Jeffries, Dru

Comic Book Film Style: Cinema at 24 Panels Per Second

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ISBN 13:: 9781477314500
author:: Jeffries, Dru
format:: Paperback
publisher:: University of Texas Press
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2017
Pages:: 270
Dimensions:: 22.61 x 15.24 x 2.03 centimetres
Genre:: Arts & Photography, Performing Arts, Film & Video
Condition:: New
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Comic Book Film Style Cinema at 24 Panels per Second explores how comic books have influenced film aesthetics. Dru Jeffries examines films such as Batman: The Movie, American Splendor, Superman, Hulk, Spider-Man 2, V for Vendetta, 300, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Watchmen, The Losers, and Creepshow to demonstrate a new approach to understanding comic book films. The author argues that comic book films appropriate comics' drawn imagery, disrupt the fourth wall with graphic text, and manipulate time within the film frame. This remediation of comic books' formal structure challenges traditional notions of continuity in cinema. By repositioning the study of comic book films as a stylistic approach, Jeffries offers a fresh perspective on this genre. The result is a nuanced analysis that sheds light on the unique visual conventions and representational abilities of comics and film.

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