A Level Film Studies

Autorentext

Sarah Casey Benyahia is Head of Film Studies at Colchester Sixth Form College. She is the author of Crime (2011), 'Between Place and Non-Place: Disrupting the Categorizations of the Past in Ida' in S. Allen and K. Møllegaard (eds), Narratives of Place in Literature and Film (2019), and co-author of Doing Film Studies (2012).

John White is the author of Westerns (2011), European Art Cinema (2017), and The Contemporary Western: An American Genre Post-9/11 (2019). He is co-editor of The Routledge Encyclopedia of Films (2014).

Freddie Gaffney is a lecturer, screenwriter, and filmmaker. He is co-author of AS Film Studies: The Essential Introduction, 2nd edn (2008) and On Screenwriting (2009).

Klappentext

Written by WJEC examiners and matched to the specification and upcoming changes. Establishes a basic understanding, then develops knowledge while challenging students to consider new films and ideas.

Zusammenfassung
This essential book covers the key areas for A Level Film Studies students, building confidence through a careful, step-by-step approach.

Inhalt

Introduction: This is Film Studies

Part I: Film Form and Analysis

Chapter 1: Mise en scène

Chapter 2: Cinematography

Chapter 3: Editing

Chapter 4: Sound

Chapter 5: Performance

Part II: Theoretical Approaches and Critical Debates

Chapter 6: Narrative and Genre

Chapter 7: Representation and Ideology

Chapter 8: Spectatorship and Audience Studies

Chapter 9: Authorship

Chapter 10: Historical, Social, and Cultural Contexts

Part III: Hollywood and US Cinema

Chapter 11: Classic Hollywood, 1930-1960

Chapter 12: New Hollywood, 1961-1990

Chapter 13: Contemporary American Cinema

Part IV: National Cinemas, Global Cinema, and Arthouse Film

Chapter 14: Contemporary British Cinema

Chapter 15: European Film

Chapter 16: Global Film

Part V: Further Varieties of Film Experience

Chapter 17: Silent Cinema

Chapter 18: Experimental Film

Chapter 19: Documentary Film: Theory and Practice

Part VI: Understanding Film through Creative Practice

Chapter 20: Researching and Constructing a Short Film: Narrative Construction

Index