The Film Experience: An Introduction eBook

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Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1319208185
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1319208189
• Author: Timothy Corrigan (Author), Patricia White (Author)

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The Film Experience offers a comprehensive introduction to the art, language, industry, culture, and experience of the movies ―with new digital tools to bring that experience to life and help students master course material. The text highlights how formal elements like cinematography, editing, and sound can be analyzed and interpreted within the context of a film as a whole. With superior tools for reading and writing about film, as well as unparalleled coverage of diversity, inclusion, and non-mainstream filmmaking traditions.

Table of contents:

Part One: Cultural Contexts: Watching, Studying, and Making Movies

Chapter One: Encountering Film: From Preproduction to Exhibition
Production: How Films Are Made

Part Two: Formal Compositions: Film Scenes, Shots, Cuts, and Sounds

Chapter Two: Mise-en-Scène: Exploring a Material World
A Short History of Mise-en-Scène

Chapter Three: Cinematography: Framing What We See
A Short History of the Cinematic Image
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Chapter Four: Editing: Relating Images

Chapter Five: Film Sound: Listening to the Cinema
A Short History of Film Sound

Part Three: Organizational Structures: From Stories to Genres

Chapter Six: Narrative Films: Telling Stories
A Short History of Narrative Film

Chapter Seven: Documentary Films: Representing the Real
A Short History of Documentary Cinema

Chapter Eight: Experimental Film and New Media: Challenging Form
A Short History of Experimental Film and Media Practices

Chapter Nine: Movie Genres: Conventions, Formulas, and Audience Expectations

Part Four: Critical Perspectives: History, Methods, Writing

Chapter 10: History and Historiography: Hollywood and Beyond
Early Cinema

Chapter Eleven: Reading About Film: Critical Theories and Methods
The Evolution of Film Theory

Chapter Twelve: Writing a Film Essay: Observations, Arguments, Research, and Analysis

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