How Long to Read Poetics of Cinema

How Long Does it Take to Read Poetics of Cinema?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 36 minutes to read Poetics of Cinema by David Bordwell

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Bringing together twenty-five years of work on what he has called the "historical poetics of cinema," David Bordwell presents an extended analysis of a key question for film studies: how are films made, in particular historical contexts, in order to achieve certain effects? For Bordwell, films are made things, existing within historical contexts, and aim to create determinate effects. Beginning with this central thesis, Bordwell works out a full understanding of how films channel and recast cultural influences for their cinematic purposes. With more than five hundred film stills, Poetics of...

How long is Poetics of Cinema?

Poetics of Cinema by David Bordwell is 512 pages long, and a total of 129,024 words.

This makes it 173% the length of the average book. It also has 158% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Poetics of Cinema Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 45 minutes to read Poetics of Cinema aloud.

What Reading Level is Poetics of Cinema?

Poetics of Cinema is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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