Engaging Dialogue: Cinematic Verbalism in American Independent Cinema

ISBN-13: 9781474420624 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 240 str.

Jennifer O'Meara

Opis

O'Meara highlights how speech can be central to cinema without overshadowing its medium-specific components, and demonstrates how indie dialogue can instead hinge on an idea of cinematic verbalism.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements Table of contents Introduction 1. Measuring Engaging Dialogue 2. Verbal-Visual Style and Words Visualised 3. The Integrated Soundtrack and Lyrical Speech 4. Dialogue and Character Construction 5. Embodying Dialogue: Rich Voices, Expressive Mouths and Gesticulation 6. Gendered Verbal Dynamics: Sensitive Men and Explicit Women 7. Adapting Dialogue and Authorial Double Voicing Conclusion: Verbal Extremes and Excess Bibliography Filmography