The Sense Of Film Narration

Edinburgh Studies in Film Martine Beugnet and Kriss Ravetto Founding Editor: John Orr A series of cutting edge scholarly research monographs covering core aspects of film studies. The series' internationally respected authors contribute analytical and often controversial volumes, offering a critical intervention into their subject. The Sense of Film Narration Ian Garwood How can a film engage a viewer's senses? How do directors combine images and sounds to create a sensuous quality in their films? What can the use of sensuous film aesthetics contribute to a film's story? The Sense of Film Narration examines films that combine different types of images and sounds in a way that brings out their sensuous qualities in an especially vivid manner. It demonstrates that a film's sensuous qualities can be intimately connected to its storytelling processes. Through close textual analysis of films such as Amores Perros, Double Take, Toy Story 2, Palindromes and Magnolia, this book highlights how films can make viewers particularly aware of their senses in order to help them understand the events, behaviours and attitudes within a film's fictional world. An insightful and thought-provoking read, The Sense of Film Narration brings a fresh perspective to film aesthetics which will be welcomed by film students and scholars. Ian Garwood is Lecturer in Film and Television Studies at the University of Glasgow.