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The soul of the moving picture

Chapter 1: THE SOUL OF THE MOVING PICTURE
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This work argues that cinema communicates through feeling and gesture and surveys the technical, dramaturgical, and poetic dimensions that shape moving pictures. It outlines practical tools and tricks, analyzes staging, setting, and scene construction, discusses adaptation from texts, and considers the role of the filmmaker as poet. Interwoven criticism of contemporary films illustrates aesthetic possibilities and pitfalls, while the concluding chapters map a path toward a more mature film art that balances inventive experimentation with the economic realities of production.

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THE SOUL OF THE MOVING PICTURE

BY
WALTER S. BLOEM

AUTHORIZED TRANSLATION FROM THE GERMAN

BY
ALLEN W. PORTERFIELD

NEW YORK
E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY
681 Fifth Avenue

Copyright, 1924
By E. P. Dutton & Company

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STATES OF AMERICA