1. Introduction: why study movies? -- 2. What's in a movie? -- 3. The shaping forces of film language -- 4. How a film is made -- 5. Visual language -- 6. The language of motion -- 7. A language of sound -- 8. Non-people characters and people characters -- 9. Filmic drama -- 10. The fiction film -- 11. The film as fact: the documentary -- 12. Say it with film -- 13. Film criticism -- 14. Television -- 15. To make a film
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Contents: 1. Introduction: Why study movies?; 2. What's in a movie?; 3. The shaping forces of film language; 4. How a film is made; 5. Visual language; 6. The language of motion; 7. A language of sound; 8. Non-people characters and people characters; 9. Filmic drama; 10. The fiction film; 11. The film as fact: the documentary; 12. Say it with film; 13. Film criticism; 14. Television; 15. To make a film