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020 _a1403916276 (pbk.)
020 _a9781403916266 (hardback)
020 _a9781403916273 (pbk.)
100 1 _aLacey, Nick,
_d1961-
245 1 0 _aIntroduction to film /
_cNick Lacey
260 _aHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;
_aNew York :
_bPalgrave Macmillan,
_c2005
300 _axvi, 336 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 308-328) and index
505 0 0 _tFilm language --
_tIntroduction to mise en scene --
_tProduction design: sets, props and costumes --
_tLighting --
_tPerformance --
_tSound (and music) --
_tFraming: position; depth of field; aspect ratio; height and angle (but not movement) --
_tCamera movement --
_tEditing --
_tFilm stars as texts --
_tFilm genre and narrative --
_tDefining genre --
_tThe repertoire of elements --
_tGeneric evolution --
_tApproaches to genre --
_tTwelve uses of genre --
_tGenre and audiences --
_tIntroduction to narrative --
_tTodorov and Propp --
_tStory and plot --
_tRoland Barthes' narrative codes --
_tOther approaches --
_tPostmodern narratives --
_tFilm as industry --
_tThe beginning of cinema --
_tHollywood-the formation of the major studios --
_tHollywood and censorship --
_tHollywood-the coming of sound --
_tHollywood decline: the Paramount decrees and the baby boom --
_tNew Hollywood? The early 1970s --
_tPackage Hollywood --
_tHollywood: conglomeration to media corporation --
_tThe importance of Jaws --
_tHollywood and the high concept --
_tThe independent sector in North America --
_tThe arthouse sector --
_tSelling cinema --
_tGenre and industry --
_tHow new is contemporary Hollywood? --
_tStars --
_tThe publicity circus --
_tThe DVD revolution --
_tFilm festivals --
_tConclusion: the shadow of Hollywood --
_tFilm and theory --
_tFilm and realism --
_tThe auteur theory --
_tStructuralism and auteurism --
_tScreen theory - ideology --
_tScreen theory - psychoanalysis --
_tScreen theory - feminist analysis --
_tSpectatorship --
_tThird cinema and post-colonialism --
_tPostmodernism and poststructuralism --
_tAudience pleasures
650 0 _aCinematography
650 0 _aMotion pictures
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