by TimothyCorrigan (Author), PatriciaWhite (Author)
Treating readers as avid film fans, this book combines beautiful design and an easy to navigate structure with all the key concepts and theory that students need for successful analysis of film. In "Focus and Concepts at Work" sections for deeper understanding of crucial film concepts and issues are presented. This book offers clear and accessible writing style with thorough explanation of concepts. Key terms are highlighted. It features over 900 images, including a special 4 colour plates section about cinematography.The second edition of this accessible book continues to examine how we can extract a broad range of meanings from the films we watch. With an improved structure, better pedagogy and more examples from popular film, this new edition continues to give students of film the vocabulary, context and critical tools they need for serious film study.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 336
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 27 Apr 2004
ISBN 10: 1403932344
ISBN 13: 9781403932341
Book Overview: TIMOTHY CORRIGAN is a Professor of English and Film Studies at Temple University, USA. His numerous books include New German Film: The Displaced Image, A Cinema without Walls: Movies and Culture after Vietnam, The Films of Werner Herzog: Between Mirage and History, A Short Guide to Writing about Film, Fourth Edition (Longman), and Film and Literature: An Introduction and Reader (Prentice Hall, 1999). PATRICIA WHITE is Associate Professor of English and Film and Chair of Film and Media Studies at Swarthmore College, USA. She is the author of Uninvited: Classical Hollywoo