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How movies work

Bruce F. Kawin
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  • PART I FILM AND THE PHYSICAL WORLD
    • 1. Film Appreciation (page 2)
    • 2. Parts and Wholes (page 45)
    • 3. Primary Categories (page 59)
    • 4. Montage and Mise-en-Scène in the Narrative Film (page 97)
  • PART II FROM SHOT TO SEQUENCE
    • 1. Raw Materials (page 120)
    • 2. The Frame (page 157)
    • 3. Black-and-White and Collar (page 178)
    • 4. The Soundtrack (page 191)
    • 5. The Shot (page 201)
    • 6. The Scene (page 243)
    • 7. The Sequence (page 264)
  • PART III THE FILM ARTIST AND THE MOVIE BUSINESS
    • 1. Who Makes a Movie? (page 288)
    • 2. Development (page 302)
    • 3. Pre-production (page 327)
    • 4. Production (page 362)
    • 5. Post-production (page 410)
    • 6. Distribution (page 481)
  • For Further Reading (page 523)
  • A Note to the Instructor (page 531)
  • Glossary of Key Terms (page 539)
  • Index (page 559)
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Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
FQ 40.4 (Summer 1987): 50 http://www.jstor.org/stable/1212261
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Published: c1992
Publisher: University of California Press
ISBN(s)
  • 9780520076969 (paper)
Subject
  • Film & Media Studies
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