Pictorial Beauty on the Screen

"Pictorial Beauty on the Screen" by Victor Oscar Freeburg is a book that explores how movies can be more than just fun, arguing that they can be a true form of art. The book emphasizes how important things like the way a shot is set up, how light and shadows are used, and the overall look of a film are for making it beautiful. The author believes that movies should try to create feelings and experiences like paintings or sculptures do and urges filmmakers to think of themselves as "cinema composers," carefully putting together visual elements to deeply move the audience. This point of view asks readers to consider the artistic possibilities of film and how it speaks to us through visuals and how cinema can be as emotionally moving as other classic art forms.