An Introduction to Film

Analyzing Mise-en-Scène This chapter has introduced the major elements that together form any film’s mise-en-scène. You should n ...

7 8 9 10 Continuity editing in Casablanca, a classic Hollywood movie Ten frames from a sequence in Casablancaillustrate continui ...

Questions for Review What is the literal meaning of the phrase mise-en-scène? What do we mean by this phrase more generally whe ...

and end); and establishes and resolves the charac- ters’ problems. In short, continuity editing tells a story as clearly and coh ...

Eyes Wide Shut(1999). Stanley Kubrick, director. Far from Heaven(2002). Todd Haynes, director. Forrest Gump(1994). Robert Zemeck ...

the master scene technique and to maintain screen direction through the 180-degree system. Master Scene Technique This technique ...

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CHAPTER SIX Cinematography The Help (2011). Tate Taylor, director; Stephen Goldblatt, cinematographer. ...

9 11 10 12 Discontinuity editing in Breathless Consider this panel of the movie’s opening images: [1] man A leaning against a st ...

226 CHAPTER 6 CINEMATOGRAPHY story, mise-en-scène, and acting do. The cinemato - grapher (also known as the director of photogra ...

362 CHAPTER 8EDITING 1 3 5 2 4 6 The master scene technique These six shots from the opening of John Ford’s The Searchers(1956; ...

THE DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY 227 Imagination is represented by the director, who in turn is heir to the ideas of the scriptwriter ...

characters and moves to a position 180 degrees opposite its original position, the position of the characters in the image is re ...

artists entrusted with them. “You will accomplish much more,” advises Gregg Toland—the cinematog- rapher famous for such classic ...

use a reverse-angle shot(one in which the angle of shooting is opposite to that in a preceding shot) or to dolly or zoom out to ...

image appear the way it does. These properties include the film stock, lighting, and lenses. By employing variations of each pro ...

MAJOR APPROACHES TO EDITING: CONTINUITY AND DISCONTINUITY 365 Legendary match cut in Lawrence of Arabia Director David Lean and ...

productions use either 16mm or 35mm. Generally, the wider the gauge, the more expensive the film and, all other factors being eq ...

366 CHAPTER 8EDITING 1 2 3 Graphic match cut in 2001: A Space Odyssey In the opening scene of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Od ...