disc 1. The art of the silver screen --
We all need another hero: universal stories --
Movie genre: it's not what you think --
Genre layers and audience expectations --
Popcorn can wait: story shape and tension --
disc 2. Paradigm shift: Citizen Kane and Casablanca --
The language of visual storytelling --
Building screen space: blocking and framing --
The cutting room floor: powerful editing --
Sound design and acoustic illusion --
Setting the scene: masterful set design --
disc 3. Special effects in the 20th century --
Special effects in the 21st century --
Scoring the history: music in film --
Color and light: elements of atmosphere --
Knowing characters from the inside out --
Knowing characters from the outside in --
disc 4. Secondary characters and supporting actors --
Star power: lead actors and their roles --
Character relationships and audience empathy --
Pathways to great antagonists --
Point of view in script and on screen --
Filmmaker's voice and audience choice.
