Looking at Movies: An Introduction to Film

Cover (Looking At Movies: An Introduction to Film)......Page 1
Half Title......Page 2
Title......Page 3
Copyright......Page 5
About the Authors......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
To Students......Page 18
Preface......Page 20
Acknowledgments......Page 24
Chapter 1 - Looking at Movies......Page 26
Looking at Movies......Page 27
What Is a Movie?......Page 28
Ways of Looking at Movies......Page 31
Chapter 2 - Principles of Film Form......Page 60
Film Form......Page 61
Form and Expectations......Page 64
Patterns......Page 66
Fundamentals of Film Form......Page 70
Realism and Antirealism......Page 80
Cinematic Language......Page 84
Looking at Film Form: Donnie Darko......Page 86
Chapter 3 - Types of Movies......Page 92
The Idea of Narrative......Page 93
Types of Movies......Page 96
Hybrid Movies......Page 108
Genre......Page 110
Six Major American Genres......Page 116
Evolution and Transformation of Genre......Page 133
What about Animation?......Page 136
Looking at the Types of Movies in The Lego Movie......Page 140
Composition......Page 221
Looking at Mise-en-Scène......Page 229
Chapter 4 - Elements of Narrative......Page 146
What Is Narrative?......Page 147
The Screenwriter......Page 160
Elements of Narrative......Page 161
Looking at Narrative: John Ford’s Stagecoach......Page 175
Chapter 5 - Mise-en-Scène......Page 188
What Is Mise-en-Scène?......Page 189
Design......Page 198
Chapter 6 - Cinematography......Page 236
The Director of Photography......Page 237
Cinematographic Properties of the Shot......Page 240
Framing of the Shot......Page 258
Speed and Length of the Shot......Page 283
Special Effects......Page 286
Looking at Cinematography: Richard Linklater's Boyhood......Page 290
Chapter 7 - Acting......Page 296
What Is Acting?......Page 297
The Evolution of Screen Acting......Page 304
Casting Actors......Page 318
Aspects of Performance......Page 320
How Filmmaking Affects Acting......Page 328
Looking at Acting......Page 334
Chapter 8 - Editing......Page 342
What Is Editing?......Page 343
The Film Editor......Page 345
Major Approaches to Editing: Continuity and Discontinuity......Page 358
Looking at Editing......Page 378
Chapter 9 - Sound......Page 388
What Is Sound?......Page 389
Sound Production......Page 391
Describing Film Sound......Page 394
Sources of Film Sound......Page 396
Types of Film Sound......Page 399
Functions of Film Sound......Page 414
Looking at (and Listening to) Sound in Orson Welles’s Citizen Kane......Page 422
Chapter 10 - Film History......Page 430
What Is Film History?......Page 431
Basic Approaches to Studying Film History......Page 432
A Short Overview of Film History......Page 434
1947–Present: New Cinemas in Great Britain, Europe, and Asia......Page 458
1965–1995: The New American Cinema......Page 472
Looking at Citizen Kane and Its Place in Film History......Page 477
Chapter 11 - How the Movies Are Made......Page 482
Money, Methods, and Materials: The Whole Equation......Page 483
Film and Digital Technologies: An Overview......Page 485
How a Movie Is Made......Page 491
The Studio System......Page 493
The Independent System......Page 499
Financing in the Industry......Page 502
Marketing and Distribution......Page 504
Production in Hollywood Today......Page 508
Glossary......Page 518
Permissions Acknowledgments......Page 532
Index......Page 536