How to Read a Film · Movies, Media, and Beyond by Monaco, James -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Copyright Page Acknowledgments Dedication Introduction Contents Preface to the Second Edition Acknowledgments 1 Film as An Art

The Nature of Art Ways of Looking at Art

The Spectrum of Abstraction The Modes of Discourse The “Rapports de Production”

Film, Recording, and the Other Arts

Film, Photography, and Painting Film and the Novel Film and Theater Film and Music Film and the Environmental Arts

The Structure of Art

2 Technology: Image and Sound

Art and Technology

Image Technology Sound Technology

The Lens The Camera The Filmstock

Negatives, Prints, and Generations Aspect Ratio Grain, Gauge, and Speed Color, Contrast, and Tone

The Soundtrack Post-Production

Editing Mixing and Looping Special Effects Opticals, the Lab, and the Post House

Video and Film Projection Digital Tipping Points

3 The Language of Film: Signs and Syntax

Signs

The Physiology of Perception Denotative and Connotative Meaning

Syntax

Codes Mise-en-Scène

The Framed Image The Diachronic Shot

Sound Montage

4 The Shape of Film History

Movies/Film/Cinema “Movies”: Economics “Film”: Politics “Cinema”: Esthetics

Creating an Art: Lumière versus Méliès The Silent Feature: Realism versus Expressionism Hollywood: Genre versus Auteur Neorealism and After: Hollywood versus the World The New Wave and the Third World: Entertainment versus Communication The Postmodern Sequel: Democracy, Technology, End of Cinema Beyond Cinema: Metafiction, Metareality

5 Film Theory: Form and Function

The Critic The Poet and the Philosopher: Lindsay and Münsterberg Expressionism and Realism: Arnheim and Kracauer Montage: Pudovkin, Eisenstein, Balázs, and Formalism Mise-en-Scène: Neorealism, Bazin, and Godard Film Speaks and Acts: Metz and Contemporary Theory

6 Media: In The Middle of Things

Community Print and Electronic Media The Technology of Mechanical and Electronic Media Radio and Records Television and Video

“Broadcasting”: The Business “Television”: The Art “TV”: The Virtual Family

7 Multimedia: The Digital Revolution

From Analog to Digital The Myth of Multimedia The Myth of Virtual Reality The Myth of Cyberspace The Mediasphere

Film and Media: A Chronology

To 1895: Prehistory 1896–1915: The Birth of Film 1916–1930: Silent Film, Radio, and Sound Film 1931–1945: The Great Age of Hollywood and Radio 1946–1960: The Growth of Television 1961–1980: The Media World 1981–1999: The Digital Transition 2000–Present: The New Century

Reading About Film and Media: A Select Library

1. Film as an Art 2. The Technology of Film and Media 3. The Language of Film 4. Film History 5. Film Theory and Practical Criticism 6. Media 7. New Media 8. Film Reference: A Brief History 9. Antidotes

Index

Topics People Titles

Footnotes

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