Brushed in light :
Nornes, Markus,
Brushed in light : calligraphy in East Asian cinema / Markus Nornes. - Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2021. ©2021 - 1 online resource : illustrations (chiefly color)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Shufa/Seoye/Shodo -- Transformations -- Defining Calligraphy -- Force and Form -- A Prop unlike Any Other -- The Shimmering Smudge -- Brushed in Light.
"Brushed in Light examines how the brushed word appears in films and in film cultures of Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and PRC cinemas. This includes silent era intertitles, subtitles, title frames, letters, graffiti, end titles, and props. Professor Nornes also looks at the role calligraphy plays in film culture at large, from gifts to correspondence to advertising. The book begins with a historical dimension, tracking how calligraphy is initially used in early cinema and how it is continually rearticulated by transforming conventions and the integration of new technologies. It then considers how cinematic writing presents the peculiarities of calligraphy as resources for innovative screenwriters and filmmakers. These chapters ask how calligraphy creates new meaning in cinema, as well as providing a demonstration of how this all works in a single film. The last part of the book moves to other regions of theory, particularly questions surrounding the cinematization of the handwritten word"--
0472902431 9780472128914 0472128914 9780472902439
Calligraphy in motion pictures.
Motion pictures--History.--East Asia
Credit titles (Motion pictures, television, etc.)--East Asia.
Motion pictures--Aesthetics.--East Asia
SOCIAL SCIENCE--General.
Calligraphy in motion pictures.
Motion pictures--Aesthetics.
Credit titles (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
Calligraphy.
Motion pictures.
East Asia.
Electronic books.
History.
PN1995.9.C327 / N67 2021
Brushed in light : calligraphy in East Asian cinema / Markus Nornes. - Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2021. ©2021 - 1 online resource : illustrations (chiefly color)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Shufa/Seoye/Shodo -- Transformations -- Defining Calligraphy -- Force and Form -- A Prop unlike Any Other -- The Shimmering Smudge -- Brushed in Light.
"Brushed in Light examines how the brushed word appears in films and in film cultures of Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and PRC cinemas. This includes silent era intertitles, subtitles, title frames, letters, graffiti, end titles, and props. Professor Nornes also looks at the role calligraphy plays in film culture at large, from gifts to correspondence to advertising. The book begins with a historical dimension, tracking how calligraphy is initially used in early cinema and how it is continually rearticulated by transforming conventions and the integration of new technologies. It then considers how cinematic writing presents the peculiarities of calligraphy as resources for innovative screenwriters and filmmakers. These chapters ask how calligraphy creates new meaning in cinema, as well as providing a demonstration of how this all works in a single film. The last part of the book moves to other regions of theory, particularly questions surrounding the cinematization of the handwritten word"--
0472902431 9780472128914 0472128914 9780472902439
Calligraphy in motion pictures.
Motion pictures--History.--East Asia
Credit titles (Motion pictures, television, etc.)--East Asia.
Motion pictures--Aesthetics.--East Asia
SOCIAL SCIENCE--General.
Calligraphy in motion pictures.
Motion pictures--Aesthetics.
Credit titles (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
Calligraphy.
Motion pictures.
East Asia.
Electronic books.
History.
PN1995.9.C327 / N67 2021