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Want to pull back the curtain on film? This hands-on, friendly guide unravels the complexities of film and helps you put cinema into a cultural context. You'll get an easy-to-follow introduction to different film genres and styles, learn about the history of cinema, get to know who makes up a filmmaking team, explore global cinema from Hollywood to Bollywood and much more.
Film Studies For Dummies will open your mind to how the film industry works and help you to discover the impact of film on popular culture. You'll get easy-to-read information on analyzing and critiquing film from a range of theoretical, historical and critical perspectives, and learn how people communicate ideas in film. You'll also be able to shine a light on how stories are developed in movies, understand how a storyline is related to broader issues in society and become a well-versed and insightful film student.
- Covers the narrative, artistic, cultural, economic and political implications of cinema
- Provides conceptual frameworks for understanding a film's relationship to reality
- Explores how people tell stories and communicate ideas in film
- Helps you excel as a student of film
Whether you're planning to study film, a humanities student with a forthcoming module on film or a film enthusiast wondering if this might be the future for you, Film Studies For Dummies has you covered.
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James Cateridge is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at Oxford Brookes University. He researches and teaches British cinema, film policy and the international film industry. James has also worked with the Arts Council of England and as a film journalist for the London Film Festival.
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Introduction 1
Part I: Getting Started with Film Studies 5
Chapter 1: Becoming a Fantastic Film Student 7
Chapter 2: Putting Words and Pictures into Motion: The Film-Making Team 25
Chapter 3: Watching the Stars Come Out: Film Stars, and Why We Love Them 47
Chapter 4: Building Movie Stories 67
Part II: Taking All Types: Genres, Modes and Style 89
Chapter 5: Distinguishing Films by Type: Genres and Style 91
Chapter 6: Getting Animated about Animation 123
Chapter 7: Leading from the Front: Avant-Garde Film 141
Chapter 8: Getting Real: The Truth about Documentary 157
Part III: Travelling a World of Wonders: Global Cinema 177
Chapter 9: Bringing Hollywood into Focus 179
Chapter 10: Enjoying the British Invasion: From Brit-Grit to Frock Flicks 201
Chapter 11: Admiring European Films: Culture and Commerce 221
Chapter 12: Mixing Monsters, Musicals and Melodrama: World Cinema 241
Part IV: Bringing In the Big Ideas: Theories and Beyond 261
Chapter 13: Theorising about Film: How Movies Work 263
Chapter 14: Praising Great Directors: Auteur Theory 283
Chapter 15: Exploring New Approaches to Film Theory – and Beyond 307
Chapter 16: Outliving Celluloid: Cinema in the 21st Century 325
Part V: The Part of Tens 343
Chapter 17: Ten Film Writers You Need to Read 345
Chapter 18: Ten Must-Watch Movies 353
Chapter 19: Ten Film-Makers You Need to Know Better 363
Chapter 20: Ten Tips for Becoming a Film Student 371
Index 379
