Film form: an argument for a functional theory of style in the individual film.(Style in Cinema)

From: Style | Date: September 22, 1998| Author: Carroll, Noel | Copyright information

This article reviews the different domains of stylistic analysis in film, including universal style, period style, genre style, school/movement style, and personal style. It then argues that the style of the individual film cannot be reduced without remainder to any of the preceding categories of style. In order to provide a framework for analysing style (or form) in the individual film, it considers several alternatives, including descriptive analysis, opting finally for the function...

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