Movies on our minds : the evolution of cinematic engagement / James E. Cutting.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cutting, James E., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture audiences--Psychology.

Motion picture audiences.

Motion pictures--Psychological aspects.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

xiv, 382 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

"We used to go to the movies. We used to speak of flicks, even flicking out. We used to stand in line with friends in delicious anticipation to buy tickets for a movie that got a rapturous review. We used to be ushered into blinding darkness within cavernous halls of downtown gilded-age theaters to look at enormous screens. And we might go without regard to when the feature began, enter in the middle, sit through its ending, its double-bill and shorts, and only then watch the beginning of what we wanted to see. A small personal triumph occurred when, seeing a flick with friends or family, you were the first one to get up to leave announcing that "this was the place in the movie where we came in."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. The Power of Movies and a Method to Study It

2. Popular Movies and Technology

3. Viewing and Lenses

4. Mise-en-Cadre

5. Transitions

6. An Interlude on Shots and Cultural Change

7. Shots and Sound

8. The Most Important Shot in Popular Cinema

9. Continuity, Discontinuity, and Scenes

10. Montages, Sequences, and Syntagmas

11. Stories and Their Parts

12. Narrational Complexity

13. The Web and Flow of Popular Cinema

14. Structure, Engagement, and Evolution.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: E. Cutting, James. Movies on our minds

ISBN:

9780197567777

0197567770

OCLC:

1250511475

Publisher Number:

99988585596