Film Studies

introduction = 1 taking it further = 6 01. film aesthetics: formalism and realism = 7 mise-en-scène = 9 set design = 10 set design in 1930s Warner Bros. films = 10 MGM set design = 11 mise-en-shot = 12 the long take = 12 deep focus photography = 13 continuity editing = 16 editing versus the long take = 19 editing in Jurassic Park = 20 summary = 21 film sound = 22 theoretical analysis of film aesthetics = 23 montage = 25 summary = 28 further reading = 29 02. film structure: narrative and narration = 31 narrative structure = 32 summary = 40 restricted and omniscient narration = 41 restricted narration in The Big Sleep = 43 restricted narration in Taxi Driver = 44 restricted and omniscient narration in North by Northwest = 49 omniscient narration in Magnificent Obsession = 50 summary = 53 narrative chronology in Pulp Fiction = 53 the narrative and narration of Mulholland Dr. = 56 further reading = 70 03. film authorship: the director as auteur = 72 François Truffaut and Cahiers du Cinéma = 74 Movie magazine = 78 Andrew Sarris = 80 A Bout de Souffle／Breathless = 80 summary of the auteur policy = 85 style and themes in Alfred Hitchcock’s films = 86 stylistic unity in Hitchcock’s films = 88 themes in Hitchcock’s films = 89 the cinema of Wim Wenders = 91 thematic analysis of the films of Wim Wenders = 92 formal elements in Wenders = 96 summary of Hitchcock and Wenders = 98 the contemporary auteur = 98 further reading = 99 04. film genres: defining the typical film = 101 problems in the study of genres = 103 genre film as myth = 104 new studies of melodrama = 105 film noir = 117 1950s science fiction = 123 summary = 126 further reading = 127 05. the non-fiction film: five types of documentary = 130 expository documentary = 132 observational documentary = 137 interactive documentary = 139 reflexive documentary = 143 performative documentary = 145 summary = 149 further reading = 150 06. the reception of film: the art and profession of film reviewing = 151 the four functions of film reviewing = 153 the four components of film reviewing = 154 Philip French on The English Patient = 155 evaluation = 159 summary = 164 five reviews of Minority Report = 164 further reading = 176 taking it further = 179 film studies on the internet = 179 useful addresses = 188 bibliography = 192 index = 198

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