{"title":"David Bordwell","description":"\u003cp\u003eDavid Bordwell’s works delve deeply into the art and craft of cinema, offering insightful analysis that enriches the reader’s understanding of film as a visual and cultural medium. His books often explore how narrative structures, cinematography, and editing techniques contribute to storytelling in cinema.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thoughtful, rigorous discussions that balance scholarly precision with accessible language, making complex concepts in film studies approachable. Bordwell’s writing invites a closer look at the nuances of cinematic form and the ways films communicate meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"figures-traced-in-light-by-david-bordwell-9780520241978","title":"Figures Traced in Light","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA film tells its story not only through dialogue and actors' performances but also through the director's control of movement and shot design. \u003cem\u003eFigures Traced in Light\u003c\/em\u003e is a detailed consideration of how cinematic staging carries the story, expresses emotion, and beguiles the audience through pictorial composition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRanging over the entire history of cinema, David Bordwell focuses on four filmmakers' unique contributions to the technique. In-depth chapters examine Louis Feuillade, master of the 1910s serial; Kenji Mizoguchi, the great Japanese director who worked from the 1920s to the 1950s; Theo Angelopoulos, who began his career as a political modernist in the late 1960s; and Hou Hsiao-hsien, the Taiwanese filmmaker who in the 1980s became the preeminent Asian director.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor comparison, Bordwell draws on films by Howard Hawks, Michelangelo Antonioni, Yasujiro Ozu, Takeshi Kitano, and many other directors. Superbly illustrated with more than 500 frame enlargements and 16 colour illustrations, \u003cem\u003eFigures Traced in Light\u003c\/em\u003e situates its close analysis of model sequences in the context of the technological, industrial, and cultural trends that shaped the directors' approaches to staging.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47470613102828,"sku":"9780520241978","price":66.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780520241978-figures-traced-in-light.jpg?v=1775222718"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/david-bordwell.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}