An Introduction to Film

INDEX 577

Page numbers in italicsrefer to
illustrations and captions; those
in boldfacerefer to main
discussions of topics.

A

Aardman Animations, 113
ABBA, 107
Abel, Richard, 435
About Schmidt(Payne), 291
Abrams, J. J., Super 8,66, 85
Abyss, The(Cameron), 281
Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences, 68, 192,
194, 504
Accatone(Pasolini), 405
Ace in the Hole(Wilder), 96
Ackroyd, Barry, 246
Across the Universe(Taymor), 107, 107
acting, 287–338
analyzing of, 331
casting actors and, 310–14,312,
313
casting factors in, 310–14
classical studio era and, 299–392
contemporary, 305–9, 312
defined, 288–95
early screen styles of, 294–95
editing and, 327

ensemble, 325–26

evolution of screen, 294–310

filmmaking and, 322–27,324,

326, 327

framing, composition, lighting,

and the long take, 323–26

improvisational, 294, 320,320–21

influence of sound, 297,297–99

movie actors and, 289–94

movie stars and, 299–302, 302

nonnaturalistic, 292

performances, 327–36, 329

preparing for roles, 316–18, 317

stage vs. screen, 288–89

Stanislavsky and method acting,

302–4

styles, 318–20, 319

subtext and, 303

technology and, 309–10

types of actors and, 290–94

types of roles, 314–16

action genre, 209

Actor Prepares, An(Stanislavsky), 303

actors:

casting of, 310–14,312, 313

chameleon-type, 290, 292–94

directors and, 321–22

movie, 289–94

nonnaturalistic, 292

personality-type, 290, 291–92

types of, 290–94

Actors Studio, 303

actualités, 59, 439

Adajama, Homi, Being Cyrus, 472

Adam, Ken, 199

Adamson, Andrew, Shrek, 113

Adaptation(Jonze), 345

adaptations:

for film, 146, 183,194, 317

literary, 143–45

additive color systems, 234

Adler, Stella, 303

Adrian, 192

Adventure, The(Antonioni), 200

Adventures of Tintin, The(Spielberg),

516

Æon Flux(Kusama), 188, 189

aerial-view shot, 263–64, 277

Affron, Charles, 300

African Americans:

actors, 442

casting of, 311

movies about, 311, 312–13

African Queen, The(Huston), 307,

502

After Dark, My Sweet(Foley), 96

After the Thin Man(Van Dyke), 496

Agadzhanova, Nina, 151

Agantuk(S. Ray), 472

age and casting, 314

Age of Innocence, The(Scorsese), 197

Agfa film, 235

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