Teach Yourself Film Studies
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- Synopsis
- To study film should not be thought of as an activity inferior to studying other arts, such as theatre, painting or opera, for two reasons. Firstly, film occupies a dominant place in society and because film is a popular medium, it should be studied seriously. Secondly, if the film student adopts a serious, responsible and critical approach to film, then film studies becomes as important as any other type of study. Ultimately, it is the student's attitude that justifies the study of film, not the nature or popularity of film. If the student takes his or her task seriously, then studying Steven Spielberg's film The Lost World: Jurassic Park becomes as important and legitimate as studying Shakespeare's play Hamlet, Hans Holbein's painting The Ambassadors or Mozart's opera The Magic Flute. the cinema is not so difficult to explain once you become familiar with the main critical tools film scholars use to analyse films. As a secondary aim, we shall look at films that are not easy to understand and we shall see what makes them difficult. By analysing the complex nature of difficult films we should be able to appreciate them more.
- Copyright:
- 2008
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 232 Pages
- Publisher:
- N/A
- Date of Addition:
- 06/14/09
- Copyrighted By:
- Warren Buckland
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Entertainment, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture
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- Digital Divide Data
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- Digital Divide Data
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.