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An introduction to film analysis : technique and meaning in narrative film /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ryan, Michael
Other Authors: Lenos, Melissa
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Continuum, [2012]
Subjects:
Motion pictures > Appreciation.
Motion pictures > Textbooks.
Motion pictures > Production and direction > Textbooks.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Meaning in movies ; Shot-by-shot analysis ; Writing about film: the art of active viewing
  • Technique and meaning. Composition
  • Camera work
  • Editing
  • Art direction (set, lighting, color, sound)
  • Narration
  • Metaphor, structure, character, motif
  • Film style: realism and expressionism
  • Critical analysis. Historical criticism
  • Structuralist criticism
  • Psychological criticism
  • Ideological criticism
  • Gender criticism
  • Ethnic criticism
  • Political criticism
  • Poststructuralist criticism
  • Scientific criticism: evolutionary theory.