Becoming Film Literate: The Art and Craft of Motion PicturesBloomsbury Academic, 2005 M03 30 - 404 pages Though movies have remained our foremost cultural pastime for over 100 years, many of us still know very little about the tools used to create them. In this groundbreaking new book, Vincent LoBrutto provides an enjoyable and accessible education in the art of cinema: using 50 landmark films spanning the history of the medium, LoBrutto illustrates such important concepts as editing, production design, cinematography, sound, screen acting, narrative structure, and various genres, nationalities, and film eras. Each concept is illustrated by the selection of a film that epitomizes its use, so that readers will learn about film authorship in Citizen Kane, multiplot narrative in Nashville, widescreen filmmaking in Rebel without a Cause, and screen violence in The Wild Bunch. Explaining the various tricks of the moviemaking trade, Becoming Film Literate offers a crash course in cinema, one designed to give even the novice reader a solid introduction to this complex and multifaceted medium. |
Contents
Nonlinear Storytelling Amores Perros 17 | 1 |
Transformation of the American Comedy Annie Hall | 7 |
Tableau Narrative Structure and Sound Design Apocalypse Now | 14 |
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