Cinematic Aided ... Read more
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