Sight, Sound, Motion Applied Media Aesthetics

by Zettl, Herbert

• ISBN13: 9780495802969
• ISBN10: 0495802964
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-01-04
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

The most comprehensive book on the market, SIGHT SOUND MOTION: APPLIED MEDIA AESTHETICS describes the major aesthetic image elements--light and color, space, time-motion, and sound--and how they are used in television and film. Zettl's comprehensive coverage of aesthetic theory and how that theory can be successfully applied place this text in a class by itself. The Sixth Edition is richly illustrated with visuals that often draw on traditional art forms, such as painting, sculpture, and dance.

Table of Contents

Prologue

Applied Media Aesthetics

The First Aesthetic Field: Light

Structuring the First Aesthetic Field: Lighting

The Extended First Field: Color

Structuring Color: Function and Composition

The Two-dimensional Field: Area

The Two-dimensional Field: Forces Within the Screen

Structuring the Two-dimensional Field: Interplay of Screen Forces

The Three-dimensional Field: Depth and Volume

Structuring the Three-dimensional Field: Screen Volume and Effects

Building Screen Space: Visualization

The Four-dimensional Field: Time

The Four-dimensional Field: Motion

Structuring the Four-dimensional Field: Timing and Principal Motions

The Five-dimensional Field: Sound

Structuring the Five-dimensional Field: Sound Structures

Visual Narrative: the Syntax of Continuity Editing

Visual Narrative: the Syntax of Complexity Editing

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