Film text analysis : new perspectives on the analysis of filmic meaning Introduction: Bringing together new perspectives of film text analysis John A. Bateman and Janina Wildfeuer Towards a semiotics of film lighting Theo van Leeuwen and Morten Boeriis Editing space as an audio visual composition Martine Huvenne Movie physics or dynamic patterns as the skeleton of movies Wolfgang Wildgen From visual narrative grammar to filmic narrative grammar: the narrative structure of static and moving images Neil Cohn From text to recipient: pragmatic insights for filmic meaning construction Janina Wildfeuer Intermediality in film: a blending based perspective John A. Bateman Eat pray love: expanding adaptations and global tourism Joyce Goggin Conclusion: Film text analysis a new beginning Janina Wildfeuer and John A. Bateman