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9781904048435

Film Studies

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    9781904048435

  • ISBN10:

    1904048439

  • Format: Trade Paper
  • Copyright: 2002-09-01
  • Publisher: Oldcastle Books
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Summary

Pocket Essentials is a dynamic series of books that are concise, lively, and easy to read. Packed with facts as well as expert opinions, each book has all the key information you need to know about such popular topics as film, television, cult fiction, history, and more. This book offers a concise introduction to the appreciation and study of film. It begins with the nuts and bolts, an examination of how films are put togetherframing, performance, setting, costume and editingand then examines a number of approaches taken to film over the last half century, such as the auteur theory, structuralism, psychoanalysis, feminism, queer theory, and more. Applying these theories to films everyone will have seen, such asThe Usual SuspectsandSeven,the book also includes an overview of genres, national cinemas, and film movements worldwide.

Author Biography

Andrew M. Butler is Senior Lecturer Media and Cultural Studies at Canterbury Christ Church University College.

Table of Contents

Some early film theoristsp. 11
The nuts and bolts of film : editing and Mise en Scenep. 22
Auteur theoriesp. 34
Marxismp. 45
Semiotics and structuralismp. 57
Psychoanalysisp. 68
Feminismp. 80
Queer theoryp. 91
Starsp. 104
Genresp. 114
National cinemap. 125
Film movements and genresp. 138
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