Author : Stuart Bender
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443865494
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)
Book Synopsis Film Style and the World War II Combat Genre by : Stuart Bender
Download or read book Film Style and the World War II Combat Genre written by Stuart Bender and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-11 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Film Style and the World War II Combat Genre is a detailed examination of the stylistic means by which filmmakers depict stories of combat. The work furthers contemporary discussions by analyzing a range of World War II combat films to a degree of detail which has previously escaped critical attention. This substantial examination of cinematography, sound, editing and acting in a range of movies including Saving Private Ryan, Windtalkers, Bataan, and Objective Burma! demonstrates the importance of close attention to the textual construction of these films specifically, as well as cinematic texts more generally. The work advances the original analytic descriptions of “controlled spontaneity” and “reported realism” as theoretical concepts which explain why viewers regard certain stylistic techniques as realistic. This notion of realism is then further understood through reference to a body of research in cognitive psychology to argue that the density of audio-visual information in contemporary combat films is a significant factor in creating a sense of realism.