The chameleon effect : architecture's role in film / Dietmar E. Froehlich.
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TextPublisher: Basel : Birkhauser, [2018]Copyright date: 2018Description: 1 online resource (319 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783035613445Subject(s): Architecture in motion pictures | Motion pictures and architectureGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Chameleon effect : architecture's role in film.DDC classification: 016.72 LOC classification: NA2588 | .F764 2018Online resources: Click to View Summary: Architecture and film have many things in common. Film narratives are embedded in scenes that visually support the story. Sometimes architecture even performs the role of an actor. Conversely, film with its multifaceted changing atmospheres reveals new layers of architecture which, outside the cinema, would remain concealed. In conclusion, film as a mass medium influences the way architecture is perceived, and its image in society. Since the beginning of cinema, architecture has formed a symbiosis with film.00With its systematic analysis, this book offers a scientifically researched history of mutual influence, starting with filmography as a typology of well-known film sets through to the description of the chameleon effect between film and architecture.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-261).
Architecture and film have many things in common. Film narratives are embedded in scenes that visually support the story. Sometimes architecture even performs the role of an actor. Conversely, film with its multifaceted changing atmospheres reveals new layers of architecture which, outside the cinema, would remain concealed. In conclusion, film as a mass medium influences the way architecture is perceived, and its image in society. Since the beginning of cinema, architecture has formed a symbiosis with film.00With its systematic analysis, this book offers a scientifically researched history of mutual influence, starting with filmography as a typology of well-known film sets through to the description of the chameleon effect between film and architecture.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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