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The film experience : an introduction / Timothy Corrigan, Patricia White.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston : Bedford/St.Martins, [2012]Edition: 3rd editionDescription: xxii, 518 p. : ill. (some color) ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9780312681708 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0312681704 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781457603198 (complimentary copy : alk. paper)
  • 1457603195 (complimentary copy : alk. paper)
  • 9780230359093
  • 0230359094
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PN1995 .C655 2012
Contents:
Pt. 1. Cultural contexts : making, watching, and studying movies. Introduction : Studying film : culture, practice, experience -- Encountering film : from preproduction to exhibition. pt. 2. Formal compositions : film scenes, shots, cuts, and sounds. Exploring a material world : mise-en-sc?ene -- Framing what we see : cinematography -- Relating images : film editing -- Listening to the cinema : film sound. pt. 3. Organizational structures : from stories to genres. Telling stories : narrative films -- Representing the real : documentary films -- Challenging form : experimental film and new media -- Rituals, conventions, archetypes, and formulas : movie genres. pt. 4. Critical perspectives : histories, methods, writing. History and historiography : Hollywood and beyond -- Reading about film : critical theories and methods -- Writing a film essay : observations, arguments, research, and analysis.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-487) and index.

Pt. 1. Cultural contexts : making, watching, and studying movies. Introduction : Studying film : culture, practice, experience -- Encountering film : from preproduction to exhibition. pt. 2. Formal compositions : film scenes, shots, cuts, and sounds. Exploring a material world : mise-en-sc?ene -- Framing what we see : cinematography -- Relating images : film editing -- Listening to the cinema : film sound. pt. 3. Organizational structures : from stories to genres. Telling stories : narrative films -- Representing the real : documentary films -- Challenging form : experimental film and new media -- Rituals, conventions, archetypes, and formulas : movie genres. pt. 4. Critical perspectives : histories, methods, writing. History and historiography : Hollywood and beyond -- Reading about film : critical theories and methods -- Writing a film essay : observations, arguments, research, and analysis.