| Description |
xxiii, 547 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm |
| Contents |
Preparing viewers and views: distribution, promotion, and exhibition -- Exploring a material world: mise-en-scène -- Seeing through the image: cinematography -- Relating images: editing -- Listening to the cinema: film sound -- Telling stories about time: narrative films -- Other cinematic shapes: documentary and experimental films -- Rituals, conventions, archetypes, and formulas: movie genres -- Conventional film history: evolutions, masterpieces, and periodization -- Global and local: inclusive histories of the movies -- Reading about film: critical methods and theories -- Writing a film essay: observations, arguments, research, and analysis |
| Notes |
Includes "Quick film terminology reference" card, [4] p |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- Study and teaching.
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Motion pictures -- History.
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Motion pictures.
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| Author |
White, Patricia, 1964-
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| LC no. |
2003107546 |
| ISBN |
0312255667 |
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1403932344 |
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0312414730 Quick Film Terminology Reference card |
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