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Film Technique and Film Acting

This volume contains a comprehensive exposition of the cinema writings of V. I. Pudovkin, being a detailed treatise on film technique and film acting. This concise yet detailed exposition will be of considerable utility to the film student or anyone with a keen interest in film theory. The chapters of this volume include: 'Vsevolod Illarionovich Pudovkin', 'Film Director and Film Material', 'Asychonism as a Principle of Sound Film', 'Rhthymic Problems in my First Sound Film', 'Close-ups in Time', 'Film Acting', 'The Film Scenario and its Theory', etcetera. Sevolod Illarionovich Pudovkin (1893 - 1953) was a Russian and film director, screenwriter and actor who developed influential theories of montage. This vintage book is being republished now complete with a specially commissioned biography of the author.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 380 pages

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