Exploring Movie Construction & Production: What’s So Exciting about Movies?

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John Reich, SUNY Genesee Community College

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Exploring Movie Construction & Production contains eight chapters of the major areas of film construction and production. The discussion covers theme, genre, narrative structure, character portrayal, story, plot, directing style, cinematography, and editing. Important terminology is defined and types of analysis are discussed and demonstrated. An extended example of how a movie description reflects the setting, narrative structure, or directing style is used throughout the book to illustrate building blocks of each theme. This approach to film instruction and analysis has proved beneficial to increasing students’ learning, while enhancing the creativity and critical thinking of the student.

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ISBN

9781942341468

Publication Date

2017

Publisher

Open SUNY Textbooks

City

Geneseo, NY

Keywords

character development, cinema, cinematography, directing style, director, film, genre, movie editing, movie production, movies, narrative structure, plot, theme

Disciplines

Film and Media Studies

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Recommended Citation

Reich, John, "Exploring Movie Construction & Production: What’s So Exciting about Movies?" (2017). Milne Open Textbooks. 2.
https://knightscholar.geneseo.edu/oer-ost/2

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