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Star Wars: Frames

George Lucas (image selection)

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Summary

George Lucas selected 1,416 individual frames from the first six Star Wars films for this visual collection. It presents the shots as works of photography and design, giving readers a way to examine images from across the films. The selection brings Lucas’s own view of the films’ visual craft into book form.

  • SourceLucasfilm/StarWars.com — Frames creator statement and actual selections · Opening description: Lucas personally selected 1,416 frames from the first six films as photography and design; explicit by George Lucas, Abrams Books, 2013 byline; 59-image gallery reproduces actual selections.
  • SourceJ. W. Rinzler — original company author introduction · Paragraph beginning I’ve also been fortunate: Frames was one of George Lucas’s special book projects, taking about four years to make.

Why read it Our view

Use the selected images to study visual storytelling and design. Compare what each shot shows with the role it plays in the larger sequence.

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  • George LucasImage selector/curator
    Lucas personally chose the images in Frames. His role is image selection and curation; this entry makes no claim that he wrote all text or supplied any unverified foreword.
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