Film studies : an introduction / Ed Sikov.

Author
Sikov, Ed. [Browse]
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Language
English
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  • New York : Columbia University Press, 2010.
  • ©2010
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xiii, 212 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

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                      Summary note
                      American film scholar Ed Sikov discusses all aspects of narrative films, describing mise-en-scéne, the significance of montages, editing, lighting, the use of color and sound, and related topics; and providing practical advice, suggested assignments, and other resources.
                      Notes
                      Includes index.
                      Contents
                      • Introduction: Representation and reality
                      • pt. 1: 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
                      • pt. 2: 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
                      • pt. 3: Mise-en-scene: Cinematography
                      • Motion picture photography
                      • Aspect ratio: from I: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
                      • pt. 4: 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
                      • pt. 5: 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
                      • pt. 6: 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
                      • pt. 7: From screenplay to film
                      • Deeper into narrative structure
                      • Screenwriting: The three-act structure
                      • Segmentation: form
                      • Segmentation: meaning
                      • Study guide: story analysis and segmentation
                      • Writing about writing
                      • pt. 8: Filmmakers
                      • Film--a director's art?
                      • Authorship
                      • The auteur theory
                      • The producer's role
                      • Teamwork
                      • Study guide: The problem of attribution
                      • Writing about directors
                      • pt. 9: 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
                      • pt. 10: 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
                      • Study guide: Genre analysis for the introductory student
                      • Writing about genres
                      • pt. 11: Special effects
                      • Beyond the ordinary
                      • Optical and mechanical special effects
                      • Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
                      • Study guide: Effects and meaning
                      • Writing about special effects
                      • pt. 12: Putting it together: A model 8- to 10-page paper
                      • How this chapter works
                      • "Introducing Tyler," / Robert Paulson.
                      ISBN
                      • 9780231142922 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
                      • 0231142927 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
                      • 9780231142939 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
                      • 0231142935 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
                      • 0231519893
                      • 9780231519892
                      LCCN
                      2009033082
                      OCLC
                      320798567
                      Other standard number
                      • 99937622440
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