Film studies / Amy Villarejo.
Series: Basics: Publisher: London : Routledge, 2021Edition: Third editionDescription: 184 pages : illustrations (black and white)Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume001: BDZ0048579234ISBN: 9780367135010 Subject(s): Motion pictures
| Performing Arts | Films, cinema | Films, cinema | History | Film history, theory & criticism | Media studiesDDC classification: 791.43 LOC classification: PN1994 | .V527 2021| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A comprehensive overview of how to study film, this updated third edition provides concise and provocative summaries for approaching the language of film analysis, ways of thinking about film history, and approaches and methods for studying cinema, from national cinemas to genre to stardom and beyond.
The new edition tracks the changes in film production and exhibition by situating the study of film within contemporary digital media cultures and structures, such as social media and streaming platforms. Without forsaking its emphasis on the study of film , the third edition updates its examples and provides fresh insight into today's image culture.
Film Studies: The Basics provides beginning students in film studies, as well as lifelong film buffs, with the tools to pursue film analysis, film history, and further inquiries into the medium.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1 Introduction to Film Studies 2 The Language of Film 3 The History of Film 4 The Production and Exhibition of Film 5 The Reception of Film 6 The Future of Film
Entertaining, well written, this is a succinct summary of the field, ideal for those studying film for the first time. A substantial glossary helps readers understand key terms and concepts. Fully updated to incorporate shifts in the discipline and contemporary film examples more familiar to today's students A comprehensive overview of how to study film, this updated third edition provides concise and provocative summaries for approaching the language of film analysis, ways of thinking about film history, and approaches and methods for studying cinema, from national cinemas to genre to stardom and beyond. The new edition tracks the changes in film production and exhibition by situating the study of film within contemporary digital media cultures and structures, such as social media and streaming platforms.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- List of figures (p. vi)
- List of boxes (p. viii)
- 1 Introduction to film studies (p. 1)
- 2 The language of film (p. 27)
- 3 The history of film (p. 58)
- 4 The production and exhibition of film (p. 87)
- 5 The reception of film (p. 117)
- 6 The future of film (p. 141)
- Glossary (p. 161)
- Bibliography (p. 171)
- Index (p. 177)
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