Colour

by Peacock, Steven

• ISBN13: 9780719076435
• ISBN10: 0719076439
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-09-14
• Publisher: MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS

Summary

Color remains one of the few uncharted territories in writing about film style.Colouris the first monograph to deal with the close criticism of film colour across decades and countries. Through detailed explorations of films such asThree Colours: White and The Green Ray, this study offers a way of approaching, interpreting, and appreciating cinematic color. The book also considers film's ability to place color in a shifting relationship with all other points of style including camerawork, editing, performance, music, and lighting. Accessible and inventive in its approach,Colourinvites the reader to see films differently, providing a fresh perspective of this overlooked element of cinema aesthetics.

Author Biography

Steven Peacock is Senior Lecturer in Film at the University of Hertfordshire

Table of Contents

List of plates *  List of figures * Preface * Acknowledgements * Introduction * Three Colours: White * Equinox Flower *  The Green Ray *  Written on the Wind * Fear Eats the Soul * The Umbrellas of Cherbourg * Afterword * Appendix A: DVD information * Appendix B: Colour in film – a timeline * Notes * Bibliography * Index