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So traveling through "Modern times" (1936) and "Terminator" (1984), the book comes to an end with a view of the future of the cinema.

A striking example of use of a voice as the instrument of acting - the hypnotizing Heath Ledger's transformation into the Joker in "The dark knight" (2008). Ledger uses a faltering rhythm and the fragmentary, shaking vote similar to as though at a children's toy battery mudflows is received. Under the clown to such an extent that can hardly be made out behind a mask of the person, we guess difficult history of the character zamalevanny on his voice: broken in itself, he points also to psychological injuries.

SCENERY AND ARCHITECTURE: From the earliest days of cinema of the audience carried away an opportunity to see the world surrounding us another. In this chapter we learn how our favourite movies became such memorable exactly thanks to space and the scene of action. The head travel of surprising movielands - from industrial hell of "Metropolis" (1927) in improbable neon landscapes "Running on an edge" (1982) which Ridley Scott tried to make the most realistic. For achievement of this purpose it weaves together real locations, scenery and tremendous special effects, creating a saturated visual cloth. As a result the infinite megalopolis tightened a smog where the old architecture mixes up from new turned out, cultures are alloyed together and borders disappear.

Even such fast digression to the theory and history of cinema will help you to be more prepared at the following visit of cinema. Also will deliver the sea of pleasure. We promise it to you.

Today, on December 28, international day of cinema. And it is an excellent occasion to address to all to favourite art form. Movies are watched by all, but if you not future film critic or the student of the VGIK, then hardly sometime thought as they are arranged. About that, for example, as the cinema influences our perception and forces to believe in the events on the screen.

TIME: Intangible and inevitable characteristic of life - time - a header subject of a set of the most thoughtful film masterpieces. The head studies effects of change and acceleration of the narration at cinema, for example, powerful expressiveness of direction of "Potemkin's Battleship" (1925) and a fascinating masterpiece the "Russian ark" (2002) removed by one one and a half hour shot in detail. - from "Runway" (1962) to "Remember" personal feeling of time and a role of cinema in judgment by the viewer of last, present and possible future (2000).

The author of the comic book "As the Cinema Is Arranged" Edward Ross tells about all features of cinema - in seven chapters. And if you did not read yet, then let's be run according to the comic book. It is very fascinating.

IDEOLOGY AND POWER: Having risen over purely entertaining function, the cinema becomes the instrument of influence on public consciousness. Chapter research about how cinema influences our behavior and the relation to daily occurrence realities. The author, showing force of military propaganda in parallel with danger of animated films of Disney, suggests to think twice before saying: "It only cinema!"

An excellent example - the "Jurassic Park" (1993) devoted to difficult relationship of capitalism and genetics tells about how dinosaurs were returned to life for the only purpose - to make entertainment for the rich in exclusive theme park. And as people were involved in primitive fight for survival when in the system of protection of the park it is disconnected. During an era when the companies regularly patent discoveries for the purpose of increase in profit, the movie openly warns about consequences of monetization of the nature.

So function of a body at cinema does not come down only to the instrument of acting. Being the dominating cultural area, the cinema has a great influence in strengthening or contest of public stereotypes. It dictates us ideas of "ideal" weight, of how the body has to be shaved and decorated and in what has to correspond to a gender.

For example, we got used that in the movie usually there are one story-teller and one point of view, but in the samurai drama "Rasyomon" by Akira Kurosawa four witnesses tell about the same crime. All stories, as well as in real life, contradict each other - so shows the movie how limited can be the only point of view.

On materials of the comic book "As the Cinema Is Arranged"

Original: filmish

LANGUAGE AND VOICE: From the moment of the first emergence of a sound at cinema cinema received force of a human voice. This head considers a role of a voice and a sound at cinema in all its aspects: from songs and dances in "Singing in the rain" (1952) before demonic rattles and cries in "Expelling a devil" (1973). Any movie can be samostoyatelnymy language, capable to extend the ideas not verbally.

BODY: In the head "Body" Ross studies inexhaustible inspiration of cinema with human forms, from physical abilities of the actor to create character of the character on the screen to a problem of the attitude of mass cinema towards racial, sexual and physical differences. From "Zhanna D'Ark's Passions" (1927) to "Fly" (1986) the head opens a cinema body in all the beauty and horror.

TECHNOLOGIES AND TECHNOPHOBIA: Having arisen from technical innovations of the 19th century, the film industry nevertheless is impregnated with tekhnofobiya. The head draws fear of mankind from side effects of technological progress: the violent revolting robots, radioactive mutants, ominous artificial intelligence.

EYE: The head opening the book opens also eyes on the history of cinema for the reader. It opens disagreement between the idea that the movie forces to look in a new way at the real world, and opposite belief that cinema - illusion and optical illusion. And "Do a way from "A travel to the Moon" (1902) as it is necessary!" (1989) to later pictures become the fascinating introduction in the history of cinema with a thoughtful view of movies as the instrument of influence on our perception of the world around.

Yes, kind of it did not seem strange, animated films of Disney studio, darlings both adults, and children all over the world, define how the younger generation sees the world. From "The Snow White and seven gnomes" (1937) to "The beauty and a monster" (1991) and further, Disney long represented female characters as the ladies who are in a trouble for whom a main goal is the wedding with the prince. Deliberately or not, using similar cliches, Disney set a level of expectations for youth, registering norms still before children go to school.