An introduction to film analysis : technique and meaning in narrative film
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An introduction to film analysis : technique and meaning in narrative film
Continuum, 2012
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Description
An Introduction to Film Analysis combines an introduction to filmmaking technique with rigorous and comprehensive training in film interpretation. Composed in an accessible style yet conversant with the latest, most advanced critical theories and methods, this innovative textbook can be reliably used on both the undergraduate and the graduate level.
The book begins with chapters that familiarize students with the basic components of film technique. It connects technique to meaning and demonstrates, through numerous examples, how particular uses of film technique generate different meanings. Students will learn how films are made and how values are promoted, ideas communicated, and rhetorical arguments advanced through film technique. The second part of the book covers a range of interpretive methods, theories, and concerns. In each section, the author offers a sample reading of a film, followed by an "interpretive exercise" with suggestions for students to use in performing their own film interpretation.
Carefully structured, beautifully written, and illustrated throughout, An Introduction to Film Analysis provides a thorough grounding in the subject for students around the world.
Table of Contents
Introduction:
Meaning in Movies
Shot-by-Shot Analysis
Writing About Film: The Art of Active Viewing
Part One: Technique and Meaning
Chapter One - Composition
Chapter Two - Camera Work
Chapter Three - Editing
Chapter Four - Art Direction (Set, Lighting, Color, Sound)
Chapter Five - Narration
Chapter Six - Metaphor, Structure, Character, Motif
Chapter Seven - Film Style: Realism and Expressionism
Part Two: Critical Analysis
Chapter Eight - Historical Criticism
Chapter Nine - Structuralist Criticism
Chapter Ten - Psychological Criticism
Chapter Eleven - Ideological Criticism
Chapter Twelve - Gender Criticism
Chapter Thirteen - Ethnic Criticism
Chapter Fourteen - Political Criticism
Chapter Fifteen - Poststructuralist Criticism
Chapter Sixteen - Scientific Criticism: Evolutionary Theory
Index
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