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Understanding movies / Louis Giannetti.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, 2002.Edition: 9th edDescription: xiii, 556 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0130408131 (pbk.)
ISSN:
  • 9780130408136
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PN1994 .G35
Contents:
1. Photography. Realism and formalism -- The shots -- The angles -- Light and dark -- Color -- Lenses, filters, stocks, opticals, and gauges -- The cinematographer -- 2. Mise en scène. The frame -- Composition and design -- Territorial space -- Proxemic patterns -- Open and closed forms -- 3. Movement. Kinetics -- The moving camera -- Mechanical distortions of movement -- 4. Editing. 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 -- 5. Sound. Historical background -- Sound effects -- Music -- Musicals and opera -- Spoken language -- 6. Acting. Stage and screen acting -- The American star system -- Styles of acting -- Casting -- 7. Drama. Time, space, and language -- The director -- Settings and decor -- Costumes and makeup -- 8. Story. Narratology -- The spectator -- The classical paradigm -- Realistic narratives -- Formalistic narratives -- Nonfictional narratives -- Genre and myth -- 9. Writing. The screenwriter -- The screenplay -- North by Northwest : reading version -- Figurative comparisons -- Point of view -- Literary adaptations -- 10. Ideology. The left-center-right model -- Culture, religion, and ethnicity -- Feminism -- Gay liberation -- Tone -- 11. Theory. Theories of realism -- Formalist film theories -- The Auteur theory -- Eclectic and synthetic theories -- Structuralism and semiology -- Historiography -- 12. Synthesis : Citizen Kane. Photography -- Mise en scène -- Movement -- Editing -- Sound -- Acting -- Drama -- Story -- Writing -- Ideology -- Theory.
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Includes Index

1. Photography. Realism and formalism --
The shots --
The angles --
Light and dark --
Color --
Lenses, filters, stocks, opticals, and gauges --
The cinematographer --
2. Mise en scène. The frame --
Composition and design --
Territorial space --
Proxemic patterns --
Open and closed forms --
3. Movement. Kinetics --
The moving camera --
Mechanical distortions of movement --
4. Editing. 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 --
5. Sound. Historical background --
Sound effects --
Music --
Musicals and opera --
Spoken language --
6. Acting. Stage and screen acting --
The American star system --
Styles of acting --
Casting --
7. Drama. Time, space, and language --
The director --
Settings and decor --
Costumes and makeup --
8. Story. Narratology --
The spectator --
The classical paradigm --
Realistic narratives --
Formalistic narratives --
Nonfictional narratives --
Genre and myth --
9. Writing. The screenwriter --
The screenplay --
North by Northwest : reading version --
Figurative comparisons --
Point of view --
Literary adaptations --
10. Ideology. The left-center-right model --
Culture, religion, and ethnicity --
Feminism --
Gay liberation --
Tone --
11. Theory. Theories of realism --
Formalist film theories --
The Auteur theory --
Eclectic and synthetic theories --
Structuralism and semiology --
Historiography --
12. Synthesis : Citizen Kane. Photography --
Mise en scène --
Movement --
Editing --
Sound --
Acting --
Drama --
Story --
Writing --
Ideology --
Theory.

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