An Introduction to Film

that persona, within the context of a certain kind of story. Part of the fun comes from seeing that per- sona in different kinds ...

faced, overdressed anarchist.” Even though he says this humorously, he uses the tone of his voice, as well as his words, to humi ...

her voice: movements and gestures, wig, makeup, eyeglasses, costumes, and props. On the other side of the acting scale is the ch ...

Themes Sound serves many functions in this scene, includ- ing the development of several major themes and concerns: Kane’s yout ...

Terry Gilliam’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998); the cocaine king George Jung in Ted Demme’s Blow(2001); Sir James Matthew ...

something staged for the cameras, the sound— along with the visual design, mise-en-scène, acting, and direction, of course—plays ...

North Country(2005), and Maggie in Hunter Hill and Perry Moore’s Lake City(2008). Spacek recalls how three very different direc- ...

Double Indemnity(1944). Billy Wilder, director. Dreams(1990). Akira Kurosawa, director. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Sto ...

1900s, filmmakers started to tell stories with their films and thus needed professional actors. Most stage actors at the time sc ...

CHAPTER TEN Film History Citizen Kane (1941) . Orson Welles, director. Pictured: Orson Welles. ...

movements and gestures for his actors rather than training their voices. The longer stories of such feature-length films as The ...

432 CHAPTER 10FILM HISTORY studying specific moments, movements, and phe- nomena. Jeanine Basinger’s The Star Machine(New York: ...

animal. When I finished, there was a hush in the stu- dio. Mr. Griffith finally whispered: “My God, why didn’t you warn me that ...

ically respectable trivia contest. It has the much more important and complex task of explaining the historical development of a ...

to adjust to the recording equipment, which restricted their movements as well. Eventually, technicians were able to free the ca ...

The Technological Approach All art forms have a technological history that records the advancements in materials and techniques ...

careers while creating others, has long fascinated movie fans. And it has been treated with pathos as well as humor in movies ot ...

the complex interaction between the movies—as a social institution—and other social institutions, including government, religion ...

Grant. Name and image came first, with acting ability often considered secondary to an actor’s screen pres- ence or aura, physic ...

thus making it possible to record action sponta- neously and simultaneously as it occurred. In 1887, George Eastman began the ma ...