an introduction Corrigan, Timothy 1951- creator White, Patricia 1964- text New York, NY Bedford/St. Martins c2009 2nd ed. monographic eng

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xxii, 583 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm. Contexts: making, watching, and studying movies -- Introduction to the film experience -- Preparing viewers and views: production, distribution, promotion, and exhibition -- Compositions: film scenes, shots, cuts, and sounds -- Exploring a material world: mise-en-scène -- Seeing through the image: cinematography -- Relating images: editing -- Listening to the cinema: film sound -- Organizational structures: from stories to genres -- Telling stories about time: narrative films -- Representing the real: documentary films -- Experimental screens: avant-garde film, video art, and new media -- Rituals, conventions, archetypes, and formulas: movie genres -- Hollywood and the world -- Conventional film history: evolutions, masterpieces, and periodization -- Global and local: inclusive histories of the movies -- Reactions: reading and writing about film -- Reading about film: critical theories and methods -- Writing a film essay: observations, arguments, research, and analysis. Timothy Corrigan, Patricia White. Includes bibliographical references and index. Motion pictures PN1995 .C655 2009 791/.437 9780312445850 0312445857 023022329X 9780230223295 210624 20210624074440.0