An introduction to the art of the film which shows how to analyze any film by using various analytical methods outlined in the book.

(NOTE: Each chapter concludes with a Further Reading section.) 1. Photography. Realism and Formalism. The Shots. The Angles. Light and Dark. Color. Lenses, Filters, Stocks, Opticals, and Gauges. The Cinematographer. 2. Mise En Sc?ne. 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. Andr? Bazin and the Tradition of Realism. Hitchcocks North by Northwest: Storyboard Version. 5. Sound. Historical Background. Sound Effects. Music. Musicals and Opera. 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 Dec?r. 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. Theory. Theories of Realism. Formalist Film Theories. The Auteur Theory. Eclectic and Synthetic Theories. Structuralism and Semiology. Historiography. 12. Synthesis: Citizen Kane. Photography. Mise en Sc?ne. Movement. Editing. Sound. Acting. Drama. Story. Writing. Ideology. Theory. Glossary. Index.