An Introduction to Film

to signal the transitions from shot to shot. Luckily, our minds are able to understand these conven- tions and to infer correctl ...

FILM, VIDEO, AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES: AN OVERVIEW 487 The motion-picture camera moves unexposed film from one storage area, cal ...

controlling the film’s emphasis on a person, setting, or object—with such a sense of joy that the movie is more about the editin ...

being made, the financing available to support the project, and the overall visual look that the film- maker wants to achieve. F ...

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passes through the lens onto the surface of the film); the resolution(the capacity of the camera lens, film stock, and processin ...

rhythm with your finger at each of the thirty-nine cuts in the scene, you’ll find that you’re able to keep a discernible rhythm ...

film cameras, stock, and processing and printing technologies. This can only mean that the race to determine which technology wi ...

are waiting for a train to arrive) and of what we hear (an equally extraordinary montage of sounds, the slow, steady rhythm of w ...

conversion and lowering its costs. In March 2009, the AMC theater chain announced an agreement with Sony to provide digital movi ...

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medium, proceeds through three basic phases: pre- production, production, and postproduction. Preproduction The first stage, pre ...

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

took to complete the film, he spent more than twice his original budget. In making a film, meticulous preparation is everything, ...

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

exterior location or a crowded city street, camera and lighting setups, and the extent of movement by the camera and the actors. ...

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

In your study of movies, keep in mind that the art of the movies has been influenced not only by changes in technology and cinem ...

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Organization after 1931 In 1931, the film industry adopted the producer-unit system, an organizational structure that typically ...