Seeing a film is only half the fun. The real joy comes from arguing about it in the pub or on the car journey home afterwards. But have you ever felt you needed to know a little 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 together - framing, performance, setting, costume and editing - and then examines a number of approaches taken to film over the last half century - the auteur theory, structuralism, ...
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Seeing a film is only half the fun. The real joy comes from arguing about it in the pub or on the car journey home afterwards. But have you ever felt you needed to know a little 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 together - framing, performance, setting, costume and editing - and then examines a number of approaches taken to film over the last half century - the auteur theory, structuralism, psychoanalysis, feminism, queer theory and so on. The last three sections offer an overview of genres, national cinemas and film movements from around the world. The ideas about film are applied to specific examples of cinema - not just to critical favourites like Hitchcock and Welles, but to films you will have seen, like The Usual Suspects and Seven, and directors like Steven Spielberg and Kevin Smith. With this book in your pocket you can gasp as directors break the 30??? rule, marvel as Oedipal Complexes are resolved, shudder as you become aware of your own voyeurism and tell your metteur en sc???ne from your mise en sc???ne. Going to the cinema may never be the same again...
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