Includes scenes from Carol Reed's "The third man" (lighting), Buster Keaton's "The general" (camera), Fritz Lang's "M" (mise en scene), Sergei Eisenstein's "Alexander Nevsky" (sound), and Alfred Hitchcock's "Sabotage" (editing).

Contents: Introduction -- Lighting - The third man -- Camera - The general -- Mise en scene - M -- Sound - Alexander Nevsky -- Editing - Sabotage.

The program consists of a general introduction to film language and five "lessons". For each of the five lessons is an "original clip" of a scene from a classic film followed by an "instructional clip" which shows the same scene again with synchronized voice-over commentary.

DVD.