Film Gastronomy plus drones (2016), combines the old with the new. Each chapter is designed to introduce a new theme. Starting with two ways of looking and writing about film and continuing with basic film vocabulary, film techniques, brief histories of world film and American film, and most important it addresses the new digital era of filmmaking
It is a source book, short and easy to follow. The author chose topics that seem to have passed the test of time after 30 years of lecturing in college-level classes and teaching a diverse group of students made up mostly of International students, political immigrants and American Miami, Florida natives.
Chapter 1 CONTEXTUALISM VS. FORMALISM—A NEW
WAY OF LOOKING AT MOVIES
Chapter 2 STAGES OF FILMMAKING AND BASIC FILM VOCABULARY
Chapter 3 KEEPING MY SHADOW ALIVE—HISTORY
Chapter 4 EARLY TO MID 2OTH CENTURY FILM
FROM AROUND THE WORLD
Chapter 5 AMERICAN FILM
Chapter 6 EDITING THEORIES AND STYLES; FILM MOVEMENTS
DEFINE EDITING
Chapter 7 FILM ACTING
Chapter 8 FILM SOUND, FILM MUSICALS
Chapter 9 SCREENWRITER—SCREENPLAY
Chapter 10 TOSSED FILM SALAD—FILM GASTRONOMY PLUS DRONES