Direct Theory: Experimental Film/Video as Major Genre

by Edward S. Small

Book Overview

"Art is thinking in images."--Victor Shklovsky

Undulating water patterns; designs etched directly into exposed film; computer- generated, pulsating, multihued light tapestries--the visual images that often constitute experimental film and video provide the basis for Edward S. Small's argument for a new theory defining this often overlooked and misunderstood genre. In a radical revision of film theory incorporating a semiotic system,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809319209
• ISBN13: 9780809319206
• Release Date: February 1995
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"