A Short Guide to Writing about Film

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About the BookBoth an introduction to film study and a practical writing guide, this brief text introduces students to film terms and the major film theories, enabling them to write more critically. With numerous student and professional examples along the way, this engaging and practical guide progresses from taking notes and writing first drafts to creating polished essays and comprehensive research projects. Moving from movie reviews to theoretical and critical essays, the text demonstrates how an analysis of a film becomes more subtle and rigorous as part of a compositional process.For Sale in Indian subcontinent onlyFeaturesBriefly presents several approaches to film analysis and writing about film–auteurs, genres, ideology, kinds of formalism, and national cinemas. Introduces students to a range of film terms and topics–mise-en-scéne, point-of-view, composition, and realism Each chapter concludes with short writing exercises that help students view, evaluate, and write about film more critically. A comprehensive Glossary allows students to accurately describe their observations of the details of film practice. Photos feature pedagogical direction in the captions.ContentsWriting about The Movies Beginning to Think, Preparing to Watch, and Starting to Write Film Terms and Topics for Film Analysis and Writing Six Approaches to Writing about Film Style and Structure in Writing Researching the Movies Manuscript Form