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What Is a Movie? | |
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Learning Objectives | |
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Looking at Movies | |
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Form and Content | |
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Form and Expectations | |
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Patterns | |
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Principles of Film Form | |
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Movies Manipulate Space and Time in Unique Ways | |
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Movies Depend on Light | |
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Photography | |
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Series Photography | |
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Motion Picture Photography | |
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Movies Provide an Illusion of Movement | |
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Realism and Antirealism | |
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Verisimilitude | |
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Cinematic Language | |
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Types of Movies | |
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Narrative Films | |
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Genre | |
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Nonfiction Films | |
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Animated Films | |
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Experimental Films | |
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Summary: What Is a Movie? | |
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Analyzing Movies | |
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Screening Checklist: What Is a Movie? | |
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Questions for Review | |
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Movies Described or Illustrated in This Chapter | |
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Narrative | |
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Learning Objectives | |
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What Is Narrative? | |
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The Screenwriter | |
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Evolution of a Typical Screenplay | |
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Elements of Narrative | |
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Story and Plot | |
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Order | |
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Events: Hubs and Satellites | |
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Duration | |
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Suspense Versus Surprise | |
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Repetition | |
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Characters | |
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Setting | |
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Scope | |
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Narration and Narrators | |
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Looking at Narrative: John Ford 's Stagecoach | |
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Story | |
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Plot | |
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Order | |
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Diegetic and Nondiegetic Elements | |
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Hubs and Satellites | |
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Duration | |
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Suspense | |
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Repetition | |
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Characters | |
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Setting | |
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Scope | |
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Narration | |
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Analyzing Narrative | |
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Screening Checklist: Narrative | |
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Questions for Review | |
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Movies Described or Illustrated in This Chapter | |
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Mise-en-Sc�ne | |
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Learning Objectives | |
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What Is Mise-en-Sc�ne? | |
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Design | |
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The Production Designer | |
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Elements of Design | |
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Setting, D�cor, and Properties | |
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Lighting | |
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Costume, Makeup, and Hairstyle | |
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International Styles of Design | |
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Composition | |
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Framing: What We See on the Screen | |
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Onscreen and Offscreen Space | |
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Open and Closed Framing | |
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Kinesis: What Moves on the Screen | |
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Movement of Figures Within the Frame | |
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Looking at Mise-en-Sc�ne | |
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Tim Burton 's Sleepy Hollow | |
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Sam Mendes 's American Beauty | |
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Michael Almereyda 's Hamlet | |
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Analyzing Mise-en-Sc�ne | |
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Screening Checklist: Mise-en-Sc�ne | |
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Questions for Review | |
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Movies Described or Illustrated in This Chapter | |
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Cinematography | |
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Learning Objectives | |
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What Is Cinematography? | |
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The Director of Photography | |
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Cinematographic Properties of the Shot | |
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Film Stock | |
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Black and White | |
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Color | |
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Lighting | |
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Source | |
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Quality | |
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Direction | |
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Style | |
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Lenses | |
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Framing of the Shot | |
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Proximity to the Camera | |
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Depth | |
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Camera Angle and Height | |
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Eye Level | |
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High Angle | |
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Low Angle | |
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Dutch Angle | |
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Aerial View | |
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Scale | |
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Camera Movement | |
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Pan Shot | |
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Tilt Shot | |
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Dolly Shot | |
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Zoom | |
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Crane Shot | |
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Handheld Camera | |
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Steadicam | |
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Framing and Point of View | |
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Speed and Length of the Shot | |
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Special Effects | |
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In-Camera, Mechanical, and Laboratory Effects | |
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Computer-Generated Imagery | |
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Analyzing Cinematography | |
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Screening Checklist: Cinematography | |
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Questions for Review | |
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