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Understanding movies / Louis Giannetti.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Filmamakers on filmPublication details: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Education, 2008.Edition: 11th edDescription: xi, 611 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780132336994
  • 0132336995
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PN1994 .G35
Contents:
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1: Photography -- Overview -- Realism and formalism -- Shots -- Angles -- Light and dark -- Color -- Lenses, filters, and stocks -- Special effects -- Cinematographer -- Further reading -- 2: Mise en Scene -- Overview -- Frame -- Composition and design -- Territorial space -- Proxemic patterns -- Open and closed forms -- Further reading -- 3: Movement -- Overview -- Kinetics -- 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 -- American star system -- Styles of acting -- Casting -- Further reading -- 7: Drama -- Overview -- Time, space, and language -- Director -- Settings and decor -- Costumes and makeup -- Further reading -- 8: Story -- Overview -- Narratology -- Spectator -- Classical paradigm -- Realistic narratives -- Formalistic narratives -- Nonfictional narratives -- Genre and myth -- Further reading -- 9: Writing -- Overview -- Screenwriter -- Screenplay -- North by Northwest: reading version -- Figurative comparisons -- Point of view -- Literary adaptations -- Further reading -- 10: Ideology -- Overview -- Left-center-right model -- Culture, religion, and ethnicity -- Feminism -- Queer cinema -- Tone -- Further reading -- 11: Critique -- Overview -- Theories of realism -- Formalist film theories -- 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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Includes Index

Preface --
Acknowledgments --
1: Photography --
Overview --
Realism and formalism --
Shots --
Angles --
Light and dark --
Color --
Lenses, filters, and stocks --
Special effects --
Cinematographer --
Further reading --
2: Mise en Scene --
Overview --
Frame --
Composition and design --
Territorial space --
Proxemic patterns --
Open and closed forms --
Further reading --
3: Movement --
Overview --
Kinetics --
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 --
American star system --
Styles of acting --
Casting --
Further reading --
7: Drama --
Overview --
Time, space, and language --
Director --
Settings and decor --
Costumes and makeup --
Further reading --
8: Story --
Overview --
Narratology --
Spectator --
Classical paradigm --
Realistic narratives --
Formalistic narratives --
Nonfictional narratives --
Genre and myth --
Further reading --
9: Writing --
Overview --
Screenwriter --
Screenplay --
North by Northwest: reading version --
Figurative comparisons --
Point of view --
Literary adaptations --
Further reading --
10: Ideology --
Overview --
Left-center-right model --
Culture, religion, and ethnicity --
Feminism --
Queer cinema --
Tone --
Further reading --
11: Critique --
Overview --
Theories of realism --
Formalist film theories --
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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