Marilyn Fabe — Closely Watched Films: An Introduction to the Art of Narrative Film Technique

Marilyn Fabe, Closely Watched Films: An Introduction to the Art of Narrative Film Technique.

Good for

Not yet written up. The measured coverage below says what this book is dense on; the judgement about when to reach for it is still to come.

In the library

Held in Reel, the local research library of scanned and indexed film books. 8 parts, 889 indexed passages. Page numbering is unverified.

Cite passages from this book as cwf <page> — for example cwf 214.

Strongest on

Measured, not guessed. Each figure is how much denser this book is on a concept than the library average — so common words don't crowd out real specialisms.

• Point of view — 3.2× the library average (108 passages)
• Editing — 2.4× the library average (149 passages)
• Spoken language — 2.3× the library average (71 passages)
• Audio — 2.0× the library average (99 passages)
• Acting — 1.7× the library average (140 passages)
• Mise en scène — 1.7× the library average (60 passages)