An introduction to film analysis : technique and meaning in narrative film

• Main Authors: Ryan, Michael, 1951- (Author), Lenos, Melissa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York ; London : Continuum, 2012
• Subjects: film; filmová tvorba; filmová technika; filmová teorie; filmová věda; filmová sémiotika; art of film production; film equipment; theory of film; theory and criticism of film; semiotics of film; učebnice; textbooks
• ISBN: 9780826430014; 978-0-8264-3002-1
• Physical Description: ix, 229 s. : il. (některé barev.) ; 24 cm

Table of Contents:

• Introduction : Meaning in movies ; Shot-by-shot analysis ; Writing about film: the art of active viewing
• Technique and meaning. Composition
• Camera work
• Editing
• Art direction (set, lighting, color, sound)
• Narration
• Metaphor, structure, character, motif
• Film style: realism and expressionism
• Critical analysis. Historical criticism
• Structuralist criticism
• Psychological criticism
• Ideological criticism
• Gender criticism
• Ethnic criticism
• Political criticism
• Poststructuralist criticism
• Scientific criticism: evolutionary theory