The Routledge companion to film history [electronic resource] / edited by William Guynn.
Publisher: London ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2010Description: xiii, 279 p001: 44551ISBN: 9780203841532Subject(s): Motion pictures -- History | Motion pictures -- DictionariesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 791.4309 LOC classification: PN1994 | .R5735 2010Online resources: Click to View| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The Routledge Companion to Film History is an indispensable guide for anyone studying film history for the first time. The approach taken presents a substantial and readable overview of the field and provides students with a tool of reference that will be valuable throughout their studies.
The volume is divided into two parts. The first is a set of eleven essays that approaches film history around the following themes:
History of the moving image Film as art and popular culture Production process Evolution of sound Alternative modes: experimental, documentary, animation Cultural difference Film's relationship to historyThe second is a critical dictionary that explains concepts, summarizes debates in film studies, defines technical terms, describes major periods and movements, and discusses historical situations and the film industry. The volume as a whole is designed as an active system of cross-references: readers of the essays are referred to dictionary entries (and vice versa) and both provide short bibliographies that encourage readers to investigate topics.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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CHOICE Review
Routledge consistently offers outstanding reference resources, and this volume edited by Guynn (emer., Sonoma State Univ.) does not disappoint. The credentials and institutional affiliations of the contributors, from both the US and UK, are factors that provide intellectual weight and add to the outstanding content and quality of this two-part work. Part 1 is titled "Film History: A Thematic Approach," and part 2, "A Critical Dictionary: History, Theory, Technique.. The 11 thematic essays in part 1 are well researched and well written, and offer "further reading" suggestions. They are titled "Natural Magic: A Short Cultural History of Moving Images," "Film as Popular Culture," "Film as Art," "The Stages of the Film Production Process," "The Evolution of Sound in Cinema," "Experimental Cinema," "Documentary Film," "Animation," "Filming 'Difference,'" "Making History through Media," and "Inscribing the Historical: Film Texts in Context.. Also worth noting, in addition to part 2's annotated dictionary, are the rich, comprehensive bibliography and the index, which italicizes terms that indicate a substantial discussion. This is a highly readable and authoritative resource for both film scholars and movie nerds. It provides expert information in a way no Web site can duplicate. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals/practitioners. A. J. Dutka Broward CollegeThere are no comments on this title.