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

Index

Cover Series Statement Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents 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 Narrative 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 Genre 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. Film and Ideology

Ideology in Practice: Soviet Montage Continuing with Marxism Film and Consciousness Ideology and “Current” Events: A Reading of Jaws Feminist Film Theory and Criticism Case Study: Rear Window

Study Guide: Exploring Ideology Where One Least Expects It Thirteen. Film Studies in the Era of Digital Cinema

What Is Digital Cinematography? The Impact of Digital Technology on Filmmaking Expanding the Filmmaking Community Digital Cinema and Film Theory Post-Truth? Goodbye Multiplexes?

Fourteen. Putting It Together: A Model 8- to 10-Page Paper

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

Glossary Acknowledgments Index Series List