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Understanding Movies

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ISBN-10: 0132336995

ISBN-13: 9780132336994

Edition: 11th 2008

Authors: Louis Giannetti

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Helps readers understand how the many languages of film work together to create meaning.Louis Giannetti organizesUnderstanding Moviesaround the key elements of filmmaking, including cintematography, Mise en Scegrave;ne, movement, editing, sound, acting, drama, casting, story, screenwriting, ideology, and theory. He synthesizes every element through a complete case study:Citizen Kane. This books ideas are illuminated with hundreds of high-quality still photos, more than 70 in full color, taken from movies such asThe Matrix, Almost Famous, jackass the movie, Chicago, Lord of the Rings, Mystic River, and Traffic . New in this edition: a full section on contemporary special effects and computer…    
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Book details

List price: $104.40
Edition: 11th
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 2/7/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 624
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.980
Language: English

Preface
Photography: Overview
Realism and Formalism
The Shots
The Angles
Light and Dark
Color
Lenses, Filters, and Stocks
Special Effects
The Cinematographer
Further reading
Mise En Scne: Overview
The Frame
Composition and Design
Territorial Space
Proxemic Patters
Open and Closed Forms
Further Reading
Movement: Overview
Kinetics
The Moving Camera
Mechanical Distortions of Movement
Further Reading
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
Sound: Overview
Historical Background
Sound Effects
Music
Musicals
Spoken Language
Further Reading
Acting: Overview
Stage and Screen Acting
The American Star System
Styles of Acting
Casting
Further Reading
Drama: Overview
Time, Space, Language
The Director
Settings and DFcor
Costumes and Makeup
Further Reading
Story: Overview
Narration
The Spectator
The Classical Paradigm
Realistic Narratives
Formalist Narratives
Nonfiction Narratives
Genre and Myth
Further Reading
WRITING
Overview
The Screenwriter
The Screenplay
North by Northwest: Reading Version
Figurative Comparisons
Point of View
Literary Adaptations
Further Reading
IDEOLOGY: Overview
The-Left-Center-Right Model
Culture, Religion, and Ethnicity
Feminism
Queer Cinema
Tone
Further Reading
Critique: Overview
Theories of Realism
Formalist Film Theories
The Auteur Theory
Eclectic and Synthesizing Approaches
Structuralism and Semiology
Historiography
Further Reading
Synthesis: Citizen Kane: Overview
Photography
Mise en ScTne
Movement
Editing
Sound
Acting
Drama
Story
Writing
Ideology
Critique
Further Reading
Glossary
Index
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