Part One: Film Production, Distribution,and Exhibition

Chapter One: Film Production, Distribution,and Exhibition

Part Two: Film Form

Chapter Two: The Significance of Film Form

Chapter Three: Narrative as a Formal System

Part Three: Types of Films

Chapter Four: Film Genres

Chapter Five: Documentary, Experimental, and Animated Films

Part Four: Film Style

Chapter Six: The Shot: Mise-en-Scene

Chapter Seven: The Shot: Cinematography

Chapter Eight: The Relation of Shot to Shot:Editing

Chapter Nine: Sound in the Cinema

Chapter Ten: Style as a Formal System

Part Five: Critical Analysis of Films

Chapter Eleven: Film Criticism: Sample Analyses

Part Six: Film History

Chapter Twelve: Film Form and Film History

Glossary

Internet Resources

Credits

Index