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內容簡介
《看電影的藝術》為當下美國最熱門的電影專業教材之一,被加州大學伯剋利分校等400 餘所著名學府采用,現在已經升級至第7版。全書涵蓋瞭與電影有關的大部分專業知識,從主題的確立、如何用虛構情節和戲劇元素講故事等內容錶現手段,到視覺設計、攝影、視效、剪輯手法、色彩運用等視覺元素的呈現技巧,再到音效、對白、配樂等聲音元素的運用方式,為讀者全方位展現瞭電影在故事層麵、技術層麵、社會學層麵以及美學層麵的多重身份。在每章的結尾本書還設置瞭課後練習,為讀者總結知識點,擴展觀片量, 幫助讀者培養分析與鑒賞影片的技巧與能力。
作者簡介
(美)約瑟夫·M·博格斯(Joseph M. Boggs),曾於美國西肯塔基大學任教。
(美)丹尼斯·W·皮特裏 (Dennis W. Petrie),三州聯閤大學教授美國文學和文化研究專業,發錶過研究傳記文學的專著。
目錄
電影學院影印從書說明
齣版前言
PREFACE前言
1 The Art of Watching Films
第一章 看電影的藝術
THE UNIQUENESS OF FILM
電影的獨特性
THE CHALLENGES OF FILM ANALYSIS
電影分析麵臨的挑戰
THE VALUE OF FILM ANALYSIS
電影分析的價值
BECOMING A RECEPTIVE VIEWER
成為善於接受的觀眾
THE FILM-VIEWING ENVIRONMENT
看電影的環境
PREPARING TO SEE A FILM
準備看電影
DEEPENING OUR RESPONSES TO FILMS
深化我們對電影的反應
Analyzing Your Responses to a Film
自測問題:分析你對一部電影的反應
2 Thematic Elements
第二章 主題元素
THEME AND FOCUS
主題和中心
Focus on Plot
以情節為中心
Focus on Emotional Effect or Mood
以情感效果或情緒為中心
Focus on Character
以人物為中心
Focus on Style or Texture or Structure
以風格、質感或結構為中心
Focus on Ideas
以思想為中心
IDENTIFYING THE THEME
確立主題
EVALUATING THE THEME
評價主題
Analyzing Theme
自測問題 :分析主題部分
Video Exercises
觀片練習
Films for Study
學習影片列錶
3 Fictional and Dramatic Elements
第三章 虛構和戲劇的要素
FILM ANALYSIS AND LITERARY ANALYSIS
電影分析和文學分析
THE ELEMENTS OF A GOOD STORY
好的故事應具備的要素
A Good Story Is Unified in Plo
好的故事有完整的情節
A Good Story Is Credible
好的故事是可信的
A Good Story Is Interesting
好的故事是有趣的
A Good Story Is Both Simple and Complex
好的故事既簡單又復雜
A Good Story Handles Emotional Material withRestraint
好的故事應有節製地處理感情戲
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TITLE
標題的重要性
DRAMATIC STRUCTURE
戲劇結構
Linear, or Chronological, Structure
綫性或按時間順序安排的結構
Nonlinear Structures
非綫性結構
Endings: Fine-Tuning the Dénouement
結尾是對結局的仔細安排
CONFLICT
衝突
CHARACTERIZATION
人物刻畫
Characterization Through Appearance
通過外錶進行人物刻畫
Characterization Through Dialogue
通過對白進行人物刻畫
Characterization Through External Action
通過外部動作進行人物刻畫
Characterization Through Internal Action
通過內心活動進行人物刻畫
Characterization Through Reactions of OtherCharacters
通過其他角色的反應進行人物刻畫
Characterization Through Contrast: Dramatic Foils
通過對比進行人物刻畫:戲劇性襯角
Characterization Through Caricature and Leitmotif
通過漫畫化和主題反復進行人物刻畫
Characterization Through Choice of Name
通過名字的選擇進行人物刻畫
Varieties of Characters
人物角色的多樣性
ALLEGORY
寓言
SYMBOLISM
象徵
Universal and Natural Symbols
通用的和自然的象徵符號
Creating Symbolic Meanings
創造象徵意義
Symbolic Patterns and Progressions
象徵陣式和遞進
Symbolic Values in Conflic
衝突的象徵意義
Metaphors
隱喻
Overreading Symbolism
過分解讀象徵意義
IRONY
反諷
Dramatic Irony
戲劇性反諷
Irony of Situation
情境反諷
Irony of Character
角色反諷
Irony of Setting
場景反諷
Irony of Tone
語調反諷
Cosmic Irony
宇宙反諷
Analyzing Fictional and Dramatic Elements
自測問題:分析虛構的、戲劇的要素
Video Exercises
觀片練習
Mini-Movie Exercise
片段練習
DVD Filmmaking Extras
DVD花絮參考
Films for Study
學習影片列錶
4 Visual Design
第四章 視覺設計
COLOR VERSUS BLACK AND WHITE
彩色對黑白
SCREEN FORMAT (ASPECT RATIO)
銀幕格式(寬高比例)
FILM STOCK
電影膠片
PRODUCTION DESIGN/ART DIRECTION
美工設計/美術指導
The Script: The Starting Point
劇本:創作起點
Setting and Its Effects
場景及其效果
Studio Versus Location Shooting
攝影棚還是外景拍攝
Period Pieces
年代劇
Living Spaces and Office
生活空間和辦公室
Fantasy Worlds
奇幻世界
COSTUME AND MAKEUP DESIGN
服裝和化裝設計
LIGHTING
布光
THE BUDGET'S EFFECT ON THE FILM'SLOOK
預算對影片視覺的影響
Analyzing Visual Design
自測問題:分析視覺設計
Video Exercises
觀片練習
Mini-Movie Exercise
片段練習
DVD Filmmaking Extras
DVD花絮參考
Films for Study
學習影片列錶
5 Cinematography and Special VisualEffects
第五章 攝影和特殊視覺效果
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE VISUAL IMAGE
視覺畫麵的重要性
THE CINEMATIC FILM
有電影感的電影
CINEMATIC POINTS OF VIEW
電影的視點
Objective Point of View
客觀視點
Subjective Point of View
主觀視點
Indirect-Subjective Point of View
間接主觀視點
Director's Interpretive Point of View
導演詮釋視點
ELEMENTS OF CINEMATIC COMPOSITION
電影構圖元素
Focusing Attention on the Most Significant Objec
關注最有意義的物體
Keeping the Image in Motion
保持畫麵的動感
Creating an Illusion of Depth
製造景深幻覺
SPECIALIZED CINEMATIC TECHNIQUES
特殊電影技巧
Handheld Camera
手持攝影機
Camera Angles
攝影角度
Color, Diffusion, and Soft Focus
色彩、散射和軟焦
Special Lenses
特殊光學鏡頭
Fast Motion
快動作
Special Lighting Effects
特殊光效
MOVIE MAGIC: VISUAL EFFECTS IN THEMODERN FILM
電影魔術:現代電影中的特殊視覺效果
THE F/X OF ANIMATED FEATUREFILMS . . . ESPECIALLY FOR ADULTS
動畫片中的特效……尤其是為成人而設的(特效)
FLASHBACK: ANIMATION BECOMES THEMAIN EVENT
閃迴:動畫變成瞭主要事務
Analyzing Cinematography and Special Visual Effects
自測問題:分析攝影手法和視覺特效
Video Exercises
觀片練習
Mini-Movie Exercise: Cinematography
片段練習:電影攝影
Mini-Movie Exercise: Animated FX
片段練習:動畫特效
DVD Filmmaking Extras
DVD花絮參考
Films for Study
學習影片列錶
6 Editing
第六章 剪輯
SELECTIVITY
選擇
FLASHBACK: SAVING THE MOVIES: WHAT FILM EDITORS HAVE ALWAYS DONE
閃迴:拯救電影:電影剪輯師一直在做的事
COHERENCE, CONTINUITY, AND RHYTHM
一緻性、連貫性和節奏
TRANSITIONS
轉場
RHYTHMS, TEMPO, AND TIME CONTROL
節奏、速度和時間控製
EXPANSION AND COMPRESSION OF TIME
拉伸和壓縮時間
SLOW MOTION
慢動作
THE FREEZE FRAME, THE THAWED FRAME, AND STILLS
定格、融格和靜止畫麵
The Freeze Frame
定格
The Thawed Frame
融格
Stills
靜止畫麵
CREATIVE JUXTAPOSITION: MONTAGE
創造性的鏡頭並置:濛太奇
Questions for Analyzing Editing
自測問題:分析剪輯
Video Exercises
觀片練習
Mini-Movie Exercise I
片段練習1
Mini-Movie Exercise II
片段練習2
DVD Filmmaking Extras
DVD花絮參考
Films for Study
學習影片列錶
7 Color
第七章 色彩
COLOR IN THE MODERN FILM
現代影片中的色彩
Effects of Color on the Viewer
色彩對觀眾的影響
FLASHBACK: DISCOVERING COLOR AT THE MOVIES
閃迴:發掘影片中的色彩
Color as a Transitional Device
作為過渡手段的色彩
Expressionistic Use of Color
色彩的錶現主義用法
Color as Symbol
作為象徵符號的色彩
Surrealistic Use of Color
色彩的超現實主義用法
Leitmotifs in Color
色彩的主題反復
Color to Enhance Mood
色彩用於增強情緒
Comic Book Color
漫畫書的色彩
Comic Strip Color
連環漫畫的色彩
Painterly Effects in Color
色彩的繪畫效果
Ironic Use of Color
反諷地使用色彩
Special Color Effects
特殊的色彩效果
COLOR VERSUS BLACK AND WHITE
彩色與黑白的對比
Analyzing Color
自測問題:分析色彩
Video Exercises
觀片練習
Mini-Movie Exercise
片段練習
DVD Filmmaking Extras
DVD花絮參考
Films for Study
學習影片列錶
8 Sound Effects and Dialogue
第八章 音效與對白
SOUND AND THE MODERN FILM
聲音與現代電影
DIALOGUE
對白
THREE-DIMENSIONALITY IN SOUND
聲音的三維特性
VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE SOUND
可見和不可見聲源的聲音
POINTS OF VIEW IN SOUND
聲音中的視點
SPECIAL USES OF SOUND EFFECTS ANDDIALOGUE
音效和對白的特殊用途
Sound Effects to Tell an Inner Story
講述內心故事的聲音效果
Distortion of Sound to Suggest Subjective States
暗示主觀心理狀態的聲音變形
The "Personality" of Mechanical Sounds
機械聲音的"個性"
Slow-Motion Sound
慢動作聲音
Ironic Juxtaposition of Sound and Image
聲音和圖像的反諷並置
Placing Unusual Emphasis on Sound
對聲音作非同尋常的強調
Using Sound for Texture, Time, and Temperature
聲音作為錶現質感、時間和溫度的手段
SOUND AS A PLOT DEVICE
聲音作為一種劇情手段
SOUND AS A TRANSITIONAL ELEMENT
聲音作為一種轉場元素
VOICE-OVER NARRATION
旁白(畫外音)敘述
SILENCE AS A SOUND EFFECT
作為音響效果的寂靜
RHYTHMIC QUALITIES OF DIALOGUE ANDSOUND EFFECTS
對白和音效的韻律特徵
THE "SOUNDS" OF FOREIGN LANGUAGEOR INTERNATIONAL FILMS
外語片或外國片的"聲音"
Voice Dubbing
配音
Subtitles
字幕
FLASHBACK: DUBIOUS DUBBING
閃迴:有爭議的配音
Analyzing Sound Effects and Dialogue
自測問題:分析音效和對白
Video Exercises
觀片練習
Mini-Movie Exercise
片段練習
DVD Filmmaking Extras
DVD花絮參考
Films for Study
學習影片列錶
9 The Musical Score
第九章 配樂
THE REMARKABLE AFFINITY OF MUSIC ANDFILM
音樂與電影的密切聯係
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MUSICAL SCORE
配樂的重要性
GENERAL FUNCTIONS OF THE MUSICALSCORE
配樂的常見功能
SPECIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE MUSICALSCORE
配樂的特殊功能
Heightening the Dramatic Effect of Dialogue
加強對白的戲劇效果
Telling an Inner Story
講述內心的故事
Providing a Sense of Time and Place
提供某種時空感
Foreshadowing Events or Building Dramatic Tension
預示事件或建立戲劇張力
Adding Levels of Meaning to the Visual Image
增加視覺畫麵的多層含義
Characterization Through Music
使用音樂進行人物刻畫
Triggering Conditioned Responses
引起條件反射
Traveling Music
旅行音樂
Providing Important Transitions
提供重要的轉場
Setting an Initial Tone
確立初始基調
Musical Sounds as Part of the Score
用音樂般的聲音作為配樂的一部分
Music as Interior Monologue
音樂作為內心獨白
Music as a Base for Choreographed Action
音樂作為舞蹈化動作的基礎
Covering Possible Weaknesses in the Film
彌補影片中可能的缺陷
SYNTHESIZER SCORING
閤成配樂
BALANCING THE SCORE
平衡配樂
Analyzing the Musical Score
自測問題:電影配樂分析
Video Exercises
觀片練習
Mini-Movie Exercise
片段練習
DVD Filmmaking Extras
DVD花絮參考
Films for Study
學習影片列錶
10 Acting
第十章 錶演
THE IMPORTANCE OF ACTING
錶演的重要性
THE GOAL OF THE ACTOR
演員的目標
BECOMING THE CHARACTER
化身為劇中人物
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN FILM ACTING AND STAGE ACTING
電影錶演與舞颱錶演的區彆
FLASHBACK: SILENT FILMS: ACTING ON THEPAST
閃迴:無聲電影:過去的錶演
TYPES OF ACTORS
演員的類型
Impersonators
角色再現型演員
Interpreters and Commentators
闡釋與評注型演員
Personality Actors
本色型演員
THE STAR SYSTEM
明星製度
CASTING
挑選演員
Casting Problems
挑選演員的難題
The Typecasting Trap
扮演類型角色的陷阱
Supporting Players
配角演員
Special Casting Challenges
特殊選角的挑戰
Extras and Small Parts
臨時演員和小角色
ACTORS AS CREATIVE CONTRIBUTORS
演員是創造性的貢獻者
SUBJECTIVE RESPONSES TO ACTORS
對演員的主觀反應
Analyzing Acting
自測問題:分析錶演
Video Exercises
觀片練習
Mini-Movie Exercise I
片段練習
Mini-Movie Exercise II
片段練習
DVD Filmmaking Extras
DVD花絮參考
Films for Study
學習影片列錶
11 The Director's Style
第十一章 導演風格
THE CONCEPT OF STYLE
風格的概念
SUBJECT MATTER
題材
CINEMATOGRAPHY
攝影
EDITING
剪輯
SETTING AND SET DESIGN
場景和場景設計
SOUND AND SCORE
聲音和配樂
CASTING AND ACTING PERFORMANCES
選角和錶演
SCREENPLAYS AND NARRATIVE STRUCTURE
劇本和敘事結構
EVOLVING STYLES AND FLEXIBILITY
不斷演變的風格和適應性
SPECIAL EDITION: THE DIRECTOR'S CUT
特彆剪輯:導演剪輯版
A PORTFOLIO OF FOUR DIRECTORS
四位導演的比較
Analyzing a Director's Style
自測問題:分析導演的風格
Mini-Movie Exercise
片段練習
DVD Filmmaking Extras
DVD花絮參考
Films for Study
學習影片列錶
12 Analysis of the Whole Film
第十二章 影片的總體分析
THE BASIC APPROACH: WATCHING, ANALYZING, AND EVALUATINGTHE FILM
基本方法:觀看、分析和評價影片
Theme
主題
The Relationship of the Parts to the Whole
部分與整體的關係
The Film's Level of Ambition
影片的目標水準
Objective Evaluation of the Film
對影片的客觀評價
Subjective Evaluation of the Film
對影片的主觀評價
OTHER APPROACHES TO ANALYSIS,EVALUATION, AND DISCUSSION
分析、評價和討論的其他方法
The Film as Technical Achievement
作為技術成果的影片
The Film as Showcase for the Actor: The PersonalityCult
展示演員的影片:個人崇拜
The Film as Product of a Single Creative Mind: TheAuteurApproach
作為單一創造者的成果的影片:作者導演分析法
The Film as Moral, Philosophical, or Social Statement
傳達道德、哲學或社會思想的影片
The Film as Emotional or Sensual Experience
作為情感或感官體驗的影片
The Film as Repeated Form: The Genre Approach
作為重復的藝術形式的影片:類型分析法
The Film as Political Statement
作為政治聲明的影片
The Film as Gender Statement
作為性彆宣言的影片
The Film as Insight to the Mind: The Psychoanalytical Approach
深入洞察內心思想的影片:從心理分析的角度
The Eclectic Approach
摺中的分析方法
REREADING THE REVIEWS
再讀評論
EVALUATING THE REVIEWER
評價影評人
DEVELOPING PERSONAL CRITERIA
製定個人標準
Analyzing the Whole Film
自測問題:分析整部影片
Mini-Movie Exercise I
片段練習
Mini-Movie Exercise II
片段練習
DVD Filmmaking Extras
DVD花絮參考
Films for Study
學習影片列錶
13 Adaptations
第十三章 改編影片
THE PROBLEMS OF ADAPTATION
改編影片存在的問題
Change in Medium
媒介的變化
Change in Creative Artists
藝術創作者的變化
Cinematic Potential of the Original Work
原著改編成電影的可能性
ADAPTATIONS OF PROSE FICTION
散文體小說的改編
Literary Versus Cinematic Points of View
文學視點和電影視點
FLASHBACK: THE WRITER'S PLACE INHOLLYWOOD
閃迴:編劇在好萊塢的地位
Third-Person Point of View: Challenges
第三人稱視點麵臨的挑戰
First-Person Point of View: Challenges
第一人稱視點麵臨的挑戰
The Problem of Length and Depth
長度和深度的問題
Philosophical Reflection
哲學思考
Summarizing a Character's Past
總結人物的過去
The Challenge of Summarizing Events
總結事件的睏難
Literary Past Tense Versus Cinematic Present Tense
文學過去時與電影現在時
Other Factors Influencing Adaptationsof Fiction
其他影響小說改編的因素
ADAPTATIONS OF PLAYS
戲劇的改編
Structural Divisions
結構的劃分
Sense of Space
空間感
Film Language Versus Stage Language
電影語言和舞颱語言
Stage Conventions Versus Cinema Conventions
舞颱傳統手法和電影傳統手法
Other Changes
其他變化
FROM FACT TO FILM: REALITY TO MYTH
從事實到影片:從現實到神話
Analyzing Adaptations
自測問題:分析改編影片
Mini-Movie Exercise
片段練習
DVD Filmmaking Extras
DVD花絮參考
Films for Study
學習影片列錶
14 Genre Films, Remakes, and Sequels
第十四章 類型片、重拍片和續集片
GENRE FILMS
類型片
Values
價值觀
The Strengths of Genre Films
類型片的力量
Basic Genre Conventions-and Their Variations
基本的類型片慣例及其變化
REMAKES AND SEQUELS
重拍片和續集片
Remakes
重拍片
Sequels
續集片
Analyzing Genre Films, Remakes, and Sequels
自測問題:分析類型片、重拍片和續集片
Mini-Movie Exercise
片段練習
DVD Filmmaking Extras
DVD花絮參考
Films for Study
學習影片列錶
15 Film and Society
影片與社會
FILM FOREIGNNESS
外國影片
"Strange Silents"
"陌生的"無聲電影
DOES AMERICAN FILM SHAPE OR REFLECT SOCIALAND CULTURAL VALUES?
美國電影塑造或反映社會和文化價值觀嗎?
THE MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION CODE,1930-1960
《電影製片法典》,1930-1960年
BOX 1: EXCERPTS FROM THE MOTIONPICTUREPRODUCTION CODE
錶1:《電影製片法典》選錄
CENSORSHIP IN TRANSITION, 1948-1968
過渡時期的審查製度,1948-1968年
THE MPAA RATING SYSTEM
MPAA分級製度
BOX 2: MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAVOLUNTARY MOVIE RATINGSYSTEM
錶2:美國電影協會自願采用的電影分級製度
CENSORSHIP AND FILMS ON TELEVISION
審查製度與在電視上播放的電影
BEYOND THE CODE AND RATING SYSTEM
在規範和分級製度之外
CHANGING FORMULAS FOR THE TREATMENTOF SEX,VIOLENCE, AND LANGUAGE
改變對性、暴力和粗口的處理方法
SOCIAL PROBLEM FILMS
社會問題影片
FLASHBACK: REALLY REEL LIFE
閃迴:真實的銀幕生活
Analyzing Films in Society
自測問題:分析社會類影片
Mini-Movie Exercise
片段練習
DVD Filmmaking Extras
DVD花絮參考
Films for Study
學習影片列錶
NOTES
注釋
GLOSSARY
重要詞匯
INDEX
索引
CREDITS
參考書目
精彩書摘
Although appearance is an important measure of a character's peronality, ap-pearances are often misleading.Perhaps the best reflectior of character are a peron's actior.It must be assumed, of coure, that real character are more than mere irtruments of the plot, that they do what they do for a purpose, out of mo-tives that are coristent with their overall peronality.Thus, there should be a clear relatiorhip between a character and his or her actior; the actior should grow naturally out of the character's peronality.If the motivation for a charac-ter's action is clearly established, the character and the plot become so closely interwoven that they are impossible to separate, and every action that the char-acter takes in some way reflects the quality of his or her particular peronality.Of coure, some actior are more important in revealing character than other.Even the most ordinary choice can be revealing, for some kind of choice is involved in almost everything we do.Sometimes the most effective charac-terization is achieved not by the large actior in the film but by the small, seem-ingly irignificant ones.For example, a fireman may demortrate his courage by saving a child from a burning building, yet such an act may be only a per-formance of duty rather than a reflection of a choice.His essential character might be more clearly defined by risking his life to save a little girl's doll, be-cause such an action would be imposed on him not by his duty as a fireman but by his peronal judgment about the value of a doll to a little girl.P62
前言/序言
在綫試讀
1 The Art of Watching Films 看電影的藝術
The cinema is a work of art when motion conforms to a perceptible rhythm with pause and pace and where all aspects of the continuous image relate to the whole.
——JOSEF VON STERNBERG, DIRECTOR