1. UNDERSTANDING THE MEDIUM
Film as a Hybrid Art
The Creation of the Narrative Film
The Diversity of the Medium
Examining a Film Text
2. GRAPHICS AND SOUND
Graphics
Sound
3 FILM, SPACE, AND MISE-EN-SCÈNE
The Shot
Combining Shots: The Sequence
From Shot to Shot
Assembling the Shots
Mise-en-scène
4. ENHANCING THE IMAGE: COLOR, LIGHTING, AND VISUAL EFFECTS
Coloring the Image
Lighting the Image
Special Effects/Visual Effects (SFX, VFX)
5. FILM GENRES
The Musical
The Western
The Crime Film
Film Noir
The Combat Film
Comedies
The Reflexive Film
The Woman’s Film
Documentary
The Horror Film
Science-Fiction
Understanding Genre
6. FILM SUBTEXT
Mythic Associations
Visual/Iconic Associations
Intellectual Associations
Musical Associations
7. THE FILM DIRECTOR
Auteurism
Collaboration
Variety
Repetition
Quotations
Borrowings
An Interview with Billy Wilder
An Interview with Alan Alda
8. FILM AND LITERATURE
The Flashback
The Flashforward
Point of View
Film Adaptation
The Nature of Screenwriting
9. FILM ANALYSIS
Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1942)
Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese, 1980)
The Truman Show (Peter Weir, 1998)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg, 2001)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee, 2001)
10. FILM THEORY AND CRITICISM
The History of Film Criticism
Practical Criticism
Guidelines for Film Criticism
APPENDIX I: Films Discussed and Directors
APPENDIX II: Sample Student Papers
APPENDIX III: Video and DVD Rental and Purchase Sources and Web Sites
GLOSSARY OF MOTION PICTUTE TERMS
INDEX