How Movies Work, offers the filmgoer an engaging and informative guide to the appreciation and evaluation of films. It provides a comprehensive consideration of movies from idea to script, casting, financing, shooting and distribution. Bruce Kawin addresses the book not just to students of film but to any filmgoer curious to know more about the process of the conception and creation of our favorite entertainment and art form.
How Movies Work
About the Book
Reviews
"The stylistic and intellectual energy of this book are astonishing."—Film Quarterly
Table of Contents
Part I
Film •d the Physical World
1. Film Appreciation
2. Parts and Wholes
3. Primary Categories
4. Montage and Mise-en-Scene
in the Narrative Film
Part II
From Shot to Bequance
1. Raw Materials
2. The Frame
3. Black-and-White and Color
4. The Soundtrack
5. The Shot
6. The Scene
7. The Sequence
Part III
The Flm Artist and the Movie Bainess
1. Who Makes a Movie?
2. Development
3. Pre-production
4. Production
5. Post-production
6. Distribution
For Further Reading
A Note to the Instructor
Glossary of Key Terms
Index