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Author Nornes, Markus, author.

Title Brushed in light : calligraphy in East Asian cinema / Markus Nornes
Published Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2021
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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (chiefly color)
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-NoDerivatives International License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
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Subject Calligraphy in motion pictures.
Motion pictures -- East Asia -- History
Credit titles (Motion pictures, television, etc.) -- East Asia
Motion pictures -- East Asia -- Aesthetics
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Calligraphy in motion pictures
Motion pictures -- Aesthetics
Credit titles (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
Calligraphy
Motion pictures
East Asia
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2020051243
ISBN 0472902431
9780472128914
0472128914
9780472902439
0472132555
9780472132553