Film Studies by Andrew Butler
This book offers a concise introduction to the appreciation and study of film. It begins with the nuts and bolts, an examination of how films are put together - framing, performance, setting, costume and editing - and then examines a number of approaches taken to film over the last half century - the auteur theory, structuralism, psychoanalysis, feminism, queer theory and so on. Applying these theories to films everyone will have seen, such as The Usual Suspects and Seven, the book also includes an overview of genres, national cinemas and film movements world-wide.
A crash course in the language of film studies -- Steven Poole * The Guardian Unlimited *
Andrew M Butler is Senior Lecturer Media and Cultural Studies at Canterbury Christ Church University College and author of the Pocket Essentials Terry Pratchett, Philip K Dick, Cyberpunk and, with Bob Ford, Postmodernism. He was the winner of the 2004 Pioneer Award and would collect shiny trousers in his spare time if he had any.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781904048084 |
| ISBN 10 | 1904048080 |
| Title | Film Studies |
| Author | Andrew Butler |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oldcastle Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2002-09-29 |
| Number of pages | 96 |
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