Understanding Movies （13TH）

Giannetti, Louis

Pearson College Div（2013/06発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 550 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780205856169
• DDC分類 791.43

Full Description

A readable, accessible introduction to film Understanding Movies provides valuable insight into how movies communicate and convey meaning to their audiences through a unique network of language systems and techniques. In a readable, accessible, and sometimes humorous manner, Understanding Movies engages students in the fascinating language of film and helps further their appreciation and understanding of why and how movie watchers respond as they do to different films. Organized around elements of film, the thirteenth edition of this market leading text provides students with a new way of looking at films that are familiar to them through contemporary coverage and a visually engaging presentation. Learning Goals Upon completing this book, readers will be able to: * Understand film as an industry * Discuss the impact of technology on the film industry

Contents

In this Section1) Brief Table of Contents Chapter 1: Photography Chapter 2: Mise en Scene Chapter 3: Movement Chapter 4: Editing Chapter 5: Sound Chapter 6: Acting Chapter 7: Dramatization Chapter 8: Story Chapter 9: Writing Chapter 10: Ideology Chapter 11: Critique Chapter 12: Synthesis 2) Full Table of Contents Chapter 1: Photography Realism and Formalism The Shots The Angles Light and Dark Color Lenses, Filters, and Stocks The Digital Revolution The Cinematographer Further Reading Chapter 2: Mise en Scene The Frame Composition and Design Territorial Space Proxemic Patterns Open and Closed Forms Further Reading Chapter 3: Movement Kinetics The Moving Camera Mechanical Distortions of Movement Further Reading Chapter 4: Editing Continuity D. W. Griffith and Classical Cutting Soviet Montage and the Formalist Tradition Andre Bazin and the Tradition of Realism Further Reading Chapter 5: Sound Historical Background Sound Effects Music Musicals Spoken Language Further Reading Chapter 6: Acting Stage and Screen Acting The American Star System Styles of Acting Casting Further Reading Chapter 7: Dramatization Time, Space, and Language The Director Settings and Decor Costumes and Makeup Further Reading Chapter 8: Story Narratology The Spectator The Classical Paradigm Realistic Narratives Formalistic Narratives Nonfictional Narratives Genre and Myth Further Reading Chapter 9: Writing The Screenwriter The Screenplay North by Northwest: the Screenplay Figurative Comparisons Point of View Literary Adaptations Further Reading Chapter 10: Ideology The Left-Center-Right Model Culture, Religion, and Ethnicity Feminism Queer Cinema Tone Further Reading Chapter 11: Critique Theories of Realism Formalist Film Theories The Auteur Theory Eclectic and Synthesizing Approaches Structuralism and Semiology Historiography Further Reading Chapter 12: Synthesis Photography Mise En Scene Movement Editing Sound Acting Dramatization Story Writing Ideology Critique Further Reading