Making Meaning: Inference and Rhetoric in the Interpretation of Cinema (Harvard Film Studies)
David Bordwell investigates how audiences interpret films through inference and rhetorical analysis, offering a systematic framework for understanding cinematic meaning.
About This Book
Making Meaning explores the interpretive processes audiences use when watching movies.
The book examines how viewers draw inferences and apply rhetorical frameworks to understand cinematic texts.
It provides a systematic approach to film interpretation grounded in cognitive and rhetorical principles.
Readers gain insight into the active role spectators play in constructing film meaning.
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