Film Studies: An Introduction (Film and Culture Series)

About this book

Ed Sikov builds a step-by-step curriculum for the appreciation of all types of narrative cinema detailing the essential elements of film form and systematically training the spectator to be an active reader and critic. Sikov primes the eye and mind in the special techniques of film analysis. His description of mise-en-scene helps readers grasp the significance of montage which in turn reveals the importance of a directors use of camera movement. He treats a number of fundamental factors in filmmaking including editing composition lighting the use of color and sound and narrative. Film Studies works with any screening list and can be used within courses on film history film theory or popular culture. Straightforward explanations of core critical concepts practical advice and suggested assignments on particular technical visual and aesthetic aspects further anchor the readers understanding of the formal language and anatomy of film.