Key Film Texts - Softcover

Roberts, Graham; Wallis, Heather

 
9780340762271: Key Film Texts

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This text aims to offer students of film a quick and easy introduction to 50 films which they are likely to encounter at 'A'level and first year undergraduate level. Each offers students a guide to production details, information on the film-makers and the institutional content of the film. It also explores issues of genre and stardom, the social and historical context, and questions of form and content. An introductory chapter introduces students to the core principles of reading films, and each entry ends with a list of other similar films to encourage students to broaden their viewings as required. The book covers films falling within the criteria of the WJEC AS/A level syllabus.

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Synopsis

This text aims to offer students of film a quick and easy introduction to 50 films which they are likely to encounter at 'A'level and first year undergraduate level. Each offers students a guide to production details, information on the film-makers and the institutional content of the film. It also explores issues of genre and stardom, the social and historical context, and questions of form and content. An introductory chapter introduces students to the core principles of reading films, and each entry ends with a list of other similar films to encourage students to broaden their viewings as required. The book covers films falling within the criteria of the WJEC AS/A level syllabus.

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ISBN 10:  0340807679 ISBN 13:  9780340807675
Publisher: Hodder Education, 2002
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