Film Studies

Film Studies
ISBN-10
1904048439
ISBN-13
9781904048435
Series
Film Studies
Category
Performing Arts / General
Pages
160
Language
English
Published
2005
Publisher
Pocket Essentials
Author
Andrew M. Butler

Description

Pocket Essentials is a dynamic series of books that are concise, lively, and easy to read. Packed with facts as well as expert opinions, each book has all the key information you need to know about such popular topics as film, television, cult fiction, history, and more. This book offers a concise introduction to the appreciation and study of film. It begins with the nuts and bolts, an examination of how films are put together--framing, performance, setting, costume and editing--and then examines a number of approaches taken to film over the last half century, such as the auteur theory, structuralism, psychoanalysis, feminism, queer theory, and more. Applying these theories to films everyone will have seen, such as The Usual Suspects and Seven, the book also includes an overview of genres, national cinemas, and film movements worldwide.

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