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Understanding Movies Louis Giannetti

Understanding Movies By Louis Giannetti

Understanding Movies by Louis Giannetti

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Designed to help students analyze movies with precision and technical sophistication, this book focuses on formalism - how the languages of the film create meaning. It is useful for undergraduate courses in Introduction to Film, Introduction to Cinema, and Film Appreciation. A CD-ROM of interviews with filmmakers accompanies it.

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Understanding Movies by Louis Giannetti

For undergraduate courses in Introduction to Film, Introduction to Cinema, and Film Appreciation.

Understanding Movies is the best selling film text on the market!

Designed to help students analyze movies with precision and technical sophistication, this book focuses on formalism-how the languages of the film (e.g., camera work, editing, lighting, story, photography, etc.) create meaning. Building on the same principle of organization as previous editions-structuring chapters around the elements of film-the new edition of this best seller offers a lavish use of color, printed on high-quality paper and has been updated to integrate recent films, developments in filmmaking, and personalities in the field. A CD-ROM of interviews with filmmakers is available in a special value package.

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Giannetti's book is invaluable for anyone who wants a deeper appreciation of the movies. Drawing on a lifetime of wisdom, he explains clearly and passionately how the movies work, and why. I have used earlier editions of this classic work for years, recommend it constantly and welcome this latest edition. - Roger Ebert, Ebert & Roeper

About Louis Giannetti

Louis Giannetti is a Professor Emeritus of English and Film at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. He has taught courses in film, literature, writing, drama, and humanities. He has published many articles, both popular and scholarly, on political subjects, literature, and drama. In addition to being a professional film critic for several years, he has, written about movies for such scholarly journals as Literature/Film Quarterly, The Western Humanities Review, and Film Criticism. Professor Giannetti is also the author of a book on cinema theory. GODARD AND OTHERS: ESSAYS ON FILM FORM, published in both Britain and the United States. Professor Giannetti's other books include MASTERS OF THE AMERICAN CINEMA (Prentice Hall, 1981), a survey of American fiction films from the perspective of eighteen key figures. FLASHBACK: A BRIEF HISTORY OF FILM, FOURTH EDITION (Prentice Hall, 2001), written with Scott Eyman, is a history organized by decade, outlining the major events, trends, and important filmmakers and their work, with emphasis on the American cinema. Both books are copiously illustrated. UNDERSTANDING MOVIES has been a best-selling text in all its previous editions, widely used in the United States and in such countries as Australia, Britain, Singapore, Canada, New Zealand. South Africa, and Japan. It has been translated into Chinese, Korean, and Hebrew. Professor Giannetti is the father of two daughters, Christina and Francesca. He lives in Shaker Heights, where lie spends an inordinate amount of time tending his Japanese-style garden.

Table of Contents

(NOTE: Each chapter begins with an Overview and concludes with a Further Reading section and Chapter Ending Questions.)

1. Photography.

Realism and Formalism. The Shots. The Angles. Light and Dark. Color. Lenses, Filters, Stocks, The Special Effects. The Cinematographer.



2. Mise en Scene.

The Frame. Composition and Design. Territorial Space. Proxemic Patterns. Open and Closed Forms.



3. Movement.

Kinetics. The Moving Camera. Mechanical Distortions of Movement.



4. Editing.

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.



5. Sound.

Historical Background. Sound Effects. Music. Musicals. Spoken Language.



6. Acting.

Stage and Screen Acting. The American Star System. Styles of Acting. Casting.



7. Drama.

Time, Space, and Language. The Director. Settings and Decor. Costumes and Makeup.



8. Story.

Narratology. The Spectator. The Classical Paradigm. Realistic Narratives. Formalistic Narratives. Nonfictional Narratives. Genre and Myth.



9. Writing.

The Screenwriter. The Screenplay. North by Northwest: Reading Version. Figurative Comparisons. Point of View. Literary Adaptations.



10. Ideology.

The Left-Center-Right Model. Culture, Religion, and Ethnicity. Feminism. Gay Liberation. Tone.



11. Critique (formerly Theory).

Types of Critiques. Theories of Realism. Formalist Film Theories. The Auteur Theory. Eclectic and Synthetic Approaches. Structuralism and Semiology. Historiography.



12. Synthesis: Citizen Kane .

Photography. Mise en Scene. Movement. Editing. Sound. Acting. Drama. Story. Writing. Ideology. Critique.



Glossary.


Index.

Additional information

CIN0131890980VG
9780131890985
0131890980
Understanding Movies by Louis Giannetti
Louis Giannetti
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Pearson Education (US)
20040805
592
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