| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) |
| Contents |
Chapter INTRODUCTION: What is Film Studies? What does it mean to study films? -- part PART 1 MAKING MEANING 1 (FS1) -- chapter 1 Film form: What is film construction? What does it mean to say a film has been 'put together'? -- chapter 2 Narrative: Aren't all films just stories? What is narrative structure? -- chapter 3 Genre: What is genre and why it is such an important term in Film Studies? -- chapter 4 OVERVIEW: How should we approach a film we have not seen before? -- chapter 5 PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF LEARNING -- part PART 2: PRODUCERS AND AUDIENCES -- HOLLYWOOD AND BRITISH CINEMA [FS2] -- chapter 6 FILMS AS PRODUCTS -- chapter 7 AUDIENCES AS FANS AND CONSUMERS -- chapter 8 STARS -- WHAT ARE THEY AND WHY DO WE HAVE THEM? -- chapter 9 HOLLYWOOD BACK IN THE DAY AND HOLLYWOOD TODAY -- OLD HOLLYWOOD AND NEW HOLLYWOOD / New Hollywood -- chapter 10 IS THE BRITISH FILM INDUSTRY IN ANY WAY DISTINCTIVE AND DIFFERENT? HOW DOES IT COPE WITH HAVING TO SURVIVE IN THE SHADOW OF HOLLYWOOD? -- chapter 11 New technologies in the film industry -- part PART 3: MESSAGES AND VALUES -- BRITISH AND IRISH CINEMA [FS3] -- chapter 12 INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FILMS AND THE EVERYDAY WORLD? -- chapter 13 THE 1940S: THE WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH -- chapter 14 SWINGING BRITAIN: 1963-1973 -- chapter 15 PASSIONS AND REPRESSIONS -- chapter 16 SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CONFLICT -- chapter 17 SCOTTISH CINEMA -- chapter 18 COMEDY |
| Summary |
AS Film Studies: The Essential Introduction gives students the confidence to tackle every part of the WJEC AS level Film Studies course. The authors, who have wide ranging experience as teachers, examiners and authors, introduce students step by step, to the skills involved in the study of film. The second edition follows the new WJEC syllabus for 2008 teaching onwards and has a companion website with additional resources for students and teachers.Specifically designed to be user friendly, the second edition of AS Film Studies: The Essential Introduction has a new text desig |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Motion pictures.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference.
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Motion pictures
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Motion pictures
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Motion pictures.
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Films.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gaffney, Freddie, 1964-
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White, John, 1956-
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| ISBN |
0203969545 |
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9780203969540 |
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9786610553396 |
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6610553394 |
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9780415393102 |
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0415393108 |
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