Movies and Meaning An Introduction to Film

Name: Movies and Meaning An Introduction to Film
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ISBN: 9780205653089

ISBN-10: 0205653081

ISBN-13: 9780205653089

Edition: 5th 2010

Authors: Stephen R. Prince

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Book details

List price: $110.00
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/28/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 504
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.650
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


Whatthe 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



Modes of Screen Reality


Realism


Expressionism


Fantasy and the Fantastic


Cinematic Self-Reflexivity


Animation



Hollywood International


The Global Dominance of Hollywood


Independent Film


International Influence of Hollywood Style



Film Criticism and Interpretation


Why Criticism Exists


The Task of the Critic


Modes of Criticism


Creating Criticism



Models of Film Theory


Realist Models


Auteurist Models


Psychoanalytic Models


Ideological Models


Feminist Models


Cognitive Models


Glossary


Index