Becoming Film Literate: The Art and Craft of Motion Pictures.PN1994 2004-028099 0-275-98144-4 Becoming film literate; the art and craft of motion pictures. LoBrutto, Vincent. Praeger, [c]2005 384 p. $49.95 To introduce students to the basic tools of cinema, LoBrutto (editing, production design and cinema studies, School of Visual Arts The School of Visual Arts (SVA), is an art school in the New York City borough of Manhattan, and is one of the nation's leading independent colleges of art and design. It was established in 1947 by co-founders Silas H. ) uses 50 landmark films as illustrations of concepts such as production design, cinematography cinematography: see motion picture photography. cinematography Art and technology of motion-picture photography. It involves the composition of a scene, lighting of the set and actors, choice of cameras, camera angle, and integration of special , sound, narrative structure and genres. Readers learn about film authorship, for example, in a discussion of Citizen Kane Citizen Kane rich and powerful man drives away friends by use of power. [Am. Cinema: Halliwell, 149] See : Arrogance and multiplot narrative in a chapter on Nashville. LoBrutto includes a glossary A term used by Microsoft Word and adopted by other word processors for the list of shorthand, keyboard macros created by a particular user. See glossaries in this publication and The Computer Glossary. and suggestions for further viewing or reading. |
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