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This book offers students an accessible introduction to the study of film. It aims to stimulate students' enjoyment and understanding of a wide range of different types of film, and to give them an awareness of the nature of cinema as a medium, as an art form and as a social and economic institution. It is designed to encourage an understanding of the nature of personal responses to film and help students make use of the critical languages that have been developed to understand the ways in which films and spectators construct meaning. As such, it develops students' sense of the context in which films are produced, disseminated and consumed. Contemporary film is seen in context by tracing its development from 1895 to the present, exploring film production in a variety of countries in a range of styles. Cinema is also placed within the wider context of the media in terms of the growth of multinational conglomerates and increasing globalisation.
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The glossary is worth the purchase price alone, covering succinct and accurate definitions of all the key terms needed in A/S film and higher. The layout is clear and more logical than most. Overall, it manages to cover notoriously difficult areas as thoroughly and accessibly as any other text that I have seen, and better than most - well worth a look for A/S film: two thumbs up! (The Lecturer (NATFHE journal) 2003-10-01)
This is a work of impressive range and authority, one certain to be welcomed as much by teachers as by students. (TES 2002-02-01)
About the Author:
This is a work of impressive range and authority, one certain to be welcomed as much by teachers as by students. (TES 2002-02-01)
Nathan Abrams is a Lecturer in in Film Studies at the University of Bangor. Ian Bell is a Lecturer in Video Production and Film Studies at West Herts College. Jan Udris is a Lecturer in Film Studies at Birkbeck College, University of London and Middlesex University.
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- PublisherHodder Arnold
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0340761334
- ISBN 13 9780340761335
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages336
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