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An Introduction to Film ­Analysis
Technique and Meaning in Narrative Film

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Paperback, 288 pages
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United States, 1 August 2012

An Introduction to Film Analysis combines an introduction to filmmaking technique with rigorous and comprehensive training in film interpretation. Composed in an accessible style yet conversant with the latest, most advanced critical theories and methods, this innovative textbook can be reliably used on both the undergraduate and the graduate level. The book begins with chapters that familiarize students with the basic components of film technique. It connects technique to meaning and demonstrates, through numerous examples, how particular uses of film technique generate different meanings. Students will learn how films are made and how values are promoted, ideas communicated, and rhetorical arguments advanced through film technique. The second part of the book covers a range of interpretive methods, theories, and concerns. In each section, the author offers a sample reading of a film, followed by an "interpretive exercise" with suggestions for students to use in performing their own film interpretation. Carefully structured, beautifully written, and illustrated throughout, An Introduction to Film Analysis provides a thorough grounding in the subject for students around the world.


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An Introduction to Film Analysis combines an introduction to filmmaking technique with rigorous and comprehensive training in film interpretation. Composed in an accessible style yet conversant with the latest, most advanced critical theories and methods, this innovative textbook can be reliably used on both the undergraduate and the graduate level. The book begins with chapters that familiarize students with the basic components of film technique. It connects technique to meaning and demonstrates, through numerous examples, how particular uses of film technique generate different meanings. Students will learn how films are made and how values are promoted, ideas communicated, and rhetorical arguments advanced through film technique. The second part of the book covers a range of interpretive methods, theories, and concerns. In each section, the author offers a sample reading of a film, followed by an "interpretive exercise" with suggestions for students to use in performing their own film interpretation. Carefully structured, beautifully written, and illustrated throughout, An Introduction to Film Analysis provides a thorough grounding in the subject for students around the world.

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EAN
9780826430021
ISBN
0826430023
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160 illus
Dimensions
23.4 x 15.5 x 1.5 centimeters (0.45 kg)

Table of Contents

Introduction:
Meaning in Movies

Shot-by-Shot Analysis

Writing About Film: The Art of Active Viewing



Part One: Technique and Meaning





Chapter One - Composition

Chapter Two - Camera Work

Chapter Three - Editing

Chapter Four - Art Direction (Set, Lighting, Color, Sound)

Chapter Five - Narration

Chapter Six - Metaphor, Structure, Character, Motif

Chapter Seven - Film Style: Realism and Expressionism





Part Two: Critical Analysis





Chapter Eight - Historical Criticism

Chapter Nine - Structuralist Criticism

Chapter Ten - Psychological Criticism

Chapter Eleven - Ideological Criticism

Chapter Twelve - Gender Criticism

Chapter Thirteen - Ethnic Criticism

Chapter Fourteen - Political Criticism

Chapter Fifteen - Poststructuralist Criticism

Chapter Sixteen - Scientific Criticism: Evolutionary Theory








Index

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An innovative textbook combining an introduction to filmmaking technique with rigorous and comprehensive training in film interpretation.

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An innovative textbook combining an introduction to filmmaking technique with rigorous and comprehensive training in film interpretation.

About the Author

Michael Ryan is Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs in the School of Communications and Theater at Temple University, USA. He has taught film for thirty years at Northeastern University, Miami, University, and the University of Virginia. His books include Camera Politica: The Politics and Ideology of Contemporary Hollywood Film, Politics and Culture, Cultural Studies: An Anthology, and American Film: A Short History. He is editor of Politics and Culture: An International Review of Books. He is writing a book on American film and American literature entitled Make Believe: Political Argument in American Culture.

Melissa Lenos is a tenure-track Professor of Communication Media at Brookdale Community College, USA. Her primary research areas are narratology and Hollywood with a focus on film remakes. Her current project is an extension of her dissertation: Déjà View: Cultural Functions of Hollywood Remakes.

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Here is an ideal text for film study -- perfect for both beginning and advanced students. An exhaustive, thoughtful and entertaining single source that provides an insightful survey of film vocabulary, narrative, scene composition, camera work, art direction, and editing -- as well as an accessible introduction to the various schools of film theory. Michael Ryan and Melissa Lenos furnish everything needed to construct a compete film course with copious citations of apposite films to illustrate the many concepts introduced. This is sure to become a standard work for college film departments.--Mark Rosenthal is the writer of numerous feature films. He teaches film at Temple University and is a member of Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences

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