Understanding Film Texts: Meaning and Experience (Distributed for the British Film Institute),Used

Understanding Film Texts: Meaning and Experience (Distributed for the British Film Institute),Used

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Product Description Part of a new introductory series, this book makes accessible and ordinary the ideas and procedures of film studies. Using a variety of critical thought about film texts, the author's approach is grounded in the experience of the student as a cinemagoer. The book is organized around three accessible, nonspecialist experiences of film: story, character, and spectacle. Through these, an introduction is offered to film specific studies. Each chapter makes detailed references to two films. The choice of films is contemporary and diversefrom E.T. to A Chinese Ghost Story, from Once Were Warriors to Romeo and Juliet, from Sliding Doors to Secrets and Lies. The author uses close study of specific sequences in order to develop an introductory level understanding and appreciation of key elements of film form such as miseenscene and editing. Throughout, the emphasis is placed on how meaning is made in the interaction between film "text" and spectator. The close study of specific film text is also used as the basis for opening up broader issues and ideas in film studies. Review "A text that so frequently prods students into closely examining the nature and reasons for their own reactions to films merits a wider audience."Times Educational Supplement About the Author Patrick Phillips teaches at Middlesex University, is Chief Examiner, WJEC, A level "Film Studies" and is the author of a variety of articles about cinema and how to teach it.

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