How Movies Work / Edition 1

by Bruce Kawin

Overview

How Movies Work, offers the filmgoer an engaging and informative guide to the appreciation and evaluation of films. It provides a comprehensive consideration of movies from idea to script, casting, financing, shooting and distribution. Bruce Kawin addresses the book not just to students of film but to any filmgoer curious to know more about the process of the conception and creation of our favorite entertainment and art form.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780520076969
Publisher:	University of California Press
Publication date:	01/17/1992
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	608
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.60(d)

About the Author

Bruce Kawin is Professor of English and Film Studies, University of Colorado, and author of Mindscreen: Bergman, Godard, and First-Person Films and editor of Faulkner's MGM Screenplays.

Table of Contents

Part I
Film • d the Physical World
1. Film Appreciation
2. Parts and Wholes
3. Primary Categories
4. Montage and Mise-en-Scene
in the Narrative Film

Part II
From Shot to Bequance
1. Raw Materials
2. The Frame
3. Black-and-White and Color
4. The Soundtrack
5. The Shot
6. The Scene
7. The Sequence

Part III
The Flm Artist and the Movie Bainess
1. Who Makes a Movie?
2. Development
3. Pre-production
4. Production
5. Post-production
6. Distribution

For Further Reading
A Note to the Instructor
Glossary of Key Terms
Index

Editorial Reviews

"The stylistic and intellectual energy of this book are astonishing."

Film Quarterly