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Movies and Meaning: An Introduction to Film, 3/E
Stephen R. Prince, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

ISBN-10: 020538112X
ISBN-13: 9780205381128

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Copyright: 2004
Format: Paper; 480 pp
Published: 05/14/2003

This item has been replaced by Movies and Meaning: An Introduction to Film, 5/E.

This comprehensive introduction to film focuses on three topics: how movies express meanings, how viewers understand those meanings, and how cinema functions globally as both an art and a business.

Using clear, accessible, and jargon-free writing, this is the only introductory film text to examine the elements of film style and the viewer's contribution to the cinema experience. How do viewers interpret the effects filmmakers create? How do filmmakers anticipate, and build on, the likely ways viewers will react to certain kinds of stories and audio-visual designs? The text examines both how filmmakers create images and sounds and the mechanisms and processes by which viewers make sense of images and stories on screen. This approach helps students understand not only the basic concepts but also how their own reactions and opinions impact the overall film experience.

Includes case studies of prominent films— Lord of the Rings, Memento, A Beautiful Mind, Natural Born Killers, A.I.: Artificial Intelligence, Charlie's Angels, Saving Private Ryan, The Silence of the Lambs, The Matrix, Rear Window, The Graduate, Weekend, Last Tango in Paris and others—to provide in-depth coverage of the art and technology of filmmaking.

Thoroughly examines the contemporary film industry, the major studios, and the interplay between business and aesthetics to show students how various elements interact and influence films.

Offers sidebar material to extend major topics of discussion and to profile major directors.

Updates film examples and case studies throughout the text to explain terms and concepts using examples of films students know—including Lord of the Rings, Memento, and Harry Potter.

Adds information on how digital production methods are altering and affecting the areas of cinematography, editing, and acting to provide thoroughly up-to-date coverage of contemporary filmmaking.

Expands discussion of the market for independent film to provide a more comprehensive view of the film industry.

Preface.

1. Film Structure.

Elements of Film Structure.

Structure and the Camera.

Structural Design and Creative Choice.

The Camera and Human Perception: Cinema's Dual Capability.

2. Cinematography.

Collaboration and Previsualization.

The Essentials of Cinematography.

Cinematography and Digital Effects.

Visual Style and Design Quotations.

3. Production Design and Performance Style.

What a Production Designer Does.

Basic Tools of Production Design.

The Design Concept.

Production Design and Special Effects.

Acting.

4. Editing: Making the Cut.

What Is Editing?

Functions of Editing.

The Principles of Continuity Editing.

Alternatives to Continuity Editing.

5. Sound Design.

Evolution of Film Sound.

Types of Sound.

Sound Design.

6. The Nature of Narrative in Film.

Story and Script.

The Turn to Narrative in Early Film History.

Elements of Narrative.

The Classical Hollywood Narrative.

The Viewer's Contribution to Narrative.

Film Genres.

7. Modes of Screen Reality.

Realism.

Expressionism.

Fantasy and the Fantastic.

Cinematic Self-Reflexivity.

8. Hollywood International.

The Global Dominance of Hollywood.

International Influence of Hollywood Style.

9. The Cinema in an International Frame.

The International Auteur Cinema.

Cinema and Society: The New Wave Phenomenon.

Importance of the International Cinema.

10. Film Criticism and Interpretation.

Why Criticism Exists.

The Task of the Critic.

Modes of Criticism.

Creating Criticism.

11. Models of Film Theory.

Realist Models.

Auteurist Models.

Psychoanalytic Models.

Ideological Models.

Feminist Models.

Cognitive Models.

Glossary.

Index.

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Movies and Meaning: An Introduction to Film, 5/E
Prince
©2010 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 504 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205653081 | ISBN-13: 9780205653089
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This comprehensive introduction to film text focuses on three topics: how movies express meanings, how viewers understand those meanings, and how cinema functions globally as both an art and a business.

Using clear, accessible, and jargon-free writing, this is the only introductory film text to examine the elements of film style and the viewer's contribution to the cinema experience. How do viewers interpret the effects filmmakers create? How do filmmakers anticipate, and build on, the likely ways viewers will react to certain kinds of stories and audio-visual designs? The text examines both how filmmakers create images and sounds and the mechanisms and processes by which viewers make sense of images and stories on screen. This approach helps students understand not only the basic concepts but also how their own reactions and opinions impact the overall film experience.
Movies and Meaning: An Introduction to Film, 4/E
Prince
©2007 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 512 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205480772 | ISBN-13: 9780205480777
Brief Description

This comprehensive introduction to film text focuses on three topics: how movies express meanings, how viewers understand those meanings, and how cinema functions globally as both an art and a business.

Using clear, accessible, and jargon-free writing, this is the only introductory film text to examine the elements of film style and the viewer's contribution to the cinema experience. How do viewers interpret the effects filmmakers create? How do filmmakers anticipate, and build on, the likely ways viewers will react to certain kinds of stories and audio-visual designs? The text examines both how filmmakers create images and sounds and the mechanisms and processes by which viewers make sense of images and stories on screen. This approach helps students understand not only the basic concepts but also how their own reactions and opinions impact the overall film experience.

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Praise for Stephen Prince�s Movies and Meaning…

“Prince writes about what students want to know and what their instructors want them to learn. The interspersed profiles of major directors are a welcome addition, and the concluding chapters on modes of film theory and criticism provide excellent entrees for student writing. Movies and Meaning seems destined to become the gold standard in undergraduate film studies.” -Lloyd Michaels, Allegheny College

“In a much-crowded field, Prince�s Movies and Meaning is easily one of the best introductions to film. Thorough and up-to-date, engagingly written, and richly illustrated, it is superbly attentive to student needs…This book is a pleasure to read.” -Arthur Nolletti, Jr., Framingham State College

“Lucid and challenging, Movies and Meaning is appropriate for both beginning and intermediate-level Film Studies classes…With black and white and color illustrations, and “cut-away” sections about noted directors and cinematic techniques, Movies and Meaning makes for lively reading and teaching.” -Linda C. Ehrlich, Case Western Reserve University

“I�ve looked at all the others and found them wanting in one way or another… Prince�s remains the best all-around introductory text on the market today. ” -Thomas Sobchack, University of Utah

“Movies and Meaning is a superb text for use in all levels of film studies and criticism courses. It is useful for both the student and general reader as a thorough and insightful examination of the ways in which we can view mainstream and specialized movies, popular genres, and offers various insightful approaches to film studies as a discipline.” -Wheeler Winston Dixon, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

“As one moves through the book, there is development from foundation to structure that beginning students of film can follow.” -Stephen A. Schrum, University of Charleston

“Prince�s Movies and Meaning asks and answers the right kinds of questions about the art, business, and global significance of film. The text is written in a clear and compelling fashion, and is pitched at just the right level for the introductory film student.” -Carl Plantinga, Hollins University

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