Understanding movies (9° ed )
Langue : Anglais
Auteur : GIANNETTI Louis
Designed to help movie watchers analyze films with precision and technical sophistication, this book focuses on formalism how the forms of the film e.g., camera work, editing, photography, etc. create meaning. It sheds light on how television and movies communicate, and the complex network of language systems they use. KEY TOPICS: Chapter topics cover recent developments from all aspects of cinema, contemporary films, personalities in the field, photography, movement, editing, sound, acting, drama, story writing, and theory. MARKET: For movie critics and fans alike.
(NOTE: Each chapter begins with an Overview and concludes with a Further Reading section.)
1. Photography.
Realism and Formalism. The Shots. The Angles. Light and Dark. Color. Lenses, Filters, Stocks, Opticals, and Gauges. The Cinematographer.
2. Mise en Sc ne.
The Frame. Composition and Design. Territorial Space. Proxemic Patterns. Open and Closed Forms.
3. Movement.
Kinetics. The Moving Camera. Mechanical Distortions of Movement.
4. Editing.
Continuity. D.W. Griffith and Classical Cutting. Soviet Montage and the Formalist Tradition. Andr Bazin and the Tradition of Realism. Hitchcocks North by Northwest: Storyboard Version.
5. Sound.
Historical Background. Sound Effects. Music. Musicals and Opera. Spoken Language.
6. Acting.
Stage and Screen Acting. The American Star System. Styles of Acting. Casting.
7. Drama.
Time, Space, and Language. The Director. Settings and Dec r. Costumes and Makeup.
8. Story.
Narratology. The Spectator. The Classical Paradigm. Realistic Narratives. Formalistic Narratives. Nonfictional Narratives. Genre and Myth.
9. Writing.
The Screenwriter. The Screenplay. North by Northwest: Reading Version. Figurative Comparisons. Point of View. Literary Adaptations.
10. Ideology.
The Left-Center-Right Model. Culture, Religion, and Ethnicity. Feminism. Gay Liberation. Tone.
11. Theory.
Theories of Realism. Formalist Film Theories. The Auteur Theory. Eclectic and Synthetic Theories. Structuralism and Semiology. Historiography.
12. Synthesis: Citizen Kane.
Photography. Mise en Sc ne. Movement. Editing. Sound. Acting. Drama. Story. Writing. Ideology. Theory.
Glossary.
Index.
- NEW Updated content throughout.
- Presents students with the latest findings and examples from all aspects of cinema.
- NEW Added photos and captions Most from recently released movies.
- Provides students with a rich, visual stimuli and heightens their interest in a particular movie or genre.
- Brief, chapter-opening surveys.
- Supplies students with a convenient, quick-glance outline of the main points discussed in each chapter.
- Wide assortment of ethnically diverse examples Includes African-American and Asian-American movies, films with a feminist or gay orientation, movies from developing countries, and European and Hollywood classics.
- Forms a well-rounded study by exposing students to a broad, var
Date de parution : 05-2002
Ouvrage de 556 p.
Épuisé
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