Screen Media: Analysing Film and Television

Part Title......Page 1
Title Page......Page 3
Contents......Page 5
Acknowledgments......Page 9
Introduction: Thinking on both sides of the screen......Page 11
Digital technology and convergence......Page 13
Organisation of the book......Page 16
Outline of the book......Page 17
1 By design: Art direction mise en scène......Page 23
Mise en scène......Page 24
Costume......Page 29
Setting......Page 32
Action......Page 39
Lighting......Page 45
Camera position, framing and composition......Page 48
Key skills......Page 50
2 Cinematography: Writing in light and movement......Page 53
Camera position......Page 56
Camera movement......Page 65
Lenses and focal properties......Page 69
Conclusion......Page 83
Key skills......Page 84
3 Soundscapes: The invisible magic of sound......Page 87
Distinctions between film and television sound......Page 88
Music......Page 93
Dialogue......Page 97
Sound effects......Page 102
Conclusion......Page 111
Key skills......Page 112
The role of the editor......Page 115
Editing for multiple camera shoots......Page 119
Television editing......Page 121
Editing and narrative structure......Page 123
Point of view......Page 124
Continuity editing......Page 125
Montage-style editing......Page 136
Sound transitions......Page 139
Editing action sequences......Page 141
Conclusion......Page 143
Key skills......Page 145
5 Plotting and planning: Storytelling and reviewing techniques......Page 147
Synopses and scene breakdowns......Page 148
Treatments......Page 152
Scripts......Page 154
Shooting scripts and storyboards......Page 161
Film reviewing......Page 168
Conclusions......Page 173
Key skills......Page 174
Contemporary film narratives......Page 177
Classical narration......Page 179
Story and plot......Page 182
Structuralism......Page 183
Complex narrative structures......Page 190
Television and narrative structure\'......Page 194
Digital game narratives......Page 201
Narrative convergence......Page 202
Conclusion......Page 204
Key skills......Page 205
7 Reality and realism: Seeing is believing......Page 207
Realism and codes of representation in film and television......Page 209
Documentary......Page 212
Mockumentary film and television......Page 218
Realist film movements......Page 219
Reality television......Page 227
The ethics of style and the spectacle of the real......Page 232
Key skills......Page 235
8 Genre: \'Something new based on something familiar\'......Page 239
What is \'genre\'?......Page 240
Differences in medium: Genre in film and television......Page 250
Key approaches to studying genre......Page 252
Applying genre analysis: Grey\'s Anatomy......Page 261
Conclusion......Page 264
Key skills......Page 265
9 Star struck: Fandom and the discourse celebrity......Page 267
History......Page 269
What are \'stars\' and \'celebrities\'?......Page 271
Audiences, indentification and fandom......Page 278
Key approaches to studying stars and celebrity......Page 283
Conclusion......Page 290
Key skills......Page 293
10 Skating the edge: Cult media and the (inter)active audience......Page 295
Approaches to cult media: Texts, audiences, industry......Page 297
Cult film......Page 299
Cult television......Page 301
Theories of spectatorship......Page 308
Audience research......Page 312
Technological developments......Page 317
Industry and institutions......Page 318
Conclusion......Page 321
Key skills......Page 322
11 The crowded screen: Transcultural influences and new directions in visual culture......Page 325
Hybridity: Theorising generic combination and transformation......Page 326
Characterisation, ideology, and social change......Page 329
Postfeminism and action cinema heroines......Page 332
Postmodern characteristics of screen culture......Page 338
Globalisation and screen culture......Page 347
New directions in screen culture......Page 352
Conclusion......Page 353
Key skills......Page 354
Glossary......Page 355
Bibliography......Page 376
Film credits......Page 387
Television credits......Page 392
Index......Page 397