The Critical Eye: An Introduction to Looking at Movies
Edition: 4
Copyright: 2008
Pages: 202
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The Critical Eye: An Introduction to Looking at Movies, Third Edition Revised, prepares students to look beneath the surface of today's most pervasive and powerful form of art, entertainment, information and persuasion. How do movies communicate? How do viewers learn to "read" a film? Developing a critical eye means becoming visually literate: capable of understanding the narrative, visual and aural elements of film.
Using classic and contemporary film references, the textbook introduces the basics of the production process, terminology, key formal elements, critical methodology and theoretical questions raised by the visual media. All chapters have been updated with current practices - ranging from digital technology to distribution and exhibition - and their impact on modes of production, film language and film business.
The slim volume does not overwhelm students with hundreds of pages and details. Designed as a basic primer, The Critical Eye can supplement a broad range of film studies and production courses.
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1
Media Literacy Worldwide Media and Communication
Advertising, the Visual Media, and Persuasion
The
Narrative Film and Communication
Levels of Meaning
Chapter 2
Elements of Meaning
Film
as Language
Underlying Meaning
Theme
Point of view
Structure
Symbol
Motif
Metaphor
Allusion
Chapter 3
The Camera Eye The Camera
The Shot and the Frame
The Lens
Distance
Angle
Camera Movement
Camera Speed
Optical Processes
Special
Effects
Chapter 4
Mise en
Scene Sets and Locations
Props and Objects
Costuming
Color Design
Actors and
Acting
Blocking and Choreography
Lighting
Composition
Composition in Depth
Screen
Size
Graphic Elements
Dynamic Composition
Chapter 5
Editing The Kuleshov Effect: An
Experiment in Editing
Soviet Montage
The Odessa
Steps Sequence
Hollywood Montage
Classical
Editing
The Match Cut
The Shot/Reverse Shot
The Master-Shot Sequence
Transitional Devices
Narrative Progression
Chapter 6
Sound Dialogue
Narrat