Studying film
By: Nathan Abrams, Ian Bell, and Jan Udris.
Contributors: Bell, Ian.; Udris, Jan.
Series: Studying the media series
Publisher: Arnold; Oxford University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
Subjects: Motion pictures.
Description: "This 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 film is 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."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1 Cinema as Institution; title: 1 Hollywood Cinema; title: 2 Production, Distribution and Exhibition; title: 3 Cinema, Audiences and Society; title: 4 Cinema, the Media and Globalization; title: 2 Film as Text; title: 5 Film Technology; title: 6 The Language of Film; title: 7 Early Cinema and Film Form; title: 8 Mainstream and Alternative Film Form; title: 3 Critical Approaches to Film; title: 9 Authorship; title: 10 Genre; title: 11 Stars; title: 12 Meaning and Spectatorship; title: 13 Film Movements and National Cinema; title: 14 British Cinema; title: 15 World Cinema and National Film Movements; title: 16 Alternative Cinema and Other Film Styles; title: Resources; title: Glossary.