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Author Nornes, Markus, author.

Title Brushed in light : calligraphy in East Asian cinema / Markus Nornes.

Publication Info. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2021.

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Description 1 online resource
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- Shufa/Seoye/Shodo -- Transformations -- Defining Calligraphy -- Force and Form -- A Prop unlike Any Other -- The Shimmering Smudge -- Brushed in Light.
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher.
Note This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-NoDerivatives International License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
Local Note JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access
Subject Calligraphy in motion pictures.
Calligraphy in motion pictures.
Motion pictures -- East Asia -- History.
Motion pictures.
East Asia.
History.
Credit titles (Motion pictures, television, etc.) -- East Asia.
Credit titles (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
Motion pictures -- East Asia -- Aesthetics.
Aesthetics.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Nornes, Markus. Brushed in light Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2021. 9780472132553 (DLC) 2020051242
ISBN 9780472902439 (ebook other)
0472902431
9780472128914 (ebook)
0472128914
9780472132553 (hardcover ; acid-free paper)
Standard No. 10.3998/mpub.11373292