Engaging dialogue cinematic verbalism in American independent cinema /
Jennifer O'Meara.
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, (c)2018.
- 1 online resource.
- Traditions in American cinema .
ENGAGING DIALOGUE; Copyright; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 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; FILMOGRAPHY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Delves into the history of the ancient Greek word nomos to reveal the interdisciplinary depth of this term beyond its simplified meaning of 'law' or 'law-making'.
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Dialogue in motion pictures. Independent films--History and criticism.--United States