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Narrative and Narration

Analyzing Cinematic Storytelling
  • Warren Buckland
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2021
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Warren Buckland provides a clear and accessible introduction that explains how narrative and narration work using straightforward language. He distills the basic components of cinematic storytelling into a set of core concepts.

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Warren Buckland is reader in film studies at Oxford Brookes University. He is the author or editor of a number of books, including Film Studies: An Introduction, fifth edition (2015); Puzzle Films: Complex Storytelling in Contemporary Cinema (2009); and Directed by Steven Spielberg: Poetics of the Contemporary Hollywood Blockbuster (2006).

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Richard Rushton, Lancaster University:
Narrative and Narration provides a brilliant survey of a tricky and sometimes confusing field. Warren Buckland covers an extensive range of concepts and approaches to narrative and narration, while also clearly defining the differences between these terms. Excellent cinematic examples are utilized, and the book is written with a precision that makes difficult concepts easy to understand.


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PART 1. THE BASICS

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PART 2. TYPES OF STORYTELLING

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