ISBN |
9780415582599 (paperback) |
9780415582575 (hardback) |
Title |
Introduction to film studies / edited by Jill Nelmes ; foreword by Bill Nicholls. |
Edition |
Fifth edition |
Published |
Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2012. |
Description |
xxv, 536 p. : illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour) ; 25 cm. |
Notes |
First published: 1996. |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
The industrial contexts of film production / Searle Kochberg -- Contemporary film technology / William Whittington -- Before getting to the bigger picture / Patrick Phillips -- Film form and narrative / Susan Speidel -- Spectator, audience and response / Patrick Phillips -- Cinematic authorship and the film auteur / Paul Watson -- Star studies: text, pleasure, identity / Paul Watson -- Approaches to film genre: taxonomy/genericity/metaphor / Paul Watson -- The documentary form / Paul Ward -- The language of animation / Paul Wells -- Gender and film / Jill Nelmes -- Lesbian and gay cinema / Chris Jones -- Spectacle, stereotypes and films of the African diaspora / Terri Francis -- British cinema / Lawrence Napper -- Indian cinema / Lalitha Gopalan -- Latin American cinema / Linda Craig -- The Soviet montage cinema of the 1920's / Mark Joyce. |
Summary |
This is a comprehensive textbook for students of cinema. It provides a guide to the main concepts used to analyse the film industry and film texts, and also introduces some of the world's key national cinemas. |
Subjects |
Motion pictures |
Motion pictures -- Production and direction |
Motion pictures -- Criticism and interpretation |
Other Names |
Nelmes, Jill, 1954- editor. |
Nicholls, Bill author of introduction, etc. |
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