Breaking the Fourth Wall: Direct Address in the Cinema by Tom Brown (English) Pa

Description: Breaking the Fourth Wall by Tom Brown An examination of the role of direct address within fiction cinema, focusing on its role in avant-garde or experimental cinema, and popular genre traditions. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description What happens when fictional characters acknowledge our presence as film spectators? By virtue of its eccentricity and surprising frequency as a filmic device, direct address enables us to ask some fundamental questions of film theory, history and criticism and tackle, head-on, assumptions about the cinema as a medium. Brown provides a broad understanding of the role of direct address within fiction cinema, with focused analysis of its role in certain strands of avant-garde or experimental cinema, on the one hand, and popular genre traditions (musicals and comedies) on the other. Back Cover Breaking the Fourth Wall is a probing study of the ways in which an actor or a character in a movie sometimes looks at the camera and addresses us in the audience. This is often taken simply to dispel the illusion, but in his book Tom Brown sensitively examines different forms of direct address and explicates how various and complex its effect can be.Gilberto Perez, Sarah Lawrence CollegeFilm characters are not supposed to look at the camera, so what happens when they do acknowledge our presence as spectators? It is often assumed that this is incompatible with the voyeurism and the presence-absence that defines the cinema experience and disrupts our involvement in the fiction. This book revaluates these and other fundamental assumptions about the medium by demonstrating that direct address is compatible with - and is in some cases a convention of - various traditions of filmmaking. Breaking the Fourth Wall is the first book to provide a broad understanding of the role of direct address within fiction cinema. Chapters on the role of direct address in Hollywood comedies and musicals, as well as in some alternative film practices, are accompanied by extended readings of individual films in which the illusion of eye contact between spectator and character offers a rich metaphor for the problems of vision (insight, foresight, other kinds of perceptiveness) that are so often the currency of movie narratives. In examining direct address, it returns the reader to fundamental and foundational debates concerning how cinema has been defined since the early part of the twentieth century, making it an invaluable resource for students and researchers in Film Studies. Tom Brown is a lecturer in film with a research focus on the classical cinema of France and Hollywood. He has co-edited two collections (Film Moments: Criticism, History, Theory and Film and Television after DVD) as well as publishing several book chapters and journal articles.Jacket image: Funny Games, 1996, Michael Haneke Flap Breaking the Fourth Wall is a probing study of the ways in which an actor or a character in a movie sometimes looks at the camera and addresses us in the audience. This is often taken simply to dispel the illusion, but in his book Tom Brown sensitively examines different forms of direct address and explicates how various and complex its effect can be.Gilberto Perez, Sarah Lawrence CollegeFilm characters are not supposed to look at the camera, so what happens when they do acknowledge our presence as spectators? It is often assumed that this is incompatible with the voyeurism and the presence-absence that defines the cinema experience and disrupts our involvement in the fiction. This book revaluates these and other fundamental assumptions about the medium by demonstrating that direct address is compatible with - and is in some cases a convention of - various traditions of filmmaking.Breaking the Fourth Wall is the first book to provide a broad understanding of the role of direct address within fiction cinema. Chapters on the role of direct address in Hollywood comedies and musicals, as well as in some alternative film practices, are accompanied by extended readings of individual films in which the illusion of eye contact between spectator and character offers a rich metaphor for the problems of vision (insight, foresight, other kinds of perceptiveness) that are so often the currency of movie narratives. In examining direct address, it returns the reader to fundamental and foundational debates concerning how cinema has been defined since the early part of the twentieth century, making it an invaluable resource for students and researchers in Film Studies.Tom Brown is a lecturer in film with a research focus on the classical cinema of France and Hollywood. He has co-edited two collections (Film Moments: Criticism, History, Theory and Film and Television after DVD) as well as publishing several book chapters and journal articles.Jacket image: Funny Games, 1996, Michael Haneke Author Biography Tom Brown is a lecturer in Film, with a research focus on the classical cinema of France and Hollywood. Has co-edited two collections (Film Moments: Critical Methods and Approaches for Palgrave and Film and Television after DVD for Routledge) as well as publishing several book chapter and journal articles. Table of Contents 1. Introduction: direct address in film history, theory and criticism; 2. Counter-looks: direct address and counter-cinema; 3. Looks of invitation: comedic and musical direct address; 4. Le Notti di Cabiria (1957); 5. High Fidelity (2000); 6. La Ronde (1950); 7. Conclusion. Review BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL is a probing study of the ways in which an actor or a character in a movie sometimes looks at the camera and addresses us in the audience. This is often taken simply to dispel the illusion, but in his book Tom Brown sensitively examines different forms of direct address and explicates how various and complex its effect can be--Gilberto Perez, Sarah Lawrence College Long Description What happens when fictional characters acknowledge our presence as film spectators? By virtue of its eccentricity and surprising frequency as a filmic device, direct address enables us to ask some fundamental questions of film theory, history and criticism and tackle, head-on, assumptions about the cinema as a medium. Brown provides a broad understanding of the role of direct address within fiction cinema, with focused analysis of its role in certain strands of avant-garde or experimental cinema, on the one hand, and popular genre traditions (musicals and comedies) on the other. Review Quote BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL is a probing study of the ways in which an actor or a character in a movie sometimes looks at the camera and addresses us in the audience. This is often taken simply to dispel the illusion, but in his book Tom Brown sensitively examines different forms of direct address and explicates how various and complex its effect can be. Promotional "Headline" Examines of the role of direct address within fiction cinema Description for Reader What happens when fictional characters acknowledge our presence as film spectators? By virtue of its eccentricity and surprising frequency as a filmic device, direct address enables us to ask some fundamental questions of film theory, history and criticism and tackle, head-on, assumptions about the cinema as a medium. Brown provides a broad understanding of the role of direct address within fiction cinema, with focused analysis of its role in certain strands of avant-garde or experimental cinema, on the one hand, and popular genre traditions (musicals and comedies) on the other. Description for Sales People Film characters are not supposed to look at the camera, so what happens when they do acknowledge our presence as spectators? It is often assumed that this is incompatible with the voyeurism and the presence-absence that defines the cinema experience and disrupts our involvement in the fiction. This book revaluates these and other fundamental assumptions about the medium by demonstrating that direct address is compatible with - and is in some cases a convention of - various traditions of filmmaking. Breaking the Fourth Wall is the first book to provide a broad understanding of the role of direct address within fiction cinema. In examining direct address, it returns the reader to fundamental debates concerning how cinema has been defined since the early part of the 20th century. Details ISBN0748683070 Pages 188 Publisher Edinburgh University Press Year 2013 ISBN-10 0748683070 ISBN-13 9780748683079 Format Paperback Publication Date 2013-08-30 Imprint Edinburgh University Press Subtitle Direct Address in the Cinema Place of Publication Edinburgh Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 791.4301 Media Book Short Title BREAKING THE 4TH WALL Language English Author Tom Brown UK Release Date 2013-08-30 NZ Release Date 2013-08-30 Edited by Johanna Spanke Birth 1954 Affiliation Winchester College, UK Position Classics Teacher Qualifications R.N., B.S.N., Ocn Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly AU Release Date 2013-11-18 Alternative 9780748644254 Illustrations 31 black and white illustrations We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:133483399;

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