Film Studies, Second Edition - An Introduction

Film 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."

List of contents

Preface: 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

About the author

Ed Sikov

Summary

Film 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.”

Product details

• Authors: Ed Sikov, Sikov Ed
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.06.2020
• EAN: 9780231195935
• ISBN: 978-0-231-19593-5
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Film and Culture Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Films, cinema, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Direction & Production, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Guides & Reviews, Film; guides; history