O'Meara, Jennifer,

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'.



9781474449564 9781474420631


Dialogue in motion pictures.
Independent films--History and criticism.--United States


Electronic Books.

PN1995 / .E543 2018