Great Flicks: Scientific Studies of Cinematic Creativity and Aesthetics

by Dean Keith Simonton

What does it take to make a great motion picture? What do we even mean by cinematic greatness? What is more important: movie awards, critical acclaim, or box office success? Who has the biggest impact: the writer, the director, or the actors? Scientific research has provided some provocative answers.

This review of cinematic creativity and aesthetics is confined to scientific studies carried out by a multidisciplinary group of researchers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B00A2KHDX0
• ISBN13: 9780199752034
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"