an exploration in film communication and anthropology
[by] Sol Worth [and] John Adair.
Bloomington,
Indiana University Press
[1972]
xiv, 286 pages
illustrations
22 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-280).
How Do People Structure Reality Through Film? Some Problems in Communication, Anthropology, and Film -- A Look at Film As If It Were a Language -- The Navajo -- The Method of Research -- The Lives of Some of the Navajo Students -- Teaching Navajos about Cameras and Film -- The Community Attends the World Premiere -- Analysis -- Narrative Style -- Sequencing Film Events -- Who Can Be an Actor in a Navajo Film -- "They Handle the Equipment Like Pros" -- Motion or Eventing -- Intrepid Shadows and the Outsider -- How Groups in Our Society Act When Taught to Use Movie Cameras -- Some Concluding Thoughts.