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Becoming film literate : the art and craft of motion pictures / Vincent LoBrutto ; foreword by Jan Harlan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- LoBrutto, Vincent.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures.
- Cinematography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 384 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger, ©2005.
- Contents:
- Non-linear storytelling: Amores Perros.
- Transformation of the American comedy: Annie Hall.
- Tableau narrative structure and sound design: Apocalypse now.
- The body as cinematic landscape: L'Avventura.
- Editing
- Russian montage: The battleship Potemkin.
- Italian neorealism: The bicycle thief.
- Production design: Blade runner.
- Dream state: Blue velvet.
- The period film as mirror for the present: Bonnie and Clyde.
- Expressionism in cinema: The cabinet of Dr. Caligari.
- Classical Hollywood film style: Casablanca.
- Surrealism in cinema: Un chien Andalou.
- The authorial voice: Citizen Kane.
- Shot structure: The crowd.
- Thematic unity: The Decalogue.
- Mythopoetic film: Dog star man.
- Political objectives through cinematic storytelling: Do the right thing.
- Film noir: Double indemnity.
- The personal film: 8 1/2.
- Animation and music: Fantasia.
- An American musical: 42nd Street.
- New York filmmaking: The French connection.
- Period comedy: The general.
- Parallel storytelling: Intolerance.
- French New Wave: Jules and Jim.
- The epic: Lawrence of Arabia.
- The political thriller: The Manchurian candidate.
- Self-referential cinema: Man with a movie camera.
- Architecture in production design: Metropolis.
- Roots of documentary film: Nanook of the North.
- Multiplot, multicharacter narrative: Nashville.
- Method acting: On the waterfront.
- The close-up: The passion of Joan of Arc.
- Dark side of American cinema: Psycho.
- Subtext in personal expression: Raging bull.
- Multiple point-of-view narrative: Rashomon.
- Widescreen filmmaking: Rebel without a cause.
- Camera movement as metaphor: La Ronde.
- Mise-en-scène: Rules of the game.
- Direct cinema: Salesman.
- The Freudian western: The searchers.
- Defining, theme, metaphor, and character through color, texture, and environmental design: Se7en.
- Symbolism in the cinema: The seventh seal.
- Art of the B movie: Shock corridor.
- Digital filmmaking: Star wars: Episode II
- Attack of the clones.
- Birth of a nonfiction film style: The thin blue line.
- Experimental narrative: 2001: a space odyssey.
- The essay film: Weekend.
- Screen violence as metaphor: The wild bunch.
- Independent filmmaking: A woman under the influence.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-369) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Online version: LoBrutto, Vincent. Becoming film literate.
- ISBN:
- 9798400617201 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 99995914194
- 9780275981440 90000
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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