Introducing Film

Introducing Film

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  • 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版/ページ数 119 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9780340762288
  • DDC分類 791.43

Full Description


Introducing Film provides its readers with a comprehensive introduction to film theory, introducing the methods and terminology used in the study and interpretation of films. Main topics that are dealt with on film courses, such as narrative, cinematography, spectatorship and the film industry are given extra attention. The text also draws on many examples from films contemporary and classic, and encourages the reader to hone an understanding of film theory as well as the social context in which it is situated.

Contents

Why study film?; mise en scene; cinematography; editing; the development of narrative; classic Hollywood; genre; stardom; the film industry outside of the Hollywood institutional mode; auteur; spectatorship; representation; bringing it all together.