Introduction : Meaning in movies ; Shot-by-shot analysis ; Writing about film: the art of active viewing -- Technique and meaning. Composition -- Camera work -- Editing -- Art direction (set, lighting, color, sound) -- Narration -- Metaphor, structure, character, motif -- Film style: realism and expressionism -- Critical analysis. Historical criticism -- Structuralist criticism -- Psychological criticism -- Ideological criticism -- Gender criticism -- Ethnic criticism -- Political criticism -- Poststructuralist criticism -- Scientific criticism: evolutionary theory.