Film: A Critical Introduction 电影: 关键介绍

Updatedandexpandedforanewedition,thisistheperfectstartertextforstudentsoffilmstudies.Thebookillustratesbasicfilmconceptsincontextandindepth.Itaddressestechniquesandterminologyusedinfilmproductionandcriticism,emphasizingthinkingandwritingcriticallyandeffectively.Organizedinthreeparts,thetextfocusesonthefundamentalsoffilmanalysisbeforemovingontomorecomplextopics.PartsIandIIteachstudentstorecognizehowthecomponentsoffilm—narrative,miseenscène,cinematography,editingandsound—worktogethertoproducemeaningwithinanindividualfilmtext.PartIIIintroducesreaderstointerpretiveframeworksthattreatcinemaasaculturalinstitution.Thissectionencouragesreaderstomovebeyondtextualanalysisandconsidertherelationshipbetweenfilmandculture.Readerslearntoformsophisticatedargumentsaboutfilmincultural,historicalandeconomiccontexts.'Thistextisextremelywell-organizedandtheexamplescitedaredead-onandup-to-date….Thistextmakesbothcontemporaryandclassicalreferences,certaintomakeitspointcleartothosestudentswhoarebeginnersandwhohavenotseenmanyclassicalfilms.'WaltonJones,UniversityofCalifornia,SanDiego