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Film Appreciation

by Yelizaveta MossCandice Wilson

Film Appreciation is an open educational resource which was developed with funding from an Affordable Learning Georgia Textbook Transformation Grant. It is dedicated to the remarkable faculty and students of the Communication, Media, and Journalism department at the University of North Georgia. Thank you for inspiring us to take on this project.

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Table of Contents

  • INTRODUCTION
    • Introduction
    • Acknowledgement
    • Copyright
    • Table of Contents
    • Introduction - What is Film?
    • Features of the Textbook
  • CHAPTER 1 - FILM HISTORY
    • Silent Cinema - The Beginning of Film Form (1895 – 1928)
    • World War I and International Avant-Garde Cinema
    • Questions for Consideration - Film History
  • CHAPTER 2 - NARRATION
    • Narratives
    • Story, Plot, and Narration
    • Three-Act Structure
    • Narrators
    • The Rashomon Effect
    • Questions for Consideration - Narratives
    • Time Travel Narratives
  • CHAPTER 3 - MISE-EN-SCÈNE
    • Mise-En-Scène
    • Sets, Props, and Costumes
    • Performance
    • Lighting
    • Questions for Consideration - Lighting for Gender and Race
    • Color
  • CHAPTER 4 - CINEMATOGRAPHY
    • Cinematography
    • Camera Placement
    • Camera Movement
    • Lenses
    • Aspect Ratio
    • Early Film Gimmicks
    • Color
    • Special Effects
    • Questions for Consideration - Cinematography
  • CHAPTER 5 - EDITING
    • Editing
    • The Kuleshov Effect
    • Discontinuity
    • Questions for Consideration - Editing
  • CHAPTER 6 - SOUND
    • Sound
    • Silent Cinema to the "Talkies"
    • Voice
    • Sound Effects
    • Music
    • Sound Design
    • Questions for Consideration - Sound
  • CHAPTER 7 - GENRE
    • Genre
    • Romantic Comedy
    • Science Fiction
    • Horror
    • Film Noir
    • Questions for Consideration - Genre
  • CHAPTER 8 - BEYOND GENRE
    • Cinemas Beyond Genre
    • Documentary
    • Experimental Film
    • Norman McLaren
    • Questions for Consideration - Beyond Genre
  • CHAPTER 9 - WRITING FILM ANALYSIS
    • Film Analysis
    • Questions to Ask
    • Sample of Close Analysis
    • Sample of Compare-and-Contrast Analysis
    • Writing Tipes
  • CONCLUSION
  • GLOSSARY

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    Creative Commons License
    This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
  • original publisher
    University of North Georgia
  • original publisher place
    Dahlonega, GA
  • publisher
    Affordable Learning Georgia
  • publisher place
    Athens, GA
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