Vincent Lobrutto

The Art and Craft of Motion Pictures (eBook, PDF)

25 Movies to Make You Film Literate

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This volume can rightfully be called "a film school in a single book." Investigating and analyzing the elements and concepts of motion picture creation, this book looks closely at 25 films that represent a wide range of styles and subjects.

Although most motion picture viewers have seen numerous movies in their lifetime, few in the general public have a firm and deep understanding of how motion pictures are created, or a grasp of the intricacies of cinematic storytelling and content. By presenting 25 films, American and international, Hollywood and independent, this book educates and enlightens readers about the details of the motion picture creation process.

Some readers will have viewed certain films in the volume, but many will be introduced to major cinematic works within the canon of great and essential films for the very first time. Topics explored include animation, period films, editing, directorial style, and non-linear cinematic structure. Readers will learn about the origin of the jump cut in Breathless, time and space in Hiroshima Mon Amour, and the editing in Orson Welles's essay film F is for Fake. The Art and Craft of Motion Pictures: 25 Movies to Make You Film Literate will educate the novice and avid moviegoer alike about the inner workings of this dynamic, popular, and culturally significant art form.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. August 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781440839191
• Artikelnr.: 68184584

Autorenporträt

VINCENT LoBRUTTO is a faculty member for the Department of Film, Video and Animation at the School of Visual Arts. He has been a film production coordinator as well as a free-lance film editor. Among his publications are Selected Takes: Film Editors on Editing (Praeger, 1990) and By Design: Interviews with Film Production Designers (Praeger, 1992). LoBrutto is currently writing his fourth book for Praeger based on interviews with feature film cinematographers.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 Editing Choreography in an
Autobiographical Film: All That Jazz Chapter 2 The Ultimate Period Film:
Barry Lyndon Chapter 3 The Origin of the Creative Jump Cut: Breathless
Chapter 4 Surrealism David Lynch Style: Eraserhead Chapter 5 Nonfiction,
Diary, Essay Filmmaking, and Editing as a Magician's Tool: F for Fake
Chapter 6 Remakes: The Flight of the Phoenix (1965), Flight of the Phoenix
(2004) Chapter 7 The Documentary as an Investigative Tool: Gimme Shelter
Chapter 8 Time and Space: Hiroshima Mon Amour Chapter 9 Fantasy as Reality:
King Kong (1933) Chapter 10 Destruction of the Well-Made Hollywood Movie:
The Last Movie Chapter 11 The Adult Film as Art Film: The Lickerish Quartet
Chapter 12 Birth of the Independent Cinema: Little Fugitive Chapter 13
Parallel Storytelling, Character Connections: Magnolia Chapter 14 Mental
State as Narrative: Memento Chapter 15 Teamwork On and Off the Screen: Our
Daily Bread Chapter 16 Tempo, Content, and Directorial Style: Pickpocket
Chapter 17 Nonlinear Structure: Pulp Fiction Chapter 18 The Camera as
Instigator: Seconds Chapter 19 The Graphic Novel Comes Cinematically Alive:
Sin City Chapter 20 The Perfect Silent Film: Sunrise Chapter 21 Tatami
Camera Style: Tokyo Story Chapter 22 The Tall Tale: The Treasure of the
Sierra Madre Chapter 23 The Essential Road Movie: Two-Lane Blacktop
Chapter 24 The 45 Minute and 56 Second Shot: Wavelength Chapter 25
Stranger in a Strange Land: Exploring the Possibilities of the Detective
Film: Witness Glossary Bibliography Index