โ Scribed by Annette Insdorf
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
A great movie's first few minutes are the key to the rest of the film. Like the opening paragraphs of a novel, they draw the viewer in and set up the thematic concerns and stylistic approach that will be developed over the course of the narrative. A strong opening sequence leads the viewer to trust the filmmakers. Other times, opening shots are intentionally misleading as they invite alert, active participation with the film. In Cinematic Overtures, Annette Insdorf discusses the opening sequence so that viewers turn first impressions into deeper understanding of cinematic technique.
From Joe Gillis's voice-over in Sunset Boulevard as he lies dead in a swimming pool to the hallucinatory opening of Apocalypse Now , from a stream-of-consciousness montage as found in Hiroshima, mon amour to the slowly unfolding beginning of Schindler's List , Cinematic Overtures analyzes opening shots from a range of Hollywood and international films. Insdorf...
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
Dialog Is One Of The Best Known - And Obvious - Elements In A Film. But The Language Of Cinema Is More Subtle And Sophisticated Than Dialog Alone. From Metropolis To Kill Bill, This Remarkable Reference Guide Reveals 100 Of The Most Potent Storytelling Tools Of The Film Medium. It Demonstrates How M
Overture: A Novel
Forbidden fruit never tasted this sweet... The world knows Samantha Brooks as the violin prodigy. She guards her secret truth--the desire she harbors for her guardian. Liam North got custody of her six years ago. She's all grown up now, but he still treats her like a child. No matter how much he w
Nikki Tate is infamous, even by Las Vegas standards. Her dad is sitting on death row, convicted of killing his best friend in a gambling dispute turned ugly. And for five years, he's maintained his innocence. But Nikki wants no part of that. She's been working on Operation Escape Vegas: playing in i
It's murder in the little English village, but the two local spinsters โ Miss Campanula, who was shot by a gun hidden in a grand piano, and Miss Prentice, her friend who may have been the intended victim โ are not exactly the beloved little old ladies of song and story. They were (and are) waspish,