Introduction to Film Studies is a comprehensive textbook for
students of cinema. This completely revised and updated fifth
edition guides students through the key issues and concepts in film
studies, traces the historical development of film and introduces
some of the worlds key national cinemas. A range of theories and
theorists are presented from Formalism to Feminism, from Eisenstein
to Deleuze. Each chapter is written by a subject specialist,
including two new authors for the fifth edition. A wide range of
films are analysed and discussed. It is lavishly illustrated with
150 film stills and production shots, in full colour throughout.
Reviewed widely by teachers in the field and with a foreword by
Bill Nichols, it will be essential reading for any introductory
student of film and media studies or the visual arts worldwide. Key
features of the fifth edition are: updated coverage of a wide range
of concepts, theories and issues in film studies in-depth
discussion of the contemporary film industry and technological
changes new chapters on Film and Technology and Latin American
Cinema new case studies on films such as District 9, Grizzly Man,
Amores Perros, Avatar, Made in Dagenham and many others marginal
key terms, notes, cross-referencing suggestions for further
reading, further viewing and a comprehensive glossary and
bibliography a new, improved companion website including popular
case studies and chapters from previous editions (including
chapters on German Cinema and The French New Wave), links to
supporting sites, clips, questions and useful resources. Individual
chapters include: The Industrial Contexts of Film Production * Film
and Technology * Getting to the Bigger * Picture Film Form and
Narrative * Spectator, Audience and Response * Cinematic authorship
and the film auteur * Stardom and Hollywood Cinema * Genre, Theory
and Hollywood Cinema The Documentary Form * The Language of
Animation * Gender and Film * Lesbian and Gay Cinema * Spectacle,
Stereotypes and Films of the African Diaspora * British Cinema *
Indian Cinema * Latin American Cinema * Soviet Montage Cinema of
the 1920s Contributors: Linda Craig, Lalitha Gopalan, Terri
Francis, Chris Jones, Mark Joyce, Searle Kochberg, Lawrence Napper,
Jill Nelmes, Patrick Phillips, Suzanne Speidel, Paul Ward, Paul
Watson, Paul Wells and William Wittington
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