An Introduction to Film

Acknowledgments Writing a book seems very much at times like the collaborative effort involved in making a movie. In writing thi ...

(University of Central Florida), Mildred Lewis (Chapman University), Matthew Sewell (Minnesota State University), Michael Stinso ...

CHAPTER ONE Looking at Movies Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011). David Yales, director. ...

2 CHAPTER 1LOOKING AT MOVIES Unless you were raised by wolves—and possibly even if you were—you have likely devoted thou- sands ...

WHAT IS A MOVIE? 3 about the artist, society, or industry that created it. Surely any art form with that kind of influence and i ...

A conventional motion picture is essentially one very long strip of film stock. This linear quality makes movies perfectly suite ...

WAYS OF LOOKING AT MOVIES 5 the box office, making it one of the most profitable movies in the history of cinema. Even further o ...

6 CHAPTER 1LOOKING AT MOVIES 1 2 3 4 5 6 The expressive agility of moviesEven the best seats in the house offer a viewer of a th ...

WAYS OF LOOKING AT MOVIES 7 movie. Anyone attempting to comprehend a com- plex synthesis must rely on analysis—the act of taking ...

visceral experiences that art has to offer. The prob- lem is that it also makes it all too easy to take movie meaning for grante ...

WAYS OF LOOKING AT MOVIESLAST OCURRING A HEAD 99 cinematic structures on-screen in order to assem- ble, and thus comprehend, the ...

Cultural Invisibility The same commercial instinct that inspires film- makers to use seamless continuity also compels them to fa ...

WAYS OF LOOKING AT MOVIES 11 may not be as conscious of is the way their protag- onist(main character) reinforces our culture’s ...

makes on the basis of the explicit meanings available on the surface of the movie. To get a sense of the difference between thes ...

WAYS OF LOOKING AT MOVIES 13 cannot be taken for granted simply because it is by definition obvious. Although explicit meaning i ...

expectations of del Toro’s films would inform an analy- sis of the elements common to the filmmaker’s seem- ingly schizophrenic ...

WAYS OF LOOKING AT MOVIES 15 middle-class suburbia) and time of day (dawn). But only after we have determined that the story ope ...

this pivotal piece of the movie’s story in relation to the rest of the narrative. As we delve into mate- rial that deals with Ju ...

WAYS OF LOOKING AT MOVIESLAST OCURRING A HEAD 1717 Within half a second, another noise joins the mix, and Juno’s head turns in r ...

Our appreciation of Juno’s situation is enhanced by the way editing connects her reactions to the altered sights and sounds arou ...