PART ONE: MOVIEMAKING
Chapter One: THE PREPRODUCTION PHASE
The Producer’s Role
Project Development
Screenwriting
Three-Act Structure
Screenplay as Energy Source
Multiple Contributors
Writers Struggle for Recognition
The Director’s Domain
Directing in the Studio System
Director as Auteur
Casting Actors
Makeup and Hairstyling
Costume Design
[BOX] ELEMENTS OF MISE-EN-SCENE
Production Design
Shooting Sites
Preparations for Filming
Director of Photography
Other Support Personnel
Chapter Two: PRINCIPAL CINEMATOGRAPHY
Tools of Moviemaking
Film Stock
Gauge
Speed
Color
Lighting Sources
Spots and Floods
Three-Point Lighting
Creating with Light and Dark
Noir Lighting
[BOX] SHADOWS IN OUT OF THE PAST
Color and Light
Shooting Strategies
Framing the Image
Camera Movement
Camera Angles
Camera Setups
Cut to the Close
Chapter Three: THE POSTPRODUCTION PHASE
The Editing Process
The Kuleshov Effect
Effacing Editing Within Scenes
Other Techniques of Continuity Editing
Reverse-Angle Cutting
Linking Separate Scenes
Parallel Editing
Visual Effects
Animated Models
Projection Systems
Scaled-Downed Sets
Digital Dazzle
Sound Editing
Dialogue and Voiceover Narration
[BOX] VOICEOVER IN DOUBLE INDEMNITY
Ambient Noise
Musical Score
Assembling
The Way of Frescos
PART TWO: CONTEXTS
Chapter Four: THE SPEECHLESS ERA
Technical Antecedents
Recording Motion
Leisure Time Entertainment
Early Efforts at Moviemaking
A New Cinematic Mode Emerges
From Peep-Shows to Nickelodeons
Patents Disputes
The Movie Moguls
Picture Palaces
[BOX] RACIAL SEGREGATION AT THE MOVIES
Hollywood, The Movie Capital
Stars As Box-Office Attractions
The Allure of Stardom
United Artists
Movies in Wartime
Worldwide Distribution
The Griffith Legacy
Russian Montage
German Influences
Consolidation
European Exodus
Chapter Five: THE STUDIO ERA
Arrival of Talkies
Investing in Sound
Stylistic Setbacks
Silent Stars Fall
Female Filmmakers Fade Away
Women Writers Adversely Affected
Scribes from the East
[BOX] NON-FICTION FILM
The New Studio Order
Supervisory Structure
Production Units
The Development of Guilds
[BOX] CITIZEN KANE WRITING CREDITS DISPUTE
Anti-Trust Action
Prelude to World War II
Hollywood Goes to War
Propaganda Shorts
Disney’s Image Arsenal
Features Depicting the Enemy
Series Characters Join the Battle
Noble Wartime Allies
Motion Picture Bureau
End of an Era
Chapter Six: The ELECTRONIC ERA
The Decline of Urban Theatres
Shift to Suburbia
Drive-In Theatres
Targeting Teenagers
Turning to Old Technologies
The 3-D Craze
Wide-Screen Formats
Small Screen Production
[BOX] ANTHOLOGY TELEVISION DRAMA
Old Movies Renewed
Rise of Independent Production
Studio Structure Collapses
Star Power Prevails
Hollywood and the Cold War
Congress Investigates Hollywood
Congressional Hearings Resume
Careers Destroyed
Blacklisting Spreads to Television
Wounds Still Linger
Corporate Upheaval
The New Hollywood
Directorial Diversity
New Exhibition Outlets
Hollywood in the Home
Altering Aspect Ratios
Movies in Cyberspace
[BOX] TELEVISION NEWS HOLLYWOOD STYLE
Future Directions
PART THREE: CONTENTS
Chapter Seven: GENRES AND DESIGNS
Generic Categories
Hybrid Aspects of Mildred Pierce
The Western Genre
Frontier Protagonists
[BOX] WESTERN AS MYTH
Disguised Westerns
Familiar Elements in Schindler’s List
Recurrent Design Patterns
Dramatic Conflict
Irreconcilable Contradictions
Interrogatory Patterns
Causal Connections
The Detective Genre
Thematic Tendencies
Thematic Structure of It’s A Wonderful Life
The Family Man’s Linchpin
Story/Plot Distinctions
Incomplete Closure
Chapter Eight: CHARACTERS AND STEREOTYPES
Character Constructions
Central Characters
Supporting Characters
Odd or Curious Traits
Unconventional Protagonists
Creating Characters
Elements Beyond the Actor’s Control
Interplay Between Actor and Character
Actors’ Personae
[BOX] METHOD ACTING
Screen Stereotypes
Female Stereotypes in Movies
The Bond Barometer
Cinematic Femme Fatales
[BOX] THE CAMERA’S GAZE
Sexual Power in The Last Seduction
Minorities in Movies
Stereotyping Asians and Asian Americans
Asexual Oriental Sleuths
The Nefarious Fu Manchu
Ming the Merciless
Stereotyping African Americans
Bestial Blacks in The Birth of a Nation
Asexual Black Servant of the Studio Era
Reinforcing Stereotypes Across Media
Positive Black Stereotypes
Super Sidney
Intergalactic Stereotypes: The Phantom Menace
The Last Act
Chapter Nine: CENSORING SCREEN CONTENT
Efforts at Content Control
Pressure on Exhibitors
Industry Self-Censorship
State-Imposed Constraints
[BOX] THE PROVOCATIVE MOVIES OF OSCAR MICHEAUX
The Jazz Age in the Movies
Hollywood Hedonism
New Self-Regulatory Measures
The 1930 Production Code
Transgressions of the Code
The Payne Fund Studies
The Legion of Decency
Industry Censorship Under Breen
From Stage to Screen
Concern about Catholic Classifications
Foreign Concerns
Wartime Restrictions
[BOX] THE KANE/HEARST CONTROVERSY
Code Authority in Decline
Cleavage Concerns
A New Catholic Campaign
Supreme Court Rulings
The Miracle and “Sacrilegious” Expression
Lady Chatterley’s Lover and “Immoral” Ideas
Restrictions on State Censorship
From Codes to Ratings
Obscenity at Issue
The New Moral Order
Glossary of Key Terms and Concepts
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