Close-ups and long shots in modern Chinese cinemas /

"Two of the most stylized shots in cinema-the close-up and the long shot-embody distinct attractions. The iconicity of the close-up magnifies the affective power of faces and elevates film to the discourse of art. The depth of the long shot, in contrast, indexes the facts of life and reinforces...

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Main Author: Deppman, Hsiu-Chuang (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2021]
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505 0 |a The close-up of Mo Yan and Zhang Yimou : face and text in Red sorghum -- The art of the close-up in lust, caution : Ang Lee and Eileen Chang -- Philosophy of the long shot in Hou Hsiao-hsien's The assassin -- The back shot in Jia Zhangke's I wish I knew -- Between close-ups and long shots : medium shots in Wei Desheng's Cape no 7. 
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