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Stanley, Robert Henry

Making sense of movies : filmmaking in the Hollywood style / Robert Henry Stanley. - Boston : McGraw-Hill, c2003. - xviii, 390 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1 Moviemaking. The pre-production phase
Principal cinematography
The post-production phase
pt. 2 Contexts. The speechless era
The studio era
The electronic era
pt. 3 Contents. Genres and designs
Characters and stereotypes
Censoring screen content

Making Sense of Movies is a film appreciation text that focuses on the Hollywood style of moviemaking to examine the aesthetic, historical, and theoretical aspects of film studies. The text focuses on a limited number of significant movies to provide greater depth of knowledge and understanding, gradually expanding the number of films with each chapter.

ISBN: 0072397659 9780072397659

LCCN: 2002023037

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Motion pictures--History.--United States
Cine --Historia--Estados Unidos
Motion pictures--Production and direction--History.--United States
Cine--Producción y dirección --Historia --Estados Unidos

LC Class. No.: PN 1993.5 / S788m 2003

Dewey Class. No.: 791.43/09794/94