Wonderful Design traces how music bestows glamour and offers a fresh look at the stylistic conventions by which glamour is embodied in film musicals.
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
A Note on the Repertoire
I . DISCERNING GLAMOUR
1. Style Modes
2. Concepts and Parameters
II. ARTIFICE
3. A Sonic Lexicon
4. Viewing Patterns
III. ALLURE
5. Tropes of Desire
6. Beautiful Uselessness
IV. ENCHANTMENT
7. Stardust
8. Tricks of the Light
Filmography
Bibliography
Permissions