num_pages: 336
description: This accessible introduction to the study of film aims to stimulate students' enjoyment and understanding of a wide range of different types of film, and to give them an awareness of the nature of cinema as a medium, as an art form, and as a social and economic institution. Contemporary filmis seen in context by tracing its development from 1895 to the present, exploring film production in a variety of countries in a range of styles, and placing film next to other media.
language: English
title: Studying Film
titlecomplete: Studying Film (Studying the Media)
genres: Film, Reference, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 21
publisher: Hodder Education Publishers