An unpretentious guide for all those who want to learn to analyse, understand and evaluate films.
Film Studies: An Introduction provides an overview of the key areas in film studies, including aesthetics, narrative, genre, documentary films and the secrets of film reviewing. From Hitchcock and Tarantino to Spielberg and Bigelow, you will gain a critical understanding of legendary directors and the techniques and skills that are used to achieve cinematic effects. Whether you are a film studies student or just a film buff wanting to know more, this book will give you an invaluable insight into the exciting and incredibly fast-moving world of film.
Understand Film Studies includes:
Chapter 1: Film aesthetics: formalism and realism
Chapter 2: Film structure: narrative and narration
Chapter 3: Film authorship: the director as auteur
Chapter 4: Film genres: defining the typical film
Chapter 5: The non-fiction film: five types of documentary
Chapter 6: The reception of film: the art and profession of film viewing
Author(s): Warren Buckland
Series: Teach Yourself
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Year: 2015
Language: English
Pages: 238
Cover......Page 1
Book title......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 8
Introduction......Page 10
1 Film aesthetics: formalism and realism......Page 18
Set design......Page 21
Mise-en-shot......Page 24
Film sound......Page 37
Theoretical analysis of film aesthetics......Page 38
2 Film structure: narrative and narration......Page 48
Narrative structure......Page 49
Restricted and omniscient narration......Page 58
3 Film authorship: the director as auteur......Page 94
The origin of the auteur policy......Page 97
Style and themes in Alfred Hitchcock’s films......Page 110
The cinema of Wim Wenders......Page 116
The cinema of Kathryn Bigelow......Page 124
The contemporary auteur......Page 128
4 Film genres: defining the typical film......Page 136
Problems in the study of genres......Page 138
Genre film as myth......Page 139
New studies of melodrama......Page 141
Film noir......Page 154
1950s science fiction......Page 161
5 The non-fiction film: five types of documentary......Page 170
Expository documentary......Page 173
Observational documentary......Page 178
Interactive documentary......Page 180
Reflexive documentary......Page 186
Performative documentary......Page 188
6 The reception of film: the art and profession of film reviewing......Page 196
The four functions of film reviewing......Page 198
The four components of film reviewing......Page 200
Evaluation......Page 205
Three reviews of Interstellar......Page 210
Film studies on the internet......Page 218
Bibliography......Page 222
E......Page 234
L......Page 235
R......Page 236
Z......Page 237
