Filmish

Edinburgh based cartoonist Edward Ross uses comics to illuminate the ideas behind our favourite films In Filmish, Ross s cartoon alter ego guides readers through the annals of cinematic history, introducing us to some of the strange and fascinating concepts at work in the movies Each chapter focuses on a particular theme the body, architecture, language and explores an eclectic mix of cinematic triumphs, from A Trip to the Moon to Aliens Sitting within the tradition of bestselling non fiction graphic novels like Scott McClouds Understanding Comics and the Introducingseries, Filmish tackles serious issues sexuality, race, censorship, propaganda with authority and wit, throwing new light on some of the greatest films ever made. Download Filmish – kino-fada.fr Filmish exceeded my expectations In this graphic form, Ross introduces film theory and history through seven different lenses heh , or graphic essays The Eye, The Body, Sets and Architecture, Time, Voice and Language, Power and Ideology, and Technology and Technophobia From the Time chapterThe narration and style reminded me of another graphic history that I really enjoyed a few years back, Out on the Wire Uncovering the Secrets of Radio s New Masters of Story with Ira Glass, with the aut Filmish exceeded my expectations In this graphic form, Ross introduces film theory and history through seven different lenses heh , or graphic essays The Eye, The Body, Sets and Architecture, Time, Voice and Language, Power and Ideology, and Technology and Technophobia From the Time chapterThe narration and style reminded me of another graphic history that I really enjoyed a few years back, Out on the Wire Uncovering the...This was a fantastic journey through film divided into 7 chapters exploring the following aspects of film The Eye The Body Sets Architecture Time Voice Language Power Ideology Technology Technophobia.I ve always been interested in film history and the art of film making and cinema, and this was indeed enlightening and quite educational as well The graphics are beautiful, and I loved the different illustrations of films and characters that we ve known and seen our This was a fantastic journey through film divided into 7 chapters exploring the following aspects of film The Eye The Body Sets Architecture Time Voice Language Power Ideology Technology Technophobia.I ve always been interested in film history and the art of film making and cinema, and this was indeed enlightening and quite educational as well The graphics are beautiful, and I loved the different illustrations of films and characters that we ve known and seen our whole lives and are instantly recognizable I loved how he took different films and studied them, not only mentioning them once, but mentioning them again whenever it applied throughout the different chapters Films like The Shining and 2001 A Space Odyssey and Jurassic Park and A Clockwork Orange...This plays out like a short introductory college course on film history and film theory, with the lecturer and his PowerPoint presentation adapted to graphic novel form and each section of the book coming off as a separate class session There is nothing in depth here, but it is a decent overview.I have a quibble that as an artist Ross can barely pull off the likeness of the celebrities and actors around whom the book revolves Fortunately, he provides endnotes that include identifications of mo This plays...Edward Ross takes readers on an affectionate, intelligent tour of film history with quite a bit of analysis and cultural theory He makes his ideological stances clear, offers up context and rhetorical questioning, also makes clear his great and nerdy love of film While I wouldn t mind seeing a similarly themed book written by a number of people throughthan one man s eyes , and though at times it struck me as a bit dry or the atmosphere a little too controlled somehow, I enjoyed Filmish Edward Ross takes readers on an affectionate, intelligent tour of film history with quite a bit of analysis and cultural theory He makes his ideological stances cle...More than a comic, Filmish is an illustrated essay on cinema Don t read it if you just like comics read it if you like reading about cinema regardless of your opinion on the comic book medium Now, if you like both comics and cinema, just as I do, then it s a must buy The book is divided in seven chapters the eye, the body, time, architecture and sets, voice and language, power and ideology, technology and technophobia all dealing with how cinema has involved and...I thought this was going to be a Film History Art for Beginners, in the way that Scott McCloud s non fiction graphica explores the vocabulary of comics Wrong It slike Advanced Film Theory for Beginners, in a McCloud style Each chapter is a graphic essay on a particular aspect of film that permeates the whole history of film, equally distributed between arthouse cinema and blockbust...This was an interesting book, an introduction to film theory in graphic novel form Ross has a pleasant clear line style that serves the material well The book is divided into chapters, each dealing with a different theme The Eye , The Body , Sets and Architecture , etc His examples are well chosen, and his footnotes at the back of the book add further details and suggest evenfilms for the curious The book is, perhaps, a touch on the light side think of it as Film Theory 101 but i This was an interesting book, an introduction to film theory in graphic novel form Ross has a pleasant clear line style that serves the material wel...I can tell the author doesn t understand Nollywood or intersectionality Wish they coveredfilms created, directed, and or starred by people of color They missed a great opportunity to talk about indigenous filmmakers, to explain the colonial uses of film prop...Star rating 2.5Filmish is an introductory text on film studies, so if you want a very broad, but shallow overview, this book will probably fill your needs However, despite not being much of a film studies buff, I found myself bored by Ross explanation of the field Since he is covering so much, he does not have a lot of time to expand on the c...I m using this book as an overview on how to analyze films for my Classic Cult Cinema course The author uses many film theorists and helpful illustrations to describe abstract cinematic elements such as The Eye, The Body, Time, and Power The film examples he us...

• English
• 22 May 2018
Edward Ross
• Paperback
• 200 pages
• 1910593036
• Edward Ross
• Filmish