Authors: David Bordwell,Kristin Thompson
BOX:
Movies On Screen: A 2007 Profile Of Theatrical Exhibition
CHAPTER 2
The Significance of Film Form
A CLOSER LOOK:
Picking Out Patterns
CHAPTER 3
Narrative as a Formal System
Principles of Narrative Construction
A CLOSER LOOK:
Playing Games with Story Time
Narration: The Flow of Story Information
A CLOSER LOOK:
When the Lights Go Down, the Narration Starts
The Classical Hollywood Cinema
CHAPTER 4
The Shot: Mise-en-Scene
A CLOSER LOOK:
The Film Actor’s Toolkit
Putting It All Together: Mise-en-Scene in Space and Time
Narrative Functions of Mise-en-Scene in
Our Hospitality
CHAPTER 5
The Shot: Cinematography
A CLOSER LOOK:
From Monsters to the Mundane: Computer-Generated Imagery in
The Lord of the Rings
Duration of the Image: The Long Take
CHAPTER 6
The Relation of Shot to Shot: Editing
A CLOSER LOOK:
Intensified Continuity:
L.A. Confidential
and Contemporary Editing
Alternatives to Continuity Editing
A CLOSER LOOK:
Offscreen Sound and Optical Point of View: The Money Exchange in
Jackie Brown
Functions of Film Sound:
The Prestige