| Description |
x, 298 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-271) and index. |
| Contents |
A real story -- Continuing tradition, by any means necessary -- Pushing the premises -- Subjective stories and network narratives -- A certain amount of plot: tentpoles, locomotives, blockbusters, megapictures, and the action movie -- A stylish style -- Intensified continuity: four dimensions -- Some likely sources -- Style, plain and fancy -- What's missing? -- Appendix: A Hollywood timeline, 1960-2004. |
| Summary |
Includes information on Woody Allen, Robert Altman, Asian films, Brian de Plama, European cinema, Alfred Hitchcock, Hong Kong films, Sam Peckinpah, Arthur Penn, Otto Preminger, Brett Ratner, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Oliver Stone, Orson Welles, American Graffiti, At Long Last Love, A Beautiful Mind, Bonnie and Clyde, Chinatown, Citizen Kane, The Godfather, Jaws, Jerry Maguire, Lord of the Rings trilogy, Matrix trilogy, Memento, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Sixth Sense, Star Wars series, Two Weeks Notice, arcing shots, axis of action, black and white footage, camera movement, characterization, climax, close ups, comedies, complicating action, cutting, dialogue hook, directors, editing, energy, epilogue, establishing shots, fantasy, film noir, flashbacks, following shots, foreshadowing, four part structure, framing, handheld shots, heroes, horror, hyperclassical construction, independent films, innovation, intensified continuity, intercutting, long lens, long takes, low budget films, montage sequences, motifs, multiple camera shooting, narrative, over the shoulder shots, overt narration, plot, postclassical cinema, protagonists, puzzle films, rapid cutting, reverse order plotting, romantic comedy, science fiction, set up, shots, singles, soundtracks, special effects, Stedicam, story development, studio era, television, thrillers, time, tracking shots, video, violence, visceral effects, visual style, wide angle lens, wide screen, wipe by cuts, wipes, etc. |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- United States -- History.
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Motion pictures. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Motion picture industry -- United States -- History.
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Motion picture industry. |
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Motion pictures -- Aesthetics.
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Motion pictures -- Aesthetics. |
| ISBN |
0520232275 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780520232273 cloth alkaline paper |
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0520246225 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780520246225 paperback alkaline paper |
| Standard No. |
9780520246225 |
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