James Cateridge

Film Studies For Dummies

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Make sense of the world of cinema
Want to pull back the curtain on film? This hands-on, friendlyguide unravels the complexities of film and helps you put cinemainto a cultural context. You ll get an easy-to-follow introductionto different film genres and styles, learn about the history ofcinema, get to know who makes up a filmmaking team, explore globalcinema from Hollywood to Bollywood and much more.

Film Studies For Dummies will open your mind to how thefilm industry works and help you to discover the impact of film onpopular culture. You ll get easy-to-read information on analyzingand critiquing film from a range of theoretical, historical andcritical perspectives, and learn how people communicate ideas infilm. You ll also be able to shine a light on how stories aredeveloped in movies, understand how a storyline is related tobroader issues in society and become a well-versed and insightfulfilm student.

Covers the narrative, artistic, cultural, economic andpolitical implications of cinema
Provides conceptual frameworks for understanding a film srelationship to reality
Explores how people tell stories and communicate ideas infilm
Helps you excel as a student of film
Whether you re planning to study film, a humanities student witha forthcoming module on film or a film enthusiast wondering if thismight be the future for you, Film Studies For Dummies hasyou covered.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 187mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 736g
• ISBN-13: 9781118886595
• ISBN-10: 1118886593
• Artikelnr.: 41630684

Autorenporträt

James Cateridge is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at Oxford Brookes University. He researches and teaches British cinema, film policy and the international film industry. James has also worked with the Arts Council of England and as a film journalist for the London Film Festival.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1
Part I: Getting Started with Film Studies 5
Chapter 1: Becoming a Fantastic Film Student 7
Chapter 2: Putting Words and Pictures into Motion: The Film-Making Team 25
Chapter 3: Watching the Stars Come Out: Film Stars, and Why We Love Them 47
Chapter 4: Building Movie Stories 67
Part II: Taking All Types: Genres, Modes and Style 89
Chapter 5: Distinguishing Films by Type: Genres and Style 91
Chapter 6: Getting Animated about Animation 123
Chapter 7: Leading from the Front: Avant-Garde Film 141
Chapter 8: Getting Real: The Truth about Documentary 157
Part III: Travelling a World of Wonders: Global Cinema 177
Chapter 9: Bringing Hollywood into Focus 179
Chapter 10: Enjoying the British Invasion: From Brit-Grit to Frock Flicks
201
Chapter 11: Admiring European Films: Culture and Commerce 221
Chapter 12: Mixing Monsters, Musicals and Melodrama: World Cinema 241
Part IV: Bringing In the Big Ideas: Theories and Beyond 261
Chapter 13: Theorising about Film: How Movies Work 263
Chapter 14: Praising Great Directors: Auteur Theory 283
Chapter 15: Exploring New Approaches to Film Theory - and Beyond 307
Chapter 16: Outliving Celluloid: Cinema in the 21st Century 325
Part V: The Part of Tens 343
Chapter 17: Ten Film Writers You Need to Read 345
Chapter 18: Ten Must-Watch Movies 353
Chapter 19: Ten Film-Makers You Need to Know Better 363
Chapter 20: Ten Tips for Becoming a Film Student 371
Index 379