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Anyone who can recommend my some books about cinematography?
I meant to type me, instead of my.
>>8264059
i may be able to help - what exactly are you trying to learn?
how does /lit/ establish a sense of place in its writing? i've been reading a lot of faulkner and hemingway, two writers with a great sense of place in my mind, to see how they set up their locations, but I can't quite pin it down. it seems the mind does most of the work, but how do you know when you have given the reader enough to run with?
i am writing a story with a similar atmosphere in mind to the film 'gummo'. i think of how the camera simply captures these worlds, but the writer must selectively chose the important parts to hammer a world into the reader's brain without going overboard. there is such a specific sense of place in real life, can one ever translate this to the page? or is it best to let place arise organically from your writing, even if it goes against what you have in mind? it's a very abstract concept, place, even in real life let alone representing it in writing. but what are your tips?
if i want to write a run down american suburb is it best i visit one? live in one? i admit, i do not "know" this world. can one only really represent a world they know deeply?
You will inevitably come off as fake and forcing it if you're trying to write a regionality you have not experienced.
It's little touches that ring true. Broad strokes and attempts at atmosphere blow past that.
>>8264056
this is what i worry, but what if it serves only backdrop? i suppose then the response is if it's only backdrop it's non-essential to begin with.
and what about a lack of place?
how much must one establish 'place' when writing a story or novel? is it too stuffy and introverted to describe only the characters' immediate surroundings?
you often hear an artist asked why they chose their medium - the characteristics of what they wanted to communicate or express that lent themselves to the use of whichever medium they chose. what sorts of ideas do you think are best expressed by prose, poetry music, movies, sculpture, painting, etc.? or do you think all ideas, if conceived of correctly, are best communicated through writing?
>>8264007
Film
Films is the greatest medium
With a great budget and talented crew, a film will always outdo all other forms of art because film can be a combination of all other forms of art.
>>8264027
that brings up the idea of efficiency, and whether or not an idea needs to hit a certain threshold in order to merit the resources needed to make a movie.
>>8264007
bump - humor me with a discussion /lit/, i just popped a vicodin and will have to go to dinner with my gf soon
Where to start with him?
>>8263949
>reading dead white males
pleb
>>8263949
the trash
>>8263949
Latter Day Pamphlets
How would a Dystopian Utopia and Utopian Dystopia settings look like?
Those words are antonyms.
>>8263375
Dystopian Utopia is the Utopia gone wrong, Utopian Dystopia is the Dystopia gone wrong/right (I guess this depends on your perspective desu).
>>8263466
>he can't into dialectics
>tfw slowly losing the will to keep working on your book
How do I escape this slump?
>>8263361
Take a break, it's not like you have any deadlines you have to meet
>>8263361
"Been working way too much need to get out and get fucked up
Whats going on, where's it at
Make some calls to make it crack, lets see...
I need money, drugs, a ride
And a spot with hot ones inside"
Ever try thinking for yourself? I know it's an alien concept but trust me you should try it.
Is there a single novel that does timetravel right?
I have a friend who believes that one of the reason videogames are an artistic medium is because it is the first medium that told a good time-travel story, and was successful in doing so because of the interactive nature of the story. Is he right?
>>8263358
depends on what you mean by "doing timetravel right"
>>8263388
Timetravel tales that aren't inconsistent, paradoxical, and also shit.
I agree, Undertale is the first story to do time travel right.
What is your opinion on Norwegian Wood?
Recommend realistic decent books about love and relationships. I'm dreaming about having a gf
It's shit.
>>8263340
Sure if you're a gf-less NEET this will make your peepee hard
The main character doesn't do anything and is utterly uninteresting but gets QTs throughout the whole book
Read it when I was 20 and sexually inexperienced. Was feelsy and the writing was Murakami, which I like. I am not nor have I ever been patrician. I don't think I've read any other books about love and relationships, at least not directly.
Which novels feel like consuming a Pepsi™ cola and a hamburger at night in a fast food place while watching the world pass by? Possibly with fries?
Other than Haruki Murakami, of course. Thanks.
>>8263276
Banal contemporary realism. Pick pretty much any literary fiction book from the past year.
>>8263276
Raymond Carver?
>>8263276
Bright Lights, Big City
Who is it?
>>8263127
Yikes. I haven't read Tao Lin before but Jonathan Franzen is one of the worst writers I've ever read.
>>8263150
The Corrections is actually a good book.
>>8263150
Agreed, The Corrections is one of the worst novels I've ever read.
I love old noir and hardboiled films. Are there any novels which similar vibes? I enjoy the early-mid 20th century aesthetic
>>8263104
The Big Sleep, or anything by Raymond Chandler.
The Maltese Falcon.
>>8263104
The Postman Always Rings Twice
although I don't doubt you've seen the movie, id still recommend reading it.
>>8263104
You could easily Google for books.
Never been to /lit/ before but I'm 45% of the way through this and it's blowing my mind.
>>8263057
someones gonna tell you your taste sucks just because you're new
>>8263057
Dislike him. A cheap sensationalist, clumsy and vulgar. A prophet, a claptrap journalist and a slapdash comedian. Some of his scenes are extraordinarily amusing. Nobody takes his reactionary journalism seriously.
>>8263091
it's ok. I don't have much experience with classic lit. I'm just happy I decided to take the plunge with this one.
Will I be able to enjoy this book or is there too many old world ponds and English metaphors that'll go over my head?
I'm going to read it anyways, any suggestions for preparation. Oh and go fuck yourself
>>8263049
It's literally a book written for children. For your sake I hope you don't have any trouble reading it.
>>8263049
if your post is illustrative of your grasp of english then i suspect any english text would be difficult for you
also just get a copy of the annotated alice and you go fuck yourself too
If the Targaryens are immune to fire, why did Dany's grandfather burn to death? Or is it just that she's immune to it?
They're not immune to fire retard
>>8263001
>Immune to fire
Fucking moron showfag, they have a tendency to resist fire but aren't completely immune to it.
>>8263001
Targaryens used to be fireproof, but now it's a lost trait--or was until Dany, either because a) she's a genetic throwback or b) magic has woken up in the world. Probably a combo of the two. Several Targaryens have burned trying to prove they had the right stuff.
Is perception really reality?
>>8262829
wow, such pepe. much rare
Probably not but it's all you'll ever know so may as well treat it as such
