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Introduction to Film Studies is a comprehensive
textbook for students of cinema. This completely revised
and updated fifth edition guides students through the
key issues and concepts in film studies, traces the
historical development of film and introduces some of
the worlds key national cinemas. A range of theories and
theorists are presented from Formalism to Feminism, from
Eisenstein to Deleuze. Each chapter is written by a
subject specialist, including two new authors for the
fifth edition. A wide range of films are analysed and
discussed. It is lavishly illustrated with 150 film
stills and production shots, in full colour throughout.
Reviewed widely by teachers in the field and with a
foreword by Bill Nichols, it will be essential reading
for any introductory student of film and media studies
or the visual arts worldwide.Key features of the fifth
edition are: updated coverage of a wide range of
concepts, theories and issues in film studies in-depth
discussion of the contemporary film industry and
technological changes new chapters on Film and
Technology and Latin American Cinema new case studies on
films such as District 9, Grizzly Man, Amores Perros,
Avatar, Made in Dagenham and many others marginal key
terms, notes, cross-referencing suggestions for further
reading, further viewing and a comprehensive glossary
and bibliography a new, improved companion website
including popular case studies and chapters from
previous editions (including chapters on German Cinema
and The French New Wave), links to supporting sites,
clips, questions and useful resources.Individual
chapters include: The Industrial Contexts of Film
Production * Film and Technology * Getting to the Bigger
* Picture Film Form and Narrative * Spectator, Audience
and Response * Cinematic authorship and the film auteur
* Stardom and Hollywood Cinema * Genre, Theory and
Hollywood Cinema The Documentary Form * The Language of
Animation * Gender and Film * Lesbian and Gay Cinema *
Spectacle, Stereotypes and Films of the African Diaspora
* British Cinema * Indian Cinema * Latin American Cinema
* Soviet Montage Cinema of the 1920s Contributors: Linda
Craig, Lalitha Gopalan, Terri Francis, Chris Jones, Mark
Joyce, Searle Kochberg, Lawrence Napper, Jill Nelmes,
Patrick Phillips, Suzanne Speidel, Paul Ward, Paul
Watson, Paul Wells and William Wittington |
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