Film Fourth Edition

Name: Film Fourth Edition
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SKU: 9781786275776
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A Critical Introduction

By Maria Pramaggiore and Tom Wallis

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Film Fourth Edition offers an updated and comprehensive introduction to film studies, ideal for students and newcomers. It covers a wide array of film concepts, techniques, and terminology using over 450 visual examples from classic to contemporary films. This edition incorporates modern developments such as digital technology and recent cultural movements like #MeToo, expanding its relevance and scope.
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This book is well-suited for students beginning their exploration of film studies, educators seeking a thorough introductory text, and anyone interested in understanding film production and criticism within cultural and historical contexts.

Updated and expanded for a new edition, this is the perfect starter text for students of film studies

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Updated and expanded for a new edition, this is the perfect starter text for students of film studies. Packed full of visual examples from all periods of film history up to the present, Film: A Critical Introduction illustrates film concepts in context and in depth, addressing techniques and terminology used in film production and criticism, and emphasising thinking and writing critically and effectively.

With reference to 450 new and existing images, the authors discuss contemporary films and film studies scholarship, as well as recent developments in film production and exhibition, such as digital technologies and new modes of screen media.

New features in the fourth edition:

Expanded discussion of changing cultural and political contexts for film and media industries, including #MeToo, #TimesUp, and #OscarsSoWhite
Updated examples drawing from both contemporary and classic films in every chapter highlight that film studies is a vibrant and growing field
New closing chapter expands the book's theoretical framework, linking foundational concepts in cinema studies to innovative new scholarship in media and screen studies
Thoroughly revised and updated discussions of auteur theory, the long-take aesthetic, ideology in the superhero film and more

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781786275776

Publisher: Laurence King Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 13 January 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Laurence King Publishing

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 203.0mm

Height: 253.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 472

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Arts & Culture Laurence King Publishing Maria Pramaggiore Non-Fiction Tom Wallis

About the Author

Maria Pramaggiore is Professor of Media Studies and Dean of Graduate Studies at Maynooth University in Co. Kildare, Ireland. Her publications explore topics in gender and sexuality, documentary, Irish film, and animal studies. Tom Wallis has taught film and media studies at North Carolina State University and University College Dublin. He is part of the Communications team at the University of North Carolina System Office and serves on the Selection Committee for Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in Durham, North Carolina.