Overview
- The first book in English exclusively devoted to the long take, one of the key elements of film style
- The collection is devoted to the detailed critical analysis of specific long takes, explored in terms of how they function within their contexts, the meanings they generate and the effects they create
- Specially commissioned chapters (only one previously published) by established and younger scholars
- An exciting collection that analyses works from a range of film-making traditions selected to represent varied long take practices and associated debates
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Palgrave Close Readings in Film and Television (CRFT)
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This is the first book in English exclusively devoted to the long take, one of the key elements of film style. Increasingly visible in contemporary international media, the long take currently attracts a good deal of attention in criticism and commentary. There are also significant strands of film theory in which duration has become a recurrent concern.
In keeping with the approach of Palgrave Close Readings in Film and Television, this collection is devoted to the detailed critical analysis of specific long takes, explored in terms of how they function within their contexts, how they shape the visual field, the meanings they generate and the effects they create. The Long Take: Critical Approaches brings together essays by established and emerging scholars (all but one essay commissioned for this volume) in an exciting collection that analyses works from a range of filmmaking traditions, from the 1930s to the present day, selected to represent varied long take practices and to explore associated debates.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
John Gibbs is Professor of Film and Douglas Pye is Senior Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of Film, Theatre and Television at the University of Reading, UK. They are series editors of Palgrave Close Readings in Film and Television and members of the editorial board of Movie: A Journal of Film Criticism.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Long Take
Book Subtitle: Critical Approaches
Editors: John Gibbs, Douglas Pye
Series Title: Palgrave Close Readings in Film and Television
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58573-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Limited 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-58572-1Published: 16 November 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-58573-8Published: 27 October 2017
Series ISSN: 2634-6133
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6141
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 263
Number of Illustrations: 38 illustrations in colour
Topics: Screen Studies, Culture and Technology, Cultural Theory