ELEMENTS OF FILM

Prologue The Conjurer's Art = 3 Chapter 1 Story and Script = 11 Relationship Between Script and Film = 13 Theme = 29 Form and Structure = 31 The Elements of a Script = 43 The Visul Images = 43 The Sound = 45 Relationships Within the Script = 48 Summary = 49 Films for Study = 49 Supplementary Reading = 49 Chapter 2 Image = 51 The Cinematic Quality of the Image = 53 The Elements of Cinematography = 55 Film - The Raw Material of Cinema = 55 Composition = 64 Illumination = 69 Color = 78 The Tools of Cinematography = 79 Camera = 79 Lens = 85 Lighting and Lighting Equipment = 94 Films for Study = 96 Supplementary Reading = 96 Chapter 3 Sound = 97 The Mechanics of Film Sound = 99 The Elements of Film Sound = 100 Synchronous Sound-Dialogue = 100 Dubbing = 105 The Mix = 109 The Art of Film Sound = 109 Dialogue Recording = 110 Voice Tracks = 112 Creative Use of Sound Effects = 117 The Art of Film Music = 120 Silence = 126 Films for Study = 126 Chapter 4 Editing = 129 The Mechanics of Film Editing = 133 The Art of Film Editing = 136 Time = 137 Rhythm = 141 Visual and Aural Relationships = 143 Montage = 153 Effective Editing = 155 Films for Study = 156 Supplementary Reading = 156 Chapter 5 The Director = 157 The Emerging Role of the Contemporary Director = 159 The Function of the Director = 161 The Director and the Writer = 161 The Director and the Cameraman = 161 The Director and the Crew = 165 The Director and the Actor = 166 The Director and the Editor = 169 Elements of Style = 170 Subject Material = 173 Script = 174 Images and Movement = 175 Acting Performances = 178 Pace = 179 The Editing = 180 Supportive Elements = 180 The Director as a Creative Artist = 181 Literature = 181 The Visual Art = 182 Editing and Sound = 183 Film for Study = 184 Supplementary Reading = 184 Chapter 6 Acting for Film = 185 The Historical Development of Screen Acting = 189 The Elements of Acting for Film = 191 The Separation of Actor from Audience = 192 The Camera and Its Effect upon the Actor = 193 Performance out of Sequence = 193 Performance in Small, Separate Units = 195 The Reconstruction of Performance Through Editing = 195 The Architecture of a Total Performance = 196 The Projection of Internal Conviction = 196 Physical Performance = 197 Intellectual Communication = 198 The Actor as a Creative Artist = 199 Films for Study = 200 Supplementary Reading = 200 Chapter 7 The Contemporary Filmmaker = 201 The Rise of the Contemporary Cinema = 203 Vittorio De Sica = 204 Rene Clement = 206 Luis Bunuel = 208 Federico Fellini = 211 Jean-Luc Godard = 213 Ingmar Bergman = 215 Satyajit Ray = 217 Akira Kurosawa = 219 Francois Truffaut = 220 Alain Resnais = 222 Michelangel Antonioni = 224 Richard Lester = 226 Stanley Kubrick = 227 Films for Study = 229 Supplementary Readin = 230

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