Title |
How to view and appreciate great movies [(DVD) videorecording] / Professor Eric Williams. |
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Publication Info. |
Chantilly, VA : The Teaching Company, [2018] |
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Description |
4 video discs (720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (197 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm) |
Series |
Great courses. Better Living. Hobby & Leisure |
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Great courses (DVD). Better living.
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Language |
Closed captioned. |
System Details |
DVD |
Note |
"Course no. 7000" |
Contents |
Disc 1. The art of the silver screen -- We all need another hero -- Universal stories -- Movie genre: It's not what you think -- Genre layers and audience expectations -- Popcorn can wait: story shape and tension -- Themes on screen. Disc 2. Paradigm shift: Citizen Kane and Casablanca -- The language of visual storytelling -- Building screen space: blocking and framing -- the cutting room flor: powerful editing -- Sound design and acoustic illusion -- Setting the scene: masterful set design. Disc 3. Special effects in the 20th century -- Special effects in the 21st century -- Scoring the story: music in film -- Color and light: Elements of atmosphere -- Knowing characters from the inside out -- Knowing characters from the outside in. Disc 4. Secondary characters and supporting actors -- Star power: lead actors and their roles -- Character relationships and audience empathy -- Pathways to great antagonists -- Point of view in script and on screen -- Filmmaker's voice and audience choice. |
Subject |
Motion pictures -- Appreciation -- Video recording.
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Genre |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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ISBN |
9781629975641 |
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1629975648 |
Standard No. |
9781629975641 |
Music No. |
ID7000A The Teaching Company |
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PB7000A The Teaching Company |
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