Understanding Movies, 11th Edition
ISBN-10: 0-13-233699-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-13-233699-4
Published by Allyn & Bacon
© 2008
Pub. Date: Feb 7, 2007
Format: Paper
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Table of Contents
Preface.
1. PHOTOGRAPHY: Overview.
Realism and Formalism.
The Shots.
The Angles.
Light and Dark.
Color.
Lenses, Filters, and Stocks.
Special Effects.
The Cinematographer.
Further reading.
2. MISE EN SCÈNE: Overview.
The Frame.
Composition and Design.
Territorial Space.
Proxemic Patters.
Open and Closed Forms.
Further Reading.
3. MOVEMENT: Overview.
Kinetics.
The Moving Camera.
Mechanical Distortions of Movement.
Further Reading.
4. EDITING: Overview.
Continuity.
D.W. Griffith and Classical Cutting.
Soviet Montage and the Formalist Tradition.
Andre Bazin and the Tradition of Realism.
Hitchcock’s North by Northwest:
Storyboard Version.
Further Reading.
5. SOUND: Overview.
Historical Background.
Sound Effects.
Music.
Musicals.
Spoken Language.
Further Reading.
6. ACTING: Overview.
Stage and Screen Acting.
The American Star System.
Styles of Acting. Casting.
Further Reading.
7. DRAMA: Overview.
Time, Space, Language.
The Director.
Settings and Décor.
Costumes and Makeup.
Further Reading.
8. STORY: Overview.
Narration.
The Spectator.
The Classical Paradigm.
Realistic Narratives.
Formalist Narratives.
Nonfiction Narratives.
Genre and Myth.
Further Reading.
9. WRITING. Overview.
The Screenwriter.
The Screenplay.
North by Northwest: Reading Version.
Figurative Comparisons.
Point of View.
Literary Adaptations.
Further Reading.
10. IDEOLOGY: Overview.
The-Left-Center-Right Model.
Culture, Religion, and Ethnicity.
Feminism.
Queer Cinema.
Tone.
Further Reading.
11. CRITIQUE: Overview.
Theories of Realism.
Formalist Film Theories.
The Auteur Theory.
Eclectic and Synthesizing Approaches.
Structuralism and Semiology.
Historiography.
Further Reading.
12. SYNTHESIS: CITIZEN KANE: Overview.
Photography.
Mise en Scène.
Movement.
Editing.
Sound.
Acting.
Drama.
Story.
Writing.
Ideology.
Critique.
Further Reading.
Glossary.
Index.
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