Film Art: An IntroductionFilm production, distribution, and exhibition - The significance of film form - Narrative as a formal system - Film genres - Documentary, experimental, and animated films - The shot : mise-en-scene - The shot : cinematography - The relation of shot to shot : editing - Sound in the cinema - Style as a formal system - Film criticism : sample analyses - Film form and film history. |
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... close - up of King Kong's elbow . We would not call the shot in 7.112 ( from La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc ) a close - up just because only Jeanne's head appears in the frame ; the framing is that of a long shot because in scale her head ...
... close - up of King Kong's elbow . We would not call the shot in 7.112 ( from La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc ) a close - up just because only Jeanne's head appears in the frame ; the framing is that of a long shot because in scale her head ...
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... close framings in many of the interviews . Usually interviews in documentaries are shot in a range from medium - long shot to medium close - up ... close - ups , all centering on the subjects ' mouths . The film opens with a very close ...
... close framings in many of the interviews . Usually interviews in documentaries are shot in a range from medium - long shot to medium close - up ... close - ups , all centering on the subjects ' mouths . The film opens with a very close ...
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... up her resemblance to a mannequin . Similarly , human figure movement imi- tates that of the machines . The ... close - ups , close - ups , and even extreme close - ups . In combination with the blank backgrounds , such close framings ...
... up her resemblance to a mannequin . Similarly , human figure movement imi- tates that of the machines . The ... close - ups , close - ups , and even extreme close - ups . In combination with the blank backgrounds , such close framings ...
Contents
ONE CHAPTER ONE Film Production Distribution and Exhibition 1 | 18 |
PART Film Form | 47 |
THREE | 61 |
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