2006 Fall -- Film Directing

How To Read a Film by Jim Monaco

movies *

1.  FILM AS AN ART 
The Nature of Art 
Ways of Looking at Art 
    The Spectrum of Abstraction 
    The Modes of Discourse 
    The "Rapports de Production" 
Film, Recording, and the Other Arts 
    Film, Photography, and Painting 
    Film and the Novel 
    Film and Theater 
    Film and Music 
    Film and the Environmental Arts 
The Structure of Art 

2.  TECHNOLOGY:  IMAGE AND SOUND 
Art and Technology 
    Image Technology 
    Sound Technology 
The Lens 
The Camera 
The Filmstock 
    Negatives, Prints, and Generations 
    Aspect Ratio 
    Grain, Gauge, and Speed 
    Color, Contrast, and Tone 
The Soundtrack 
Post-Production 
    Editing 
    Mixing and Looping 
    Special Effects 
    Opticals, the Lab, and the Post House 
Video and Film 
Projection 

3.  THE LANGUAGE OF FILM:  SIGNS AND SYNTAX 
Signs 
    The Physiology of Perception 
    Denotative and Connotative Meaning 
Syntax 
    Codes 
    Mise-en-Scéne 
        The Framed Image 
        The Diachronic Shot 
        Sound 
        Montage 

4.  THE SHAPE OF FILM HISTORY 
Movies/Film/Cinema 
"Movies": Economics 
"Film": Politics 
"Cinema": Esthetics 
    Creating an Art: Lumičre versus Méličs 
    The Silent Feature: Realism versus Expressionism 
    Hollywood: Genre versus Auteur 
    Neorealism and After: Hollywood versus the World 
    The New Wave and the Third World: Entertainment versus Communication 
    The Postmodern Sequel: Democracy, Technology, End of Cinema 

5.  FILM THEORY:  FORM AND FUNCTION 
The Critic 
The Poet and the Philosopher: Lindsay and Münsterberg 
Expressionism and Realism: Arnheim and Kracauer 
Montage: Pudovkin, Eisenstein, Balázs, and Formalism 
Mise-en-Scéne: Neorealism, Bazin, and Godard 
Film Speaks and Acts: Metz and Contemporary Theory 

6.  MEDIA:  IN THE MIDDLE OF THINGS 
Community 
Print and Electronic Media 
The Technology of Mechanical and Electronic Media 
Radio and Records 
Television and Video 
    "Broadcasting": The Business 
    "Television": The Art 
    "TV": The Virtual Family 

7.  MULTIMEDIA:  THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION 
The Digital Revolution 
The Myth of Multimedia 
The Myth of Virtual Reality 
The Myth of Cyberspace 
"What Is to be Done?" 

I  FILM AND MEDIA:  A CHRONOLOGY 
To 1895: Prehistory 
1896 – 1915: The Birth of Film 
1916 – 1930: Silent Film, the Births of Radio and Sound Film 
1931 – 1945: The Great Age of Hollywood and Radio 
1946 – 1960: The Growth of Television 
1961 – 1980: The Media World 
1981 – Present: The Digital World 

II  BIBLIOGRAPHY:  READING ABOUT FILM AND MEDIA 

Part One:  A Basic Library 
1. Film as an Art 
2. The Technology of Film and Media 
3. The Language of Film 
4A. Film History: The Economics and Politics of Film 
4B. Film History: General Historical Studies 
4C. Film History: Specific Major Periods 
4D. Film History: Genres and Specific Topics 
4E. Film History: National Cinemas 
4F. Film History: Films and Filmmakers 
5. Film Theory and Practical Criticism 
6. Media 
7. New Media 

Part Two:  Information 
8. Lists and Encyclopedias 
9. Book Bibliographies 
10. Guides to Periodical Literature 
11. Miscellaneous Guides 
12. Journals and Magazines 
13. Databases 

MOVIES = "WILD WEST": AM directors, USA

FILMS

Glossary

Summer 2006. Updating my pages...

1. keywords (right) = tags

2. images = flickr.com

3. video -- film pages (analysis classics)

4. search (use google on each page)!

5. blogs (on pages "new")

6. advertising = google + amazon (some leftover ads)