num_pages: 320
description: Whether We Are Trying To Impress A Date After An Art-house Film Screening Or Discussing Oscar Nominations With Friends, We All Need Ways To Watch And Talk About Movies. But With So Much Variety Between An Alfred Hitchcock Thriller And A Nora Ephron Romantic Comedy, How Can Everyday Viewers Determine What Makes A Good Movie? In Talking Pictures, Veteran Film Critic Ann Hornaday Walks Us Through The Production Of A Typical Movie-from Writing The Script And Casting To The Final Sound Edit-and Explains How To Evaluate Each Piece Of The Process. How Do We Know If A Film Is Well-written, Above And Beyond Snappy Dialogue? What Constitutes A Great Screen Performance? What Goes Into Praiseworthy Cinematography, Editing, And Sound Design? And What Does A Director Really Do? Full Of Engaging Anecdotes And Interviews With Actors And Filmmakers, Talking Pictures Will Help Us See Movies In A Whole New Light-not Just As Fans, But As Film Critics In Our Own Right. The Screenplay -- Acting -- Production Design -- Cinematography -- Editing -- Sound And Music -- Directing -- Was It Worth Doing? -- Documentaries And Fact-based Dramas. Ann Hornaday. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.
language: en
title: Talking Pictures: How to Watch Movies
publisher: Basic Books