[Film and Culture Series 01] • Film Studies · An Introduction by Sikov, Ed -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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PREFACE: WHAT THIS BOOK IS—AND WHAT IT’S NOT INTRODUCTION: REPRESENTATION AND REALITY ONE MISE-EN-SCENE: WITHIN THE IMAGE

What Is Mise-en-Scene? The Shot Subject-Camera Distance—Why It Matters Camera Angle Space and Time on Film Composition

STUDY GUIDE: ANALYZING THE SHOT WRITING ABOUT THE IMAGE TWO MISE-EN-SCENE: CAMERA MOVEMENT

Mobile Framing Types of Camera Movement Editing within the Shot Space and Movement

STUDY GUIDE: ANALYZING CAMERA MOVEMENT WRITING ABOUT CAMERA MOVEMENT THREE MISE-EN-SCENE: CINEMATOGRAPHY

Motion Picture Photography Aspect Ratio: From 1:33 to Widescreen Aspect Ratio: Form and Meaning Lighting Three-Point Lighting Film Stocks: Super 8 to 70mm to Video Black, White, Gray, and Color A Word or Two about Lenses

STUDY GUIDE: ANALYZING CINEMATOGRAPHY WRITING ABOUT CINEMATOGRAPHY FOUR EDITING: FROM SHOT TO SHOT

Transitions Montage The Kuleshov Experiment Continuity Editing The 180° System Shot/Reverse-Shot Pattern

STUDY GUIDE: ANALYZING SHOT-TO-SHOT EDITING WRITING ABOUT EDITING FIVE SOUND

A Very Short History of Film Sound Recording, Rerecording, Editing, and Mixing Analytical Categories of Film Sound Sound and Space

STUDY GUIDE: HEARING SOUND, ANALYZING SOUND WRITING ABOUT SOUND AND SOUNDTRACKS SIX NARRATIVE: FROM SCENE TO SCENE

Narrative Structure Story and Plot Scenes and Sequences Transitions from Scene to Scene Character, Desire, and Conflict Analyzing Conflict

STUDY GUIDE: ANALYZING SCENE-TO-SCENE EDITING WRITING ABOUT NARRAT IVE STRUCTURE SEVEN FROM SCREENPLAY TO FILM

Deeper into Narrative Structure Screenwriting: The Three-Act Structure Segmentation: Form Segmentation: Meaning A Segmentation of Inside Man

STUDY GUIDE: STORY ANALYSIS AND SEGMENTATION WRITING ABOUT WRITING EIGHT FILMMAKERS

Film—A Director’s Art? Authorship The Auteur Theory The Producer’s Role Teamwork

STUDY GUIDE: THE PROBLEM OF ATTRIBUTION WRITING ABOUT DIRECTORS NINE PERFORMANCE

Performance as an Element of Mise-en-Scene Acting Styles Stars and Character Actors Type and Stereotype Women as Types Acting in—and on—Film Publicity: Extra-Filmic Meaning

STUDY GUIDE: ANALYZING ACTING WRITING ABOUT ACTING TEN GENRE

What Is a Genre? Conventions, Repetitions, and Variations A Brief Taxonomy of Two Film Genres—the Western and the Horror Film Genre: The Semantic/Syntactic Approach Film Noir: A Case Study Film Noir: A Brief History Film Noir’s Conventions

STUDY GUIDE: GENRE ANALYSIS FOR THE INTRODUCTORY STUDENT WRITING ABOUT GENRES ELEVEN SPECIAL EFFECTS

Beyond the Ordinary Optical and Mechanical Special Effects Computer-Generated Imagery (CGI)

STUDY GUIDE: EFFECTS AND MEANING WRITING ABOUT SPECIAL EFFECTS TWELVE PUTTING IT TOGETHER: A MODEL 8- TO 10-PAGE PAPER

How This Chapter Works “Introducing Tyler,” by Robert Paulson

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