Mise en scène, Acting, and Space in Comics

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-51112-8
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 136 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 313 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Comics and Graphic Novels

This book explores some of the less frequently questioned ideas which underpin comics creation and criticism. “Mise en scène” is a term which refers to the way in which visual elements work together to create meaning in comics. It is a term that comics have borrowed from cinema, which borrowed it in turn from theatre. But comics are not film and they are not cinema, so how can this term be of any use? If we consider comics to have mise en scène, should not we also ask if the characters in comics act like the characters on film and stage? In its exploration of these ideas, this book also asks what film and theatre can learn from comics.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

D'Arcy, Geraint

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theater: Technik, Bühnentechnik, Einrichtung
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmtheorie, Filmanalyse
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Gattungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. Mise en scène and Décor.-3. Acting.- 4. Space.- 5. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Geraint D’Arcy is a practising scenographer, and the author of Critical Approaches to TV and Film Set Design (2019). A Lecturer in Media practice at the UEA, Norwich, he previously worked at USW, Cardiff, where he helped establish the bi-annual Creative Comics, Creating Comics symposium.