Movies and Meaning An Introduction to Film

Name: Movies and Meaning An Introduction to Film
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ISBN: 9780023968068

ISBN-10: 0023968060

ISBN-13: 9780023968068

Edition: 1st 1997

Authors: Stephen R. Prince

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This book is designed to give students an in-depth introduction to the motion picture medium. Virtually everyone reading the book knows about the pleasure that movies can offer, the ways they can thrill, amuse, sadden, and excite the emotions.

Book details

List price: $53.00
Edition: 1st
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/22/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 397
Size: 7.75" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



Preface


Film Structure


Elements of Film Structure


Structure and the Camera


Structural Design and Creative Choice


The Camera and Human Perception: Cinema's Dual Capability


Cinematography


Collaboration and Previsualization


The Essentials of Cinematography


Cinematography and the Digital Domain


Visual Style and Design Quotations


Production Design


What the Production Designer Does


Basic Tools of Production Design


The Design Concept


Production Design and Special Effects


Acting


Acting in Film and Theater


Categories of Film Performers


Method and Technical Approaches to Performing


The Performer as an Element of Visual Design


Performance, Emotion, and the Viewerrsquo;s Response


Editing: Making the Cut


What Is Editing?


Linear and Nonlinear Systems


Functions of Editing


The Principles of Continuity Editing


Alternatives to Continuity Editing


Principles of Sound Design


Sound in Contemporary Film


Evolution of Film Sound


Types of Sound


Sound Design


The Nature of Narrative in Film


Story and Script


The Turn to Narrative in Early Film History


Elements of Narrative


The Classical Hollywood Narrative


The Viewer's Contribution to Narrative


Film Genres


The Western


The Gangster Film


The Musical


The Horror Film


Science Fiction


The War Film


Film Noir


Modes of Screen Reality


Realism


Expressionism


Fantasy and the Fantastic


Cinematic Self-Reflexivity


Hollywood International


The Global Dominance of Hollywood


International Influence of Hollywood Style


Cinema in Multiple Contexts


Animation


Documentary


Independent Film


International Film


Women in Film


African American Film


Film Criticism and Interpretation