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Understanding Movies

by: Giannetti, Louis

Understanding Movies

by: Giannetti, Louis

ISBN 13:
9780136465638
ISBN 10:
0136465633
Edition: 8th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 07/01/1998
Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Summary

An introduction to the art of the film, emphasizing an aesthetic approach. Objective is to teach any student how to analyze any film by using the various analytical methods outlined in the book.

Preface

vii

Acknowledgments

viii

Photography

(40)

Overview

(1)

Realism and Formalism

(8)

The Shots

(2)

The Angles

(5)

Light and Dark

(4)

Color

(6)

Lenses, Filters, Stocks, Opticals, and Gauges

(8)

The Cinematographer

(5)

Further Reading

(1)

Mise En Scene

(50)

Overview

(1)

The Frame

(12)

Composition and Design

(10)

Territorial Space

(11)

Proxemic Patterns

(5)

Open and Closed Forms

(10)

Further Reading

(1)

Movement

(40)

Overview

(1)

Kinetics

(16)

The Moving Camera

108

(12)

Mechanical Distortions of Movement

120

(9)

Further Reading

129

(2)

Editing

131

(68)

Overview

132

(1)

Continuity

132

(3)

D. W. Griffith and Classical Cutting

135

(15)

Soviet Montage and the Formalist Tradition

150

(12)

Andre Bazin and the Tradition of Realism

162

(10)

Hitchcock's North by Northwest: Storyboard Version

172

(26)

Further Reading

198

(1)

Sound

199

(38)

Overview

200

(1)

Historical Background

200

(6)

Sound Effects

206

(5)

Music

211

(7)

Musicals and Opera

218

(4)

Spoken Language

222

(14)

Further Reading

236

(1)

Acting

237

(48)

Overview

238

(1)

Stage and Screen Acting

239

(12)

The American Star System

251

(16)

Styles of Acting

267

(11)

Casting

278

(5)

Further Reading

283

(2)

Drama

285

(38)

Overview

286

(1)

Time, Space, and Language

286

(9)

The Director

295

(6)

Settings and Decor

301

(13)

Costumes and Makeup

314

(7)

Further Reading

321

(2)

Story

323

(38)

Overview

324

(1)

Narratology

324

(4)

The Spectator

328

(4)

The Classical Paradigm

332

(5)

Realistic Narratives

337

(4)

Formalistic Narratives

341

(3)

Nonfictional Narratives

344

(6)

Genre and Myth

350

(10)

Further Reading

360

(1)

Writing

361

(34)

Overview

362

(7)

The Screenwriter

369

The Screenplay

364

(10)

North by Northwest: Reading Version

374

(5)

Figurative Comparisons

379

(7)

Point of View

386

(4)

Literary Adaptations

390

(4)

Further Reading

394

(1)

Ideology

395

(42)

Overview

396

(5)

The Left-Center-Right Model

401

(10)

Culture, Religion, and Ethnicity

411

(8)

Feminism

419

(8)

Gay Liberation

427

(6)

Tone

433

(3)

Further Reading

436

(1)

Theory

437

(34)

Overview

438

(1)

Theories of Realism

439

(6)

Formalist Film Theories

445

(4)

The Auteur Theory

449

(6)

Eclectic and Synthetic Theories

455

(3)

Structuralism and Semiology

458

(7)

Historiography

465

(5)

Further Reading

470

(1)

Synthesis: Citizen Kane

471

(37)

Photography

473

(4)

Mise en Scene

477

(2)

Movement

479

(4)

Editing

483

(2)

Sound

485

(2)

Acting

487

(2)

Drama

489

(5)

Story

494

(2)

Writing

496

(4)

Ideology

500

(2)

Theory

502

(5)

Further Reading

507

(1)

Glossary

508

(13)

Index

521

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