PREFACE: WHAT THIS BOOK IS—AND WHAT IT’S NOT

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE: WHAT THIS BOOK IS—AND WHAT IT’S NOT xi
4. INTRODUCTION: REPRESENTATION AND REALITY 1
5. ONE. MISE-EN-SCENE: WITHIN THE IMAGE 5
6. TWO. MISE-EN-SCENE: CAMERA MOVEMENT 24
7. THREE. MISE-EN-SCENE: CINEMATOGRAPHY 38
8. FOUR. EDITING: FROM SHOT TO SHOT 55
9. FIVE. SOUND 74
10. SIX. NARRATIVE: FROM SCENE TO SCENE 89
11. SEVEN. FROM SCREENPLAY TO FILM 103
12. EIGHT. FILMMAKERS 116
13. NINE. PERFORMANCE 129
14. TEN. GENRE 143
15. ELEVEN. SPECIAL EFFECTS 158
16. TWELVE. FILM AND IDEOLOGY 169
17. THIRTEEN. FILM STUDIES IN THE ERA OF DIGITAL CINEMA 184
18. FOURTEEN. PUTTING IT TOGETHER: A MODEL 8- TO 10-PAGE PAPER 197
19. GLOSSARY 215
20. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 229
21. INDEX 231
22. FILM AND CULTURE 247