A short guide to writing about film
Edition: Sixth Edition
Publisher: Pearson Longman
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 193
ISBN-13: 9780321412287
Copyright date: 2007
Description: This best-selling text is a succinct guide to thinking critically and writing precisely about film. Both an introduction to film study and a practical writing guide, this brief text introduces students to film terms and the major film theories, enabling them to write more critically. With numerous student and professional examples along the way, this engaging and practical guide progresses from taking notes and writing first drafts to creating polished essays and comprehensive research projects. Moving from movie reviews to theoretical and critical essays, the text demonstrates how an analysis of a film becomes more subtle and rigorous as part of a compositional process.