In this study, David Bordwell offers a comprehensive account of how movies use fundamental principles of narrative representation, unique features of the film m

"For the specialist in the study of narrative structure, this is a solid and very perceptive exploration of the issues salient to the telling of a story—whate

"Let me tell you a story," each film seems to offer silently as its opening frames hit the screen. But sometimes the film finds a voice—an off-screen narrator

This book investigates the sensuous qualities of narration in the feature-length fiction film.

Narrative is one of the ways we organise and understnad the world. It is found everywhere: not only in films and books, but also in everday conversations and in