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xix, 436 p. : 24 cm, Student access card inserted for online materials, Includes bibliographical references and index, pt. 1. Medium: Realism and formalism -- The director -- The screenwriter -- The spectator -- The film experience -- Figurative comparisons -- Point of view -- Tone, pt. 2. Story: Narrative -- The classical paradigm -- Realistic narratives -- Formalistic narratives--Adaptation -- Genre, pt. 3. Photography: The cinematographer -- The shots -- The angles -- Light and dark ; Colour -- Lenses, filters, and stocks -- Digital imaging, pt. 4. Mise en scène: The frame -- Composition and design -- Settings -- Territorial space -- Proxemic patterns -- Open and closed forms, pt. 5. Movement: Kinetics -- The moving camera -- Mechanical distortions of movement, pt. 6. Editing: Continuity -- D.W. Griff ith and classical cutting -- Soviet montage and the formalist tradition -- André Bazin and the tradition of realism, pt. 7. Sound: Historical background -- Sound effects -- Music -- Musicals and melodrama -- Speech, pt. 8. Acting: Screen acting -- The star system -- Styles of acting -- Casting -- Costumes and makeup, pt. 9. Nonfiction films: The documentary mode -- John Grierson an

Author

Giannetti, Louis D, Leach, Jim

Publisher

Toronto : Pearson Canada

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9780137010363

Subjects

Sports, Literary Fiction, Humanities

Rating

3.81 / 5 (307 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14