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9780071419611

Teach Yourself Film Studies

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    9780071419611

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    0071419616

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-01-14
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill
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Summary

Both film buffs and students of the cinema will find this reference indispensable. It gives a chronological overview of film, analyzing genres such as westerns and sci-fi; explores different artistic approaches, techniques, and effects; and profiles a wide variety of directors, from Alfred Hitchcock to Steven Spielberg. The book uncovers the secrets of film reviewing and the conventions reviewers adopt when they evaluate films. This new edition includes an expanded section concerning film studies on the Internet. Whatever readers' interest in film, "Teach Yourself Film Studies "will provide them with the skills to turn them into well-informed film critics.

Author Biography

Warren Buckland is an Associate Professor of Film Studies at Chapman University in Southern California.

Table of Contents

introduction 1(5)
taking it further
6(1)
film aesthetics: formalism and realism
7(24)
mise-en-scene
9(1)
set design
10(2)
set design in 1930s Warner Bros. films
10(1)
MGM set design
11(1)
mise-en-shot
12(4)
the long take
12(1)
deep focus photography
13(3)
continuity editing
16(6)
editing versus the long take
19(1)
editing in Jurassic Park
20(1)
summary
21(1)
film sound
22(1)
theoretical analysis of film aesthetics
23(6)
montage
25(3)
summary
28(1)
further reading
29(2)
film structure: narrative and narration
31(41)
narrative structure
32(9)
summary
40(1)
restricted and omniscient narration
41(29)
restricted narration in The Big Sleep
43(1)
restricted narration in Taxi Driver
44(5)
restricted and omniscient narration in North by Northwest
49(1)
omniscient narration in Magnificent Obsession
50(3)
summary
53(1)
narrative chronology in Pulp Fiction
53(3)
the narrative and narration of Mulholland Dr.
56(14)
further reading
70(2)
film authorship: the director as auteur
72(29)
Francois Truffaut and Cahiers du Cinema
74(4)
Movie magazine
78(2)
Andrew Sarris
80(1)
A Bout de Souffle/Breathless
80(5)
summary of the auteur policy
85(1)
style and themes in Alfred Hitchcock's films
86(5)
stylistic unity in Hitchcock's films
88(1)
themes in Hitchcock's films
89(2)
the cinema of Wim Wenders
91(7)
thematic analysis of the films of Wim Wenders
92(4)
formal elements in Wenders
96(2)
summary of Hitchcock and Wenders
98(1)
the contemporary auteur
98(1)
further reading
99(2)
film genres: defining the typical film
101(29)
problems in the study of genres
103(1)
genre film as myth
104(1)
new studies of melodrama
105(12)
film noir
117(6)
1950s science fiction
123(4)
summary
126(1)
further reading
127(3)
the non-fiction film: five types of documentary
130(21)
expository documentary
132(5)
observational documentary
137(2)
interactive documentary
139(4)
reflexive documentary
143(2)
performative documentary
145(4)
summary
149(1)
further reading
150(1)
the reception of film: the art and profession of film reviewing
151(28)
the four functions of film reviewing
153(1)
the four components of film reviewing
154(5)
Philip French on The English Patient
155(4)
evaluation
159(5)
summary
164(1)
five reviews of Minority Report
164(12)
further reading
176(3)
taking it further 179(9)
film studies on the internet
179(9)
useful addresses 188(4)
bibliography 192(6)
index 198

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