The Film Experience

Timothy Corrigan is Professor of English, Cinema Studies and History of Art at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. Patricia White is Associate Professor and Chair of the Program in Film and Media Studies at Swarthmore College, USA.

PART I: CULTURAL CONTEXTS: MAKING, WATCHING, AND STUDYING MOVIES.- Introduction: Studying Film: Culture, Practice, Experience.- Encountering Film: From Preproduction to Exhibition.- PART II: FORMAL COMPOSITIONS: FILM SCENES, SHOTS, CUTS, AND SOUNDS.- Exploring a Material World: Mise-en-Scène.- Framing What We See: Cinematography.- Relating Images: Film Editing.- Listening to the Cinema: Film Sound.- PART III: ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES: FROM STORIES TO GENRES.- Telling Stories: Narrative Films.- Representing the Real: Documentary Films.- Challenging Form: Experimental Film and New Media.- Rituals, Conventions, Archetypes, and Formulas: Movie Genres.- PART IV: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES: HISTORIES, METHODS, WRITING.- History and Historiography: Hollywood and Beyond.- Reading about Film: Critical Theories and Methods.- Writing about Film: Observations, Arguments Research, and Analysis.