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- catalog abstract "This volume is 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. 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.".
- catalog contributor b12306321.
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description "1. Photography. Realism and formalism -- The shots -- The angles -- Light and dark -- Color -- Lenses, filters, stocks, opticals, and gauges -- The cinematographer -- 2. Mise en scène. 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 -- Andre Bazin and the tradition of realism -- Hitchcock's 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 decor -- 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 scène -- Movement -- Editing -- Sound -- Acting -- Drama -- Story -- Writing -- Ideology -- Theory.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "This volume is 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. 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.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 556 p., [8] p. of plates :".
- catalog identifier "0130408131 (pbk.)".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall,".
- catalog subject "791.43 21".
- catalog subject "Motion pictures.".
- catalog subject "PN1994 .G47 2002".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Photography. Realism and formalism -- The shots -- The angles -- Light and dark -- Color -- Lenses, filters, stocks, opticals, and gauges -- The cinematographer -- 2. Mise en scène. 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 -- Andre Bazin and the tradition of realism -- Hitchcock's 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 decor -- 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 scène -- Movement -- Editing -- Sound -- Acting -- Drama -- Story -- Writing -- Ideology -- Theory.".
- catalog title "Understanding movies / Louis Giannetti.".
- catalog type "text".