Short Essays on Film - E-book - ePub

13 short essays on film covering subjects as wide ranging as Genre, cognitive/neo-formalist readings, signs in visual culture, editing and much more. A collection brought together over a 3 year period, between 2008-2011 and re editing for a 2022 release. Artist, Graphic Designer and Motion Designer, Adrian Ryan, explores how film often reflects our society, delves deep into our collective psyche and sometimes leaves us with more questions than answers.
The age-old human pastime of storytelling often has subplots and ideologies built in, whether we acknowledge them or not is a matter for the individual, but we will all have an experience when consuming the moving image, be it consciously or on a subconscious level.