{"product_id":"authorship-and-aesthetics-in-the-cinematography-of-gregg-toland-9781793638953","title":"Authorship and Aesthetics in the Cinematography","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this three-part book-length study of the work of Gregg Toland, Philip Cowan explores approaches to co-authorship in collaborative filmmaking to propose new ways of identifying, attributing, and evaluating the creative work of cinematographers. In the first part of the study, Cowan challenges the dominant, director-centered auteur approach to film studies, critiquing the historical development of authorship theory and providing a contemporary analysis of the cinematographer’s authorial role in creating images that communicate meaning through content and construction. By synthesizing and updating the work of previous film theorists to define the complexities of composition, movement, and lighting in the second part of the study, Cowan develops a new, comprehensive taxonomy of functional and aesthetic elements of the moving image. Finally, by using the co-author approach and the analytical tools developed in part two of the book, Cowan provides an in-depth re-examination of Toland’s work, highlighting the historical neglect of the cinematographer’s artistic contribution to filmmaking and developing a fresh approach to the analysis of contemporary cinematography in film.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart One: Authorship\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Theoretical Movements of Authorship in Film\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2: The Death and Resurrection of the Author\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Multiple Authorship in Film\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4: The Cinematographer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart Two: Aesthetics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Nilsen’s Representational Theory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Carroll’s Functional Theory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Functional Aesthetic Elements of Shot Composition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart Three: Appreciation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Gregg Toland in Depth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9: Toland, Characteristics of the Medium and Spatial Elements\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 10: Toland, Temporal Elements of Shot Composition and Lighting\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 11: Toland as Co-Author (7,754)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 12: The Collaboration between Toland and Wyler\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGregg Toland Filmography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdditional Filmography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042674770263,"sku":"9781793638953","price":82.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781793638953.jpg?v=1750955126","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/authorship-and-aesthetics-in-the-cinematography-of-gregg-toland-9781793638953","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}