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Author : Robert T. Eberwein
Publisher : Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book A Viewer's Guide to Film Theory and Criticism written by Robert T. Eberwein and published by Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1979 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James R Russo
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 : 1782847642
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (828 download)
Download or read book Understanding Film written by James R Russo and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This film analysis textbook contains sixteen essays on historically significant, artistically superior films released between 1922 and 1982. Written for college, high school, and university students, the essays cover central issues raised in todays cinema courses and provide students with practical models to help them improve their own writing and analytical skills. This film casebook is geographically diverse, with eight countries represented: Italy, France, the United States, Russia, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, and India. The essays, sophisticated yet not overly technical or jargon-heavy, are perfect introductions to their respective films as well as important contributions to the field of film studies in general. The books critical apparatus features credits, images, and bibliographies for all films discussed, filmographies for the directors, a glossary of film terms, the elements of film analysis, a chronology of film theory and criticism, topics for writing and discussion, a bibliography of film criticism, and a comprehensive index. Understanding Film: A Viewers Guide bucks the trend of current film analysis texts (few of which contain actual film analyses) by promoting analysis of the chosen films alongside the methods and techniques of film analysis. It has been prepared as a primary text for courses in film analysis, and a supplementary text for courses such as Introduction to Film or Film Appreciation; History of Film or Survey of Cinema; and Film Directors or Film Style and Imagination.
Author : Richard M. Gollin
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (2 download)
Download or read book A Viewer's Guide to Film written by Richard M. Gollin and published by McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages. This book was released on 1992 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook of film terms and issues is intended as a supplement for basic film history courses, but it may also be used as a text for film appreciation courses.
Author : Robert Stam
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119491576
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (194 download)
Download or read book Film Theory written by Robert Stam and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-11-20 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a lively and provoking introduction to film theory. It is suitable for students from any discipline but is particularly aimed at students studying film and literature as it examines issues common to both subjects such as realism, illusionism, narration, point of view, style, semiotics, psychoanalysis and multiculturalism. It also includes coverage of theorists common to both, Barthes, Lacan and Bakhtin among others. Robert Stam, renowned for his clarity of writing, will also include studies of cinema specialists providing readers with a depth of reference not generally available outside the field of film studies itself. Other material covered includes film adaptations of works of literature and analogies between literary and film criticism.
Author : Thomas Elsaesser
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135967067
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (359 download)
Download or read book Film Theory written by Thomas Elsaesser and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-12-16 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the relationship between cinema and spectator? That is the central question for film theory, and renowned film scholars Thomas Elsaesser and Malte Hagener use this question to guide students through all of the major film theories – from the classical period to today – in this insightful, engaging book. Every kind of cinema (and film theory) imagines an ideal spectator, and then imagines a certain relationship between the mind and body of that spectator and the screen. Using seven distinctive configurations of spectator and screen that move progressively from ‘exterior’ to ‘interior’ relationships, the authors retrace the most important stages of film theory from 1945 to the present, from neo-realist and modernist theories to psychoanalytic, ‘apparatus’, phenomenological and cognitivist theories.
Author : Peter Lehman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118337557
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (183 download)
Download or read book Thinking about Movies written by Peter Lehman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-10-01 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete introduction to analyzing and enjoying a wide variety of movies, for film students and movie lovers alike Thinking About Movies: Watching, Questioning, Enjoying, Fourth Edition is a thorough overview of movie analysis designed to enlighten both students and enthusiasts, and heighten their enjoyment of films. Readers will delve into the process of thinking about movies critically and analytically, and find how doing so can greatly enhance the pleasure of watching movies. Divided roughly into two parts, the book addresses film studies within the context of the dynamics of cinema, before moving on to a broader analysis of the relationship of films to the larger social, cultural, and industrial issues informing them. This updated fourth edition includes an entirely new section devoted to a complete analysis of the film adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, along with many in-depth discussions of important films such as Citizen Kane and Silence of the Lambs. The chapter on television integrates a major expansion distinguishing between television in the digital era of the convergence of the entertainment and technology industries in comparison to the era of broadcast analogue television. The final chapter places film within the current context of digital culture, globalization, and the powerful rise of China in film production and exhibition. The authors clearly present various methodologies for analyzing movies and illustrate them with detailed examples and images from a wide range of films from cult classics to big-budget, award-winning movies. This helps viewers see new things in movies and also better understand and explain why they like some better than others. Thinking About Movies: Watching, Questioning, Enjoying, Fourth Edition is ideal for film students immersed in the study of this important, contemporary medium and art form as well as students and readers who have never taken a class on cinema before. This new edition of the book also comes with a Companion Blog https://thinkingaboutmoviesblog.wordpress.com/ that the authors will update regularly with attention to films and industry developments directly related to each chapter, plus updates to readings and resources.
Author : Gerald Mast
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 888 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Film Theory and Criticism written by Gerald Mast and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1985 with total page 888 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third edition of this popular collection on film aesthetics and criticism includes new material on Howard Hawks and Mae West, and new pieces by Christian Metz, Jean-Louis Comolli, and David Antin. Two sections, "The Film Artist" and "Film: Society, Ideology, Psychology,"--as well as chapter introductions throughout the book-- have been thoroughly revised to reflect current topics in film theory--psychoanalytic, feminist, and Marxist approaches among them.
Author : Jim Collins
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135216452
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (352 download)
Download or read book Film Theory Goes to the Movies written by Jim Collins and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Film Theory Goes to the Movies fills the gap in film theory literature which has failed to analyze high-grossing blockbusters. The contributors in this volume, however, discuss such popular films as The Silence of the Lambs, Dances With Wolves, Terminator II, Pretty Woman, Truth or Dare, Mystery Train, and Jungle Fever. They employ a variety of critical approaches, from industry analysis to reception study, to close readings informed by feminist, deconstructive and postmodernist theory, as well as recent developments in African American and gay and lesbian criticism. An important introduction to contemporary Hollywood, this anthology will be of interest to those involved in the fields of film theory, literary theory, popular culture, and women's studies.
Author : W. John Hill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Film Studies written by W. John Hill and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most up-to-date critical guide available, Film Studies: Critical Approaches covers all the significant theories, debates, and approaches to the subject. A team of international experts provides a clear and comprehensive overview of all the major theoretical and critical approaches involved in film analysis, including detailed coverage of established critical traditions--such as semiotics, feminism, and psychoanalysis--as well as important new areas of study such as film audiences and reception, queer theory, and identity politics. Chapter summaries and further reading lists help students to assimilate the material. Ideal for courses in film criticism and textual analysis, Film Studies: Critical Approaches guides students through the maze of theory to the heart of the subject.
Author : Bill Nichols
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520054091
Total Pages : 770 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Movies and Methods written by Bill Nichols and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1985-09-06 with total page 770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The original Movies and Methods volume (1976) captured the dynamic evolution of film theory and criticism into an important new discipline, incorporating methods from structuralism, semiotics, and feminist thought. Now there is again ferment in the field. Movies and Methods, Volume II, captures the developments that have given history and genre studies imaginative new models and indicates how feminist, structuralist, and psychoanalytic approaches to film have achieved fresh, valuable insights. In his thoughtful introduction, Nichols provides a context for the paradoxes that confront film studies today. He shows how shared methods and approaches continue to stimulate much of the best writing about film, points to common problems most critics and theorists have tried to resolve, and describes the internal contraditions that have restricted the usefulness of post-structuralism. Mini-introductions place each essay in a larger context and suggest its linkages with other essays in the volume. A great variety of approaches and methods characterize film writing today, and the final part conveys their diversity—from statistical style analysis to phenomenology and from gay criticisms to neoformalism. This concluding part also shows how the rigorous use of a broad range of approaches has helped remove post-structuralist criticism from its position of dominance through most of the seventies and early eighties. The writings collected in this volume exhibit not only a strong sense of personal engagement but als a persistent awareness of the social importance of the cinema in our culture. Movies and Methods, Volume II, will prove as invaluable to the serious student of cinema as its predecessor; it will be an essential reference work for years to come.
Author : Philip Simpson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780415259750
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (597 download)
Download or read book Film Theory written by Philip Simpson and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2004 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This major new collection identifies the critical and theoretical concepts which have been most significant in the study of film and presents a historical and intellectual context for the material examined.
Author : Pieter Jacobus Fourie
Publisher : Juta and Company Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9780702156564
Total Pages : 620 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (565 download)
Download or read book Media Studies: Content, audiences, and production written by Pieter Jacobus Fourie and published by Juta and Company Ltd. This book was released on 2001 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book includes theoretical approaches as well as a production section that focuses on basic techniques and introductory applications of media studies.
Author : Toby Miller
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 9780631206453
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (64 download)
Download or read book A Companion to Film Theory written by Toby Miller and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2004-05-21 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of specially commissioned work by experts in the field of film studies provides a comprehensive overview of the field. Its international and interdisciplinary approach will have a broad appeal to those interested in this multifaceted subject. Provides a major collection of specially commissioned work by experts in the field of film studies. Represents material under a variety of headings, including class, race, gender, queer theory, nation, stars, ethnography, authorship, and spectatorship. Offers an international approach to the subject, including coverage of topics such as genre, image, sound, editing, culture industries, early cinema, classical Hollywood, and TV relations and technology. Includes concise chapter-by-chapter accounts of the background and current approaches to each topic, followed by a prognostication on the future. Considers cinema studies in relation to other forms of knowledge, such as critical studies, anthropology, and literature.
Author : Roberta Pearson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134716982
Total Pages : 731 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (347 download)
Download or read book Critical Dictionary of Film and Television Theory written by Roberta Pearson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-12-08 with total page 731 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Dictionary lays out the major theoretical approaches deployed in the study of the moving image as well as defining key theoretical terms. Contextual entries range from 500 to 3,000 words.
Author : Robert Stam
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN 13 : 9780631230557
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (35 download)
Download or read book Literature and Film written by Robert Stam and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 2004-10-15 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Literature and Film is a cornucopia of vibrant essays that chart the history and confluence of literature and film. It explores in detail a wide and international spectrum of novels and adaptations, bringing together the very latest scholarship in the field.
Author : Toby Miller
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470998407
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (79 download)
Download or read book A Companion to Film Theory written by Toby Miller and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of specially commissioned work by experts in the field of film studies provides a comprehensive overview of the field. Its international and interdisciplinary approach will have a broad appeal to those interested in this multifaceted subject. Provides a major collection of specially commissioned work by experts in the field of film studies. Represents material under a variety of headings, including class, race, gender, queer theory, nation, stars, ethnography, authorship, and spectatorship. Offers an international approach to the subject, including coverage of topics such as genre, image, sound, editing, culture industries, early cinema, classical Hollywood, and TV relations and technology. Includes concise chapter-by-chapter accounts of the background and current approaches to each topic, followed by a prognostication on the future. Considers cinema studies in relation to other forms of knowledge, such as critical studies, anthropology, and literature.
Author : J. Dudley Andrew
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198020511
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (98 download)
Download or read book Concepts in Film Theory written by J. Dudley Andrew and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1984-03-15 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concepts in Film Theory is a continuation of Dudley Andrew's classic, The Major Film Theories. In writing now about contemporary theory, Andrew focuses on the key concepts in film study -- perception, representation, signification, narrative structure, adaptation, evaluation, identification, figuration, and interpretation. Beginning with an introductory chapter on the current state of film theory, Andrew goes on to build an overall view of film, presenting his own ideas on each concept, and giving a sense of the interdependence of these concepts. Andrew provides lucid explanations of theories which involve perceptual psychology and structuralism; semiotics and psychoanalysis; hermeneutics and genre study. His clear approach to these often obscure theories enables students to acquire the background they need to enrich their understanding of film -- and of art.
