ABSTRACT
This chapter aims to contribute to a hitherto neglected aspect of research on filmic writing: the use and transformation of cinematic techniques in picturebooks. It discusses the methodical background by introducing a concept of intermediality, develops a typology of filmic writing in picturebooks, and examines selected examples of picturebooks: David Wiesner's Flotsam, Istvan Banyai's Zoom and Re-Zoom, and Chris Van Allsburg's Zathura. Film and picturebooks are two different media, each of them being constituted by different semiotic systems. The cinematic techniques are shown in the structured chart, grouped into two main categories: filmic techniques and narrative techniques. The first category involves three subcategories: image, sound, and editing. The image category is further divided into camera work and mise-en-scene. The second category lists narrative techniques of filmic structure: Syd Field's paradigm of dramatic structure, genre conventions, and time and space.
