1. UNDERSTANDING THE MEDIUM Film as a Hybrid Art The Creation of the Narrative Film The Diversity of the Medium Examining a Film Text 2. GRAPHICS AND SOUND Graphics Sound 3 FILM, SPACE, AND MISE-EN-SCÈNE The Shot Combining Shots: The Sequence From Shot to Shot Assembling the Shots Mise-en-scène 4. ENHANCING THE IMAGE: COLOR, LIGHTING, AND VISUAL EFFECTS Coloring the Image Lighting the Image Special Effects/Visual Effects (SFX, VFX) 5. FILM GENRES The Musical The Western The Crime Film Film Noir The Combat Film Comedies The Reflexive Film The Woman's Film Documentary The Horror Film Science-Fiction Understanding Genre 6. FILM SUBTEXT Mythic Associations Visual/Iconic Associations Intellectual Associations Musical Associations 7. THE FILM DIRECTOR Auteurism Collaboration Variety Repetition Quotations Borrowings An Interview with Billy Wilder An Interview with Alan Alda 8. FILM AND LITERATURE The Flashback The Flashforward Point of View Film Adaptation The Nature of Screenwriting 9.

FILM ANALYSIS Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1942) Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese, 1980) The Truman Show (Peter Weir, 1998) A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg, 2001) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee, 2001) 10. FILM THEORY AND CRITICISM The History of Film Criticism Practical Criticism Guidelines for Film Criticism APPENDIX I: Films Discussed and Directors APPENDIX II: Sample Student Papers APPENDIX III: Video and DVD Rental and Purchase Sources and Web Sites GLOSSARY OF MOTION PICTUTE TERMS INDEX.