eMedia & Ancillaries for Students
A sophisticated, integrated media package
Film is a visual medium that calls for visual pedagogical aides. The Looking at Movies media package extends the text’s emphasis on analysis with film clips, frame sequences, short films, and animations. The student website features illustrated essays and review materials, and two supplementary DVDs feature nearly four hours of moving-image content for self-study or in-class presentation.
Looking at Movies DVDs
Two DVDs feature nearly four hours of moving-image content.
Disc 1 offers content corresponding to each chapter in the text, including:
- Film clips and frame sequences, with voiceover commentary by Dave Monahan (University of North Carolina, Wilmington). These short tutorials elaborate on key concepts in the text, helping students see what the text describes.
- Original footage produced exclusively for Looking at Movies. This footage provides brief overviews of the technical aspects of filmmaking: camera angles, moving-camera effects, and others.
Disc 2 includes an anthology of 12 short films, ranging from 5 to 30 minutes in length. These short films are entertaining examples of the form, as well as useful material for in-class activities or student analysis. Most of the films are accompanied by optional audio commentary from the directors recorded specifically for Looking at Movies.
Disc Contents
Disc 1: Tutorials
Two of the tutorials, "Shot Types and Implied Proximity," and "Zoom and Moving Camera Effects," may be previewed online. Note that these previews have been compressed for online viewing. The versions available on the DVDs are high resolution and suitable for classroom presentation.
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- Chapter 1
- The Lumière Brothers’ ”Actualitès“
- Fred Ott’s Sneeze
- Chapter 2
- Suspense and Surprise
- Chapter 3
- Setting and Expressionism
- Lighting and Familiar Image
- Composing the Frame
- Chapter 4
- Seeing the Lighting
- Shot Types and Implied Proximity (view preview)
- Camera Angles
- Point of View
- Zoom and Moving Camera Effects (view preview)
- The Moving Camera
- Focal Length
- Chapter 5
- Persona and Performance
- Editing and Performance in Snapshot
- Chapter 6
- The Evolution of Editing
- The Kuleshov Experiment Experiment
- 180 Degree Rule
- Editing Techniques in Snapshot
- Chapter 7
- Sound in Snapshot
Disc 2: Short Films
- Alright Love (2004), Samuli Valkama, color, 14 mins.
- Bartholomew’s Song (2005), Lowell Frank and Destin Daniel Cretton, color, 11 mins.
- The Big Charade (2003), Jesse McKeown, color, 5 mins.
- Gina, An Actress, Age 29 (2001), Paul Harrill, color, 22 mins.
- Hello (2005), Jonathan Nix, color, 7 mins.
- The Hill (2004), Deborah Chow, color, 12 mins.
- Kleingeld (1999), Marc-Andreas Bochert, color, 15 mins.
- Passengers (2005), Todd Walker, B&W, 8 mins.
- Short/Film (2004), Leo Burton, color, 5 mins.
- Snapshot (2005), Andrew Lund, color, 28 mins.
- Spam-Ku (2005), Steven Tsuchida, color, 5 mins.
- Super-8 Mom (2005), David Ellsworth, color, 5 mins.
Student Website
Like its parent text, the Looking at Movies student website is both visually appealing and pedagogically useful. Features include:
- 24 short illustrated essays—signaled in the text by web icons—provide further explorations of a wide range of topics that emphasize historical and cultural contexts and enrich students’ analytical work.
- Sample film analyses by Richard Barsam provide students with models for their own writing as well as essential background for screenings. Films include Bicycle Thieves, Chinatown, North by Northwest, Touch of Evil, The Piano, Breathless, and Apocalypse Now.
- Timelines illustrate the development of film and provide quick access to important information.
- The Writing About Movies guide by Karen Gocsik (Executive Director of the Writing Program at Dartmouth College) is included online in its entirety.
- Screening Checklists from the text can be printed and brought to screenings.
- Chapter outlines, self-grading quizzes, and a glossary facilitate study and review.
Looking at Movies, Second Edition, eBook
An affordable and convenient alternative to the print textbook, Looking at Movies, Second Edition, will be available for Fall 2007 classes as an eBook. The Norton eBook format retains the content of the print book and replicates actual book pages for a pleasant reading experience. In addition, a variety of features—in-text animations, zoomable images, sticky notes, a search function, and more—make the Norton eBook a powerful tool for study and review. Students who purchase the Looking at Movies eBook will also receive the two supplementary DVDs and access to the student website.
- Looking at Movies: An Introduction to Film, 2e eBook + DVD/Web Access Folder
ISBN-10: 0-393-11063-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-393-11063-0
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