Giannetti, Louis. Understanding Movies. (Prentice Hall, 2005) ISBN#0131890980

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Chapter Outline

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

2. Mise en Scène
   • 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. André 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 Décor. 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 Scène. Movement. Editing. Sound. Acting. Drama. Story. Writing. Ideology. Critique.

Glossary

Index