Understanding movies

by Giannetti, Louis D.

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Title Statements

Full title :Understanding movies / Louis Giannetti.

Summary

From the Publisher: Helps readers understand how the many languages of film work together to create meaning. Louis Giannetti organizes Understanding Movies around the key elements of filmmaking, including cintematography, Mise en Scene, movement, editing, sound, acting, drama, casting, story, screenwriting, ideology, and theory. He synthesizes every element through a complete case study: Citizen Kane. This book's ideas are illuminated with hundreds of high-quality still photos, more than 70 in full color, taken from movies such as The Matrix, Almost Famous, jackass the movie, Chicago, Lord of the Rings, Mystic River, and Traffic. New in this edition: a full section on contemporary special effects and computer generated imagery (CGI); up-to-the-minute information on new developments in film technology; more coverage of recent films and filmmakers; more ethnic diversity (including new material on the Islamic cinema); and more lavish use of color and high-quality paper. An updated Companion Website contains animations, video clips from interviews with movie professionals, and Research Navigator access to New York Times film reviews. For everyone who wants to understand the artistry and meaning of the movies.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2008.
Edition:11th ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Pearson Education
Place of Publication:Upper Saddle River, N.J
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2008.

The Physical Object

Description:xi, 611 pages : : illustrations (some color) ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780132336994, 0132336995
oclc:ocm77494495
LC Classification:PN1994
Dewey Decimal:791.43

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1: Photography -- Overview -- Realism and formalism -- Shots -- Angles -- Light and dark -- Color -- Lenses, filters, and stocks -- Special effects -- Cinematographer -- Further reading -- 2: Mise en Scene -- Overview -- Frame -- Composition and design -- Territorial space -- Proxemic patterns -- Open and closed forms -- Further reading -- 3: Movement -- Overview -- Kinetics -- Moving camera -- Mechanical distortions of movement -- Further reading -- 4: Editing -- Overview -- Continuity -- D W Griffith and classical cutting -- Soviet montage and the formalist tradition -- Andre Bazin and the tradition of realism -- Hitchcock's North by Northwest: storyboard version -- Further reading -- 5: Sound -- Overview -- Historical background -- Sound effects -- Music -- Musicals -- Spoken language -- Further reading -- 6: Acting -- Overview -- Stage and screen acting -- American star system -- Styles of acting -- Casting -- Further reading -- 7: Drama -- Overview -- Time, space, and language -- Director -- Settings and decor -- Costumes and makeup -- Further reading -- 8: Story -- Overview -- Narratology -- Spectator -- Classical paradigm -- Realistic narrative…