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Although the scope is not as wide as Stams study, this book also provides an overview of some of the major film theories from 1945 onwards. Altogether, this book provides an inlet into the ongoing debates that are concerned with the transition from analogue to digital technology, and the ontological implications this shift has for cinema and its study. To learn how to manage your cookie settings, please see our Cookie Policy. The E-Book Central service provides access to e-books purchased on the ProQuest platform. Richard Barsam and Dave Monahan, Looking at the Movies: An Introduction to Film (New York: WW Norton, 2012, 4th edition). On the back of their critical success, over the next decade and a half, Naples became a thriving centre for film [], With the recent release of spectacular blockbuster films from Gladiator to The Lord of the Rings trilogy, the epic has once again become a major form in contemporary cinema. h'^}?6L;\_Ig$~,y:qDD\ET/HNr{^a}u;|/g }Aai+Wfv9E#k
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NEW! The eleven chapters [], A comprehensive analysis of the historical filma popular and controversial genre thats been with us since the early days of cinemaand Hollywoods unique ability to reshape our viewpoints while it sensually recreates the past. You can access your course reading lists in Blackboard. If you find that we dont hold a book, report, journal article or conferencepaper that you need, you can use ourInter-Library Loansservice. A good foundation in film style and form is necessary to develop before moving on to the other areas of film studies. Within these broad divisions, there are several subdivisions to account for different national cinemas, trends and movements from around the world. Students are encouraged to acquire the following book, and to read it extensively before September. 1 0 obj
<> Oxford Bibliographies Online (OBO) helps researchers quickly find reliable sources of information by directing them to specific chapters, books, websites, archives, or data. It discusses the status of cinema as an art form, whether there is a language of film, realism in cinema, cinematic authorship, intentionalist and constructivist theories of interpretation, cinematic narration, [], This is the first detailed history of Spanish cinema written in English for English readers. Alternatively, you can also watch this video, along with others on similar topics, at the Cinema Scholar YouTube channel. Your subject-specific guide to using library resources. Moving Color: Early Film, Mass Culture, Modernism, Creating the Witness: Documenting Genocide on Film, Video, and the Internet, Stellar Encounters: Stardom in Popular European Cinema, War-torn Tales: Literature, Film and Gender in the Aftermath of World War II, John Mills and British Cinema: Masculinity, Identity and Nation, Scotland: Global Cinema Genres, Modes and Identities, Beauty and the Beast: Italianness in British Cinema, Film Nation: Hollywood Looks at U.S. History. Audio-Vision: Sound on Screen Michel Chion, Affiliate Link: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Audio-Vision-by-Michel-Chion-Claudia-Gorbman-editor/9780231185899?a_aid=cinemascholar&a_cid=11111111. 1. %Irv
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It is worthwhile carrying out a search on Google Books to see if a book is available to view online. After which, you will then be in a good position to broach the more theoretical and philosophical works on cinema. Regarded as an English everyman, his performances crossed the class divide and, in his easy transition from below decks to above, he [], A Philosophy of Cinematic Art is a systematic study of cinema as an art form, showing how the medium conditions fundamental features of cinematic artworks. Vito and the Others (1991), Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician (1992) and Libera (1993), the debuts of three young Neapolitan filmmakers, stood out dramatically from the landscape of Italian cinema in the early 1990s. <>
In this article, I go over my experience with the application process for the Master of Arts Screen in Documentary offered by AFTRS. However, this book differs in that it is divided into three broader areas: Silent Cinema 1895 1930, Sound Cinema 1930 1960, and the Modern Cinema 1960 1995. The fifth edition is due to be published in June 2021 and, like the latest edition of Film Art, has also been co-authored by Jeff Smith. Find out about the books you need from your module reading lists, recommendations from academic staff and student recommendations too! 4 0 obj Ive included this book because it addresses head-on one of the most contested topics in Film Studies, especially now in the digital age, and that is: the constantly evolving ontology of film, and how this relates to the future of Film Studies as a discipline. Dina Iordanova discusses issues of representation history, identity, minorities, national discourse related to this little-known cinematic tradition in the period since 1989. Instead, Mulhall believes films themselves have the ability to reflect on and evaluate philosophical arguments just as philosophers do (3 4). The guide covers terms youll come across frequently in writing on cinema, and includes a breakdown of the different formal techniques in cinematography, editing, and sound. Each topic has an editorial commentary to show how the cited sources are interrelated. This book provides an overview of many of the major theories that have been used to contemplate cinema, including montage theory, phenomenology, the Frankfurt school, auteur theory, structuralism and poststructuralism, psychoanalysis, feminism, queer theory, the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze, postcolonialism, postmodernism, among many others. Chion also goes over one of his most notable contributions to the field, that is a lexicon that includes terms coined by Chion himself, such as acousmatic sound and acousmtre, which impart a more precise understanding of image-sound relations. xcL! When compiling this list, I tried to cover the three broad areas that most undergraduate courses in Film Studies will cover: 1) film style and form, 2) film history, and 3) film theory and philosophy. Informa UK Limited, an Informa Plc company. Seventh on the list is Film as Film by V.F. All volumes are also individually listed on Library Search. Although, the scope is not quite as broad as Bordwell and Thompsons book, Nowell-Smith has arranged this study of film history with the help of various contributors, with most sub-divisions written by an expert in that particular field. 5. Film Theory: An Introduction Through the Senses Thomas Elsaesser/Malte Hagener, Affiliate Link: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Film-Theory-by-Thomas-Elsaesser-author-Malte-Hagener-author/9781138824300?a_aid=cinemascholar&a_cid=11111111. Perkins writes in a style that is accessible and avoids unnecessary jargon where possible. As such, the final book on this list is Audio-Vision: Sound on Screen by Michel Chion. From a historical and comparative approach, Torchins broad survey of media and the social practices around it investigates the development of popular understandings of genocide to achieve recognition and responseboth political and judicialultimately calling on viewers to act on behalf of human rights. The Library subscription provides access to the full-text of some of the books in the following subject collections: Economics and FinanceHistoryLawLinguisticsPhilosophyPolitical SciencePublic Health and EpidemiologyReligion. Eighth on the list is On Film by Stephen Mulhall. Montgomery Clift, Queer Star offers a comprehensive critical assessment of Clift through classic texts of queer criticism, as well as new interventions in the field. Perkins. [], Within the intertwined areas of film, TV and media research, studies of stardom have developed into a rich field with numerous approaches. Below you can find the video version of this article. Notably, Elsaesser and Hagener have divided the book into 7 distinct chapters that each explore a certain relationship between the mind and body of the spectator and the screen, grouping certain theories together according to their shared interest in a leading question underpinning each configuration. EThOS aims to provide a national aggregated record of all doctoral theses awarded by UK Higher Education institutions and free access to the full text of as many theses as possible for use by all researchers. The Virtual Life of Film D.N. In this article, I will go over a list of ten texts that in my experience, as a student of film at both an undergraduate and postgraduate level, provide a good introduction to the field of Film Studies. Girelli draws [], From Iceland to Iran, from Singapore to Scotland, a growing intellectual and cultural wave of production is taking cinema beyond the borders of its place of origin: exploring faraway places, interacting with barely known peoples, and making new localities imaginable. It allows users to see and understand the structure of the films, character development, beginnings and endings, plot points and scenes. Copyright 2020 University of St Andrews is a charity registered in Scotland, No SC013532. Index to published proceedings for international conferences, symposia, seminars, colloquia, workshops and conventions across a wide range of disciplines. The main classification numbers for books are as follows: //