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Film Studies (Teach Yourself Educational) 0340697687 (Paperback - Used)

An unpretentious guide for all those who want to learn to analyse understand and evaluate films. Film Studies: An Introduction provides an overview of the key areas in film studies including aesthetics narrative genre documentary films and the... more

Genre and Beyond: A Film Studies Series: Black Lenses Black Voices : African American Film Now (Paperback)

Black Lenses Black Voices is a provocative look at films directed and written—and sometimes produced—by African Americans as well as black-oriented films whose directors and or screenwriters are not black. Taking us through the development of... more

Beyond the Bottom Line: The Producer in Film and Television Studies (Hardcover)

This is the first collection of original critical essays devoted to exploring the misunderstood neglected and frequently caricatured role played by the film producer. The editors introduction provides a conceptual and methodological overview arguing... more

Short Cuts Heritage Film: Nation Genre and Representation (Paperback)

This volume provides a comprehensive introduction to the critical debates around the heritage film from its controversial status in British cinema of the 1980s to its expansion into a versatile international genre in the 1990s and 2000s. This study... more

Heavenly Bodies: Film Stars and Society (Paperback)

Richard Dyer s classic study of movie stars and stardom has been updated with a new introduction by the author discussing the rise of celebrity culture and developments in the study of stars since publication of the first edition in 1986. Dyer s... more

Teaching Film and Media Studies: Teaching TV Sitcom (Paperback)

Using examples from TV sitcoms in Britain and the US this comprehensive and accessible guide provides an introduction to teaching this topic with practical advice on classroom approaches and reference to key critical and theoretical writing. more

European Film Theory and Cinema: A Critical Introduction (Paperback)

European Film Theory and Cinema explores the major film theories and movements within European cinema since the early 1900s. An original and critically astute study it considers film theory within the context of the intellectual climate of the last... more

Pre-Owned African Film: Re-Imagining a Continent (Paperback) 0253216435 9780253216434

In African Film: Re-imagining a Continent Josef Gugler provides an introduction to African cinema through an analysis of 15 films made by African filmmakers. These directors set out to re-image Africa; their films offer Western viewers the... more

Pre-Owned An Introduction to Film Studies 9780415262699

One of the leading textbooks for students of cinema this revised and updated thirdedition guides students through the key issues and concepts in film studies and introduces some of the world s key national cinemas. CONDITION – USED: Books sold... more

Short Cuts: Documentary: The Margins of Reality (Paperback)

In using case studies such as Touching the Void (2003) and the films of Nick Broomfield this timely introduction to the growing field of documentary explores the definition and understanding of the form as well as the relationship between... more

Pre-Owned African Cinemas: Decolonizing the Gaze Paperback Olivier Barlet

An introduction to the cinema cultures of Africa. It traces the development of African cinema from colonisation to Afrocentrism analyzing specific films and exploring the social and economic contexts of the African cinema and television industry.... more