An introduction to film studies /

An introduction to film studies / edited by Jill Nelmes - London ; New York : Routledge ; 1996 - xvii, 462 pages : ill, facsims, ports ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cinema as institution / Searle Kochberg -- Film : the place where art and technology meet / Chris Webster -- Film form and narrative / Allan Rowe -- Genre, star and auteur : an approach to Hollywood cinema / Patrick Phillips -- The documentary form : personal and social 'realities' ; Animation : forms and meanings / Paul Wells -- Women and film / Jill Nelmes -- Lesbian and gay cinema / Chris Jones -- British cinema : representing the nation / Lez Cooke -- The Soviet montage cinema of the 1920s / Mark Joyce -- An introduction to Indian cinema / Asha Kasbekar -- New German cinema / Julia Knight.

An Introduction to Film Studies is a comprehensive textbook for students of cinema. It provides a guide to the main concepts used to analyse the film industry and film texts, and also introduces some of the world's key national cinemas.

9780415108607 9780415108607 £16.99


Motion pictures
Motion pictures--Evaluation
Film criticism.
Motion picture plays--History and criticism
Performing Arts.
Films, cinema