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The Technique of Film and Video Editing, 4th Edition
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The Technique of Film and Video Editing, 4th Edition

by Ken Dancyger
April 2013
Beginner content levelBeginner
512 pages
16h
English
Focal Press
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The Appropriation of Style I: Imitation and Innovation

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In this chapter, we explore a new phenomenon, the movie whose style is created from the context of movie life rather than real life. The consequence is twofold—the presumption of deep knowledge on the part of the audience of those forms such as the gangster films or Westerns, horror films or adventure films. And that the parody or alteration of that film creates a new form, a different experience for the audience. This imitative and innovative style is a style associated with the brief but influential directing career of Quentin Tarantino (Reservoir Dogs, 1992; ...

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ISBN: 9780240807652