Music and Levels of Narration in Film
Music and Levels of Narration in Film is the first book-length study to synthesize scholarly contributions toward a narrative theory of film music. Moving beyond the distinction between diegetic and nondiegetic music – or music that is not understood as part of a film’s ''story world'' – Guido Heldt systematically discusses music at different levels of narration, from the extrafictional to ''focal...
Music and Levels of Narration in Film is the first book-length study to synthesize scholarly contributions toward a narrative theory of film music. Moving beyond the distinction between diegetic and nondiegetic music – or music that is not understood as part of a film’s ''story world'' – Guido Heldt systematically discusses music at different levels of narration, from the extrafictional to ''focal...
