An Introduction to Film

LOOKING AT EDITING 381 close-ups from handheld cameras—including a man sharpening a knife; chickens waiting to be slaughtered an ...

on the universal appeal of the science-fiction story—as well as the overall appeal of the G. I. Joe franchise in toys, comic boo ...

382 CHAPTER 8EDITING another part of the neighborhood. In between, there is a great deal of the gang’s frenzied running after th ...

518 CHAPTER 11FILMMAKING TECHNOLOGIES AND PRODUCTION SYSTEMS Thinking about Filmmaking Technologies and Production Systems Under ...

LOOKING AT EDITING 383 denly, the scene turns surreal as every kid seems armed. Meanwhile, the chicken has outwitted them, somet ...

Questions for Review What are the key technological milestones that laid the foundation for the invention of the movies? How do ...

384 CHAPTER 8EDITING been that way ever since I was a kid.” As the cam- era circles Rocket, suggesting that he’s trapped, the ed ...

The Last Tycoon(1976). Elia Kazan, director. Lone Star(1996). John Sayles, director. Mardi Gras(1958). Edmund Goulding, director ...

QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW 385 ✔Look for the different types of match cuts in the film. What sort of visual or narrative information i ...

FURTHER VIEWING 521 Now that you’ve learned the basics of film “language” and have gotten a taste of film history and film pro- ...

The Insider(1999). Michael Mann, director. Lawrence of Arabia(1962). David Lean, director. Memento(2000). Christopher Nolan, dir ...

522 FURTHER VIEWING 1934 It Happened One Night Frank Capra 1935 Mutiny on the Bounty Frank Lloyd 1936 The Great Ziegfeld Robert ...

CHAPTER NINE Sound The Hurt Locker (2008) . Kathryn Bigelow, director; Paul Ott osson, so und designer. ...

FURTHER VIEWING 523 Year of Award Title Director(s) 1975 One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest Milos Forman 1976 Rocky John G. Avildse ...

388 CHAPTER 9SOUND not the sort of gimmicky sound that takes your attention away from the story being told—“using the technology ...

524 FURTHER VIEWING Sight & Sound: Top Ten Best Movies of All Time Every ten years since 1952, the editors of Sight & So ...

WHAT IS SOUND? 389 Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining(1980; sound: Dino Di Campo, Jack T. Knight, and Winston Ryder) opens with a ser ...

FURTHER VIEWING 525 American Film Institute: One Hundred Greatest American Movies of All Time The following list was created by ...

no option. As light and dark create the image, so sound and silence create the sound track. Each property—light, dark, sound, si ...

526 FURTHER VIEWING 31 1977 Annie Hall Woody Allen 32 1974 The Godfather: Part II Francis Ford Coppola 33 1952 High Noon Fred Zi ...