Chapter One American Film History
1. Early Cinema
1.1 Motion Pictures
1.2 Edison and the Nickelodeons
1.3 Porter and Early Narratives
1.4 D. W. Griffith and His Cinematic Language
1.5 Charlie Chaplin
1.6 Headquarters to Hollywood
2. Classical Hollywood Cinema
2.1 The Beginning of Sound Films
2.2 New Film Genres in 1930s
2.3 The Studio System and Major Studios
3. New Hollywood and Post-classical Cinema
3.1 The Red Scare and the House Committee on Un-American Activities HUAC
3.2 Film Noir
3.3 Technological Innovation
3.4 Rise of Independent Producers
3.5 Alfred Hitchcock
3.6 Revival
4. Contemporary American Cinema
4.1 Films Between Late 1970s and 1980s
4.2 Films in 1990s
4.3 American Cinema in the 21st Century
5. Exercises
Chapter Two The World of Film
l. Film Industry
1.1 Origins
1.2 Rise of Hollywood
1.3 Golden Age of Hollywood
1.4 Decline of the Studio System
1.5 New Hollywood and Post-classical Cinema
1.6 Rise of the Home Video Market
1.7 Modern Cinema
1.8 Spread to World Markets
2. Film Company
2.1 MGM
2.2 Paramount Pictures
2.3 Warner Bros
2.4 20th Century Fox
2.5 Columbia Pictures
2.6 Universal Studios
2.7 Walt Disney Pictures
3. Film Award
3.1 Oscar
3.2 The Golden Globe Award
3.3 National Society of Film Critics
3.4 Festival De Cannes
3.5 Berlin International Fihn Festival
3.6 Golden Raspberry Award
4. Film Genre
4.1 Defining a Genre
4.2 Analyzing a Genre
4.3 Main Film Genres
4.4 Film Sub-Genres
4.5 Other Major Film Categories
5. Exercises
Chapter Three Film People
1. Actors
1.1 Charlie Chaplin 1889-1977
1.2 Humphrey Bogart 1899-1957
1.3 Clark Gable 1901-1960
1.4 Gregory Peck 1916-2003
1.5 Marion Brando 1924-2004
1.6 Dustin Hoffman 1937-
1.7 Robert De Niro 1943-
1.8 Tom Hanks 1956-
1.9 Daniel Day-Lewis 1957-
1.10 Johnny Depp 1963-
1.11 Brad Pitt 1963-
1.12 Leonardo DiCaprio 1974-
2. Actresses
2.1 Katharine Hepburn 1907-2003
2.2 Vivien Leigh 1913-1967
2.3 Ingrid Bergman 1915-1982
2.4 Marilyn Monroe 1926-1962
2.5 Audrey Hepburn 1929-1993
2.6 Ehzabeth Taylor 1932-2011
2.7 Meryl Streep 1949-
2.8 Jodie Foster 1962-
2.9 Nieole Kidman 1967-
2.10 Julia Roberts 1967-
2.11 Angelina Jolie 1975-
2.12 Anne Hathaway 1982-
3. Directors
3.1 D.W. Griffith 1875-1948
3.2 Alfred Hitchcock 1899-1980
3.3 Stanley Kubrick 1928-1999
3.4 Woody Allen 1935-
3.5 Francis Ford Coppola 1939-
3.6 Martin Scorsese 1942-
3.7 George Lucas 1944-
3.8 Steven Spielberg 1946-
3.9 James Cameron 1954-
3.10 Ang Lee 1954-
4. Exercises
Chapter Four The Language of Film
1. Cinematic Words and Phrases
2. Cinematic Vocabulary
2.1 Vocabulary on Film-making and Film-maker
2.2 Vocabulary on Film Company
2.3 Vocabulary on Film Award
2.4 Vocabulary on Actors and Actresses
2.5 Vocabulary on Film Genres
2.6 Vocabulary on Film Techniques
3. Movie Quotes
4. Exercises
Chapter Five The Reflection of Film
1. Films in Golden Age of Hollywood late 1920s-early 1960s
1.1 It Happened One Night
1.2 Gone with the Wind
1.3 Rebecca
1.4 Casablanca
2. New Hollywood and Post-classical Cinema 1950s-1980s
2. 1 Singin'' in the Rain
2.2 gy Fair Lady
2.3 The Sound of Music
2.4 The Godfather
2.5 The Godfather Part Ⅱ
3. Rise of the Home Video Market 1980s-1990s
3.1 E.T.
3.2 The Silence of the Lambs
3.3 The Shawshank Redemption
3. 4 The English Patient
4. Modem Cinema
4. 1 Gangs of New York
4. 2 Crash
4. 3 Avatar
4. 4 The Great Gatsby
5. Exercises
Chapter Six Professional Critics Film Review
1. Professional Critics
2. American Film Review Appreciation
2.1 Kramer vs. Kramer
2.2 Rain Man
2.3 Schindler''s List
2.4 Forrest Gump
2.5 American Beauty
2.6 Inception
3. British Film Review Appreciation
3. 1 The English Patient
3. 2 Slumdog Millionaire
3. 3 The King''s Speech
4. Australian Film Review Appreciation
4. 1 "Crocodile" Dundee
4. 2 Australia
5. Canadian Film Review Appreciation
5. 1 Coin'' Down the Road
5.2 The Grey Fox
6. Exercises
Vocabulary References
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