An Introduction to Film

Dissolve Also called a lap dissolve, the dissolveis a transitional device in which shot B, superim- posed, gradually appears ove ...

three more names. Each person receiving credit as a producer was affiliated with one of the six entities listed at the beginning ...

372 CHAPTER 8EDITING 1 2 3 Fade-in and fade-out In Cries and Whispers(1972; editor: Siv Lundgren), Ingmar Bergman builds the emo ...

508 CHAPTER 11FILMMAKING TECHNOLOGIES AND PRODUCTION SYSTEMS TABLE 11.3 Summary Budget for Casablanca Subtotals Totals Grand Tot ...

Freeze-Frame The freeze-frame(also called stop-frame or hold-frame) is a still image within a movie, created by repetitive print ...

homogeneous audiences must attract them through publicity generated by media coverage, festival screenings and awards, and audie ...

Yoyotte). The poignant freeze-frame close-up of young Antoine Doinel (Jean-Pierre Léaud) that concludes the movie not only stops ...

510 CHAPTER 11FILMMAKING TECHNOLOGIES AND PRODUCTION SYSTEMS TABLE 11.4 Highest-Grossing Films Worldwide Rank Title Year Worldwi ...

LOOKING AT EDITING 375 uses is to portray both participants in a telephone conversation simultaneously on the screen. Unlike par ...

ticket prices, length of run, up-front guarantees, and box-office grosses. The latter do not reflect what a theater or studio ea ...

376 CHAPTER 8EDITING You can most effectively analyze an editor’s con- tributions to a film by examining individual scenes and t ...

Once initial marketing and distribution deci- sions have been made, all that remains is to show the film to the public, analyze ...

LOOKING AT EDITING 377 1 3 5 2 4 6 ...

TABLE 11.6 Hollywood Studios and Independent Production Companies Today MAJOR STUDIOS Major studios and owners 20th Century Fox ...

378 CHAPTER 8EDITING Shot Description Length Type of (sec.) Shot* 1 Lincoln’s party as, one by one, they reach the top of the st ...

However, the major studios accounted for 80 per- cent of that gross income, a percentage that would be even greater if the gross ...

LOOKING AT EDITING 379 14 Closer view of the stage. The play continues. 10 MLS INTERTITLE:To get a view of the play, the bodygua ...

TABLE 11.7 Production and Distribution Data for the 2011* Oscar Nominees for Best Picture Number of Coproduction Title Producers ...

380 CHAPTER 8EDITING and Li’l Zé (Leandro Firmino da Hora), a drug lord who has murdered Rocket’s brother and for whom violence ...

Me Kate(1953), the M-G-M musical with Kathryn Grayson and Howard Keel. In 2011, some 38 feature movies were released in 3-D, wit ...