Movies and Meaning: An Introduction to Film, 5th Edition
ISBN-10: 0-205-65308-1
ISBN-13: 978-0-205-65308-9
Published by Allyn & Bacon
© 2010
Pub. Date: Jan 28, 2009
Format: Paper
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Description
This comprehensive introduction to the film industry focuses on three topics: how movies express meanings, how viewers understand those meanings, and how cinema functions globally as both an art and a business. Movies and Meaning examines both how filmmakers create images and sounds and the mechanisms and processes by which viewers make sense of images and stories on screen. This approach helps readers understand not only the basic concepts but also how their own reactions and opinions impact the overall film experience.
Table of Contents
Preface.
1. Film Structure.
Elements of Film Structure.
Structure and the Camera.
Structural Design and Creative Choice.
The Camera and Human Perception: Cinema's Dual Capability.
2. Cinematography.
Collaboration and Previsualization.
The Essentials of Cinematography.
Cinematography and the Digital Domain.
Visual Style and Design Quotations.
3. Production Design.
What the Production Designer Does.
Basic Tools of Production Design.
The Design Concept.
Production Design and Special Effects.
4. Acting.
Acting in Film and Theater.
Categories of Film Performers.
Method and Technical Approaches to Performing.
The Performer as an Element of Visual Design.
Performance, Emotion, and the Viewer’s Response.
5. Editing: Making the Cut.
What Is Editing?
Linear and Nonlinear Systems.
Functions of Editing.
The Principles of Continuity Editing.
Alternatives to Continuity Editing.
6. Principles of Sound Design.
Sound in Contemporary Film.
Evolution of Film Sound.
Types of Sound.
Sound Design.
7. The Nature of Narrative in Film.
Story and Script.
The Turn to Narrative in Early Film History.
Elements of Narrative.
The Classical Hollywood Narrative.
The Viewer's Contribution to Narrative.
Film Genres.
8. Modes of Screen Reality.
Realism.
Expressionism.
Fantasy and the Fantastic.
Cinematic Self-Reflexivity.
Animation.
9. Hollywood International.
The Global Dominance of Hollywood.
Independent Film.
International Influence of Hollywood Style.
10. Film Criticism and Interpretation.
Why Criticism Exists.
The Task of the Critic.
Modes of Criticism.
Creating Criticism.
11. Models of Film Theory.
Realist Models.
Auteurist Models.
Psychoanalytic Models.
Ideological Models.
Feminist Models.
Cognitive Models.
Glossary.
Index.
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