عنوان

Understanding movies /

(Number (ISBN

0132336995

(Number (ISBN

9780132336994

Number

b410241

Title Proper

Understanding movies /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Louis Giannetti

Edition Statement

11th ed

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xi, 611 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations (some color) ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Series Title

Filmmamkers on film

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Text of Note

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 Decor. 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 Scene. Movement. Editing. Sound. Acting. Drama. Story. Writing. Ideology. Critique. Further Reading. Glossary. Index

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Motion pictures

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Book number

Giannetti, Louis D

Date of Transaction

20090814010309.0

Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))

rda

Electronic name

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