Looking at movies: an introduction to film

Book. Looking at movies. Looking at movies ; What is a movie? ; Ways of looking at movies

Principles of film form. Film form ; Form and content ; Form and expectations ; Patterns ; Fundamentals of film form ; Realism and antirealism ; Cinematic language

Types of movies. The idea of narrative ;Types of movies ; Hybrid movies ; Genre ; Six major American genres ; Evolution and transformation of genre ; What about animation?

Elements of narrative. What is narrative? ; The screenwriter ; Elements of narrative ; Looking at narrative : John Ford's Stagecoach

Mise-en-scène. What is mise-en-scène? ; Design ; Composition ; Looking at mise-en-scène

Cinematography. What is cinematography? ; The director of photography ; Cinematographic properties of the shot ; Framing of the shot ; Speed and length of the shot ; Special effects

Acting. What is acting? ; The evolution of screen acting ; Casting actors ; Aspects of performance ; How filmmaking affects acting ; Looking at acting

Editing. What is editing? ; The film editor ; Major approaches to editing : continuity and discontinuity ; Looking at editing

Sound. What is sound? ; Sound production ; Describing film sound ; Sources of film sound ; Types of film sound ; Functions of film sound ; Sound in Orson Welles's Citizen Kane

Film history. What is film history? ; Basic approaches to studying film history ; A short overview of film history ; 1947 present : new cinemas in Great Britain, Europe, and Asia ; 1965-1995 : the new American cinema

Filmmaking technologies and production systems. The whole equation ; Film, video, and digital technologies : an overview ; How a movie is made ; The studio system ; The independent system ; Financing in the industry ; Marketing and distribution ; Production in Hollywood today

Glossary.

DVD 1. Tutorials. Looking at movies. Film analysis, part I : Juno (15 min.) ; Film analysis, part II : Harry Potter (14 min.)

Principles of film form. Form and content (5 min.)

Types of movies. Genre : the western (8 min.)

Elements of narrative. Narrators, narration, and narrative (9 min.) ; Diegetic and nondiegetic elements (9 min.) ; Suspense and surprise (2 min.)

Mise-en-scène. Setting and expressionism (6 min.) ; Lighting and familiar image in the Night of the hunter (8 min.) ; Composing the frame (8 min.) ; The Lumière Brothers' "Actualitès" (1 min.)

Cinematography. Lighting (10 min.) ; Shot types and implied proximity (6 min.) ; Camera angles (6 min.) ; Point of view (5 min.) ; Zoom and moving camera effects (6 min.) ; The moving camera (5 min.) ; Focal length (5 min.)

Acting. Persona and performance (4 min.) ; Editing and performance in Snapshot (10 min.)

Editing. The evolution of editing : continuity and classical cutting (14 min.) ; The evolution of editing : montage (13 min.) ; The Kuleshov experiment (10 min.) ; The 180-degree rule (4 min.) ; Editing techniques in Snapshot (5 min.)

Sound. Sound in Snapshot (5 min.).

DVD 2. Short films. Bartholomew's song (2005) / Destin Cretton and Lowell Frank (11:00) ; The big charade (2003) / Jesse McKeown (5:00) ; Death to the Tinman (2007) / Ray Tintori (12:00) ; Dreamscapes (2002) / Sean McBride (6:00) ; The hill (2004) / Deborah Chow (12:00) ; Kleingeld (1999) / Marc-Andreas Bochert (15:00) ; Passengers (2005) / Joseph T. Walker (8:00) ; Snapshot (2005) / Andrew Lund (28:00) ; Spam-Ku (2005) / Steven K. Tsuchida (5:00) ; The strip mall trilogy (2001) / Roger Beebe (9:00) ; Things grow (2010) / Dave Monahan (19:00) ; Two cars, one night (2006) / Taika Waititi (12:00).