Description
Book SynopsisFilm Studies is a concise and indispensable introduction to the formal study of cinema. The second edition to this best-selling textbook adds two new chapters: “Film and Ideology” and “Film Studies in the Age of Digital Cinema.”
Trade ReviewSikov is remarkably clear in his explanation of the technical elements of film as well as conceptual matters.
Film Studies makes conceptually challenging material part of the introductory experience. -- Katherine Fusco, author of
Silent Film and U.S. Naturalist Literature: Time, Narrative, and ModernityTable of ContentsPreface: What This Book Is—and What It’s Not
Introduction: Representation and Reality
1. Mise-en-Scene: Within the Image
2. Mise-en-Scene: Camera Movement
3. Mise-en-Scene: Cinematography
4. Editing: From Shot to Shot
5. Sound
6. Narrative: From Scene to Scene
7. From Screenplay to Film
8. Filmmakers
9. Performance
10. Genre
11. Special Effects
12. Film and Ideology
13. Film Studies in the Era of Digital Cinema
14. Putting It Together: A Model 8- to 10-Page Paper
Glossary
Acknowledgments
Index
