David A. Cook — A History of Narrative Film

David A. Cook, A History of Narrative Film.

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. 605 parts, 3,565 indexed passages. Page numbering is auto-checked.

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

• Commerce — 2.7× the library average (703 passages)
• Formula — 2.7× the library average (15 passages)
• Audio — 2.0× the library average (393 passages)
• Colour — 1.8× the library average (114 passages)
• Lighting — 1.6× the library average (226 passages)
• Setting — 1.5× the library average (628 passages)