| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 188 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Series |
Leonard Hastings Schoff memorial lectures |
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University seminars/Leonard Hastings Schoff memorial lectures.
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| Contents |
1. The Crafted Frame (Saul Bass, Talk to Her, Knife in the Water, Camouflage) -- 2. The Opening Translated from Literature (The Conformist, The Tin Drum, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, All the President's Men, Cabaret) -- 3. Narrative Within the Frame: Mise-en-Scene and the Long Take (Touch of Evil, The Player, Aguirre: The Wrath of God, The Piano, Bright Star, In Darkness) -- 4. Narrative Between the Frames: Montage (Z; Hiroshima, mon amour; Seven Beauties; Schindler's List; Three Colors: Red; The Shipping News; Shine) -- 5. Singular Point of View (The Graduate, Taxi Driver, Apocalypse Now, Come and See, Lebanon, Good Kill) -- 6. The Collective Protagonist (La Ciudad, 3 Backyards, Little Miss Sunshine, Le Bal, Day for Night, A Separation, Where Do We Go Now?) -- 7. Misdirection/Visual Narration (The Hourglass Sanatorium, Before the Rain, Ajami, Under Fire, The Conversation, Rising Sun, Psycho, The Truman Show) -- 8. Voice-Over Narration/Flashback (Sunset Boulevard, American Beauty, Fight Club, Badlands) |
| Summary |
A great movie's first few minutes provide the key to the rest of the film. In Cinematic Overtures, Annette Insdorf discusses the opening sequence, inviting viewers to turn first impressions into deeper understanding of cinematic technique. She offers a series of revelatory readings of individual films by some of cinema's leading directors |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-174) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Motion pictures.
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Motion pictures -- Production and direction -- Technique
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Motion picture plays -- History and criticism.
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Openings (Rhetoric)
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism.
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Motion picture plays
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Motion pictures
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Openings (Rhetoric)
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780231544061 |
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0231544065 |
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