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Author O'Meara, Jennifer, author.

Title Engaging dialogue : cinematic verbalism in American independent cinema / Jennifer O'Meara.

Publication Info. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, [2018]
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Description 1 online resource (viii, 218 pages) : illustrations.
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Series Traditions in American cinema
Traditions in American cinema.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
Contents Introduction -- Measuring engaging dialogue -- Verbal-visual style and words visualised -- The integrated soundtrack and lyrical speech -- Dialogue and character construction -- Embodying dialogue : rich voices, expressive mouths and gesticulation -- Gendered verbal dynamics : sensitive men and explicit women -- Adapting dialogue and authorial double-voicing -- Conclusion : verbal extremes and excess.
Summary O'Meara highlights how speech can be central to cinema without overshadowing its medium-specific components, and demonstrates how indie dialogue can instead hinge on an idea of cinematic verbalism.
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Subject Dialogue in motion pictures.
Dialogue in motion pictures.
Independent films -- United States -- History and criticism.
Independent films.
United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Added Title Cinematic verbalism in American independent cinema
Other Form: Print version: O'Meara, Jennifer. Engaging dialogue. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, [2018] 9781474420624 (OCoLC)1032140130
ISBN 9781474449564 (electronic book)
1474449565 (electronic book)
9781474420631 (webready pdf)
147442063X (webready pdf)
9781474420648 (epub)
1474420648 (epub)
9781474420624 (hardback)
1474420621 (hardback)

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