Movies and Meaning

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ISBN: 9780023968068 | 0023968060
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 7/1/1996

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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.

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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
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