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
1.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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