A Dictionary of Film Studies

Author: Annette Kuhn
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199587264
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 530

Book Description
This volume covers all aspects of film studies, including critical terms, concepts, movements, national and international cinemas, film history, genres, organizations, practices, and key technical terms and concepts. It is an ideal reference for students and teachers of film studies and anyone with an interest in film studies and criticism.

Critical Dictionary of Film and Television Theory

Author: Roberta Pearson
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134716982
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 731

Book Description
This Dictionary lays out the major theoretical approaches deployed in the study of the moving image as well as defining key theoretical terms. Contextual entries range from 500 to 3,000 words.

Dictionary of Film Terms

Author: Frank Eugene Beaver
Publisher: Peter Lang
ISBN: 9780820472980
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 306

Book Description
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Historical Dictionary of Middle Eastern Cinema

Author: Terri Ginsberg
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538139057
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 705

Book Description
To a substantial degree cinema has served to define the perceived character of the peoples and nations of the Middle East. This book covers the production and exhibition of the cinema of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabi, Yemen, Kuwait, and Bahrain, as well as the non-Arab states of Turkey and Iran, and the Jewish state of Israel. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Middle Eastern Cinema contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 500 cross-referenced entries on individual films, filmmakers, actors, significant historical figures, events, and concepts, and the countries themselves. It also covers the range of cinematic modes from documentary to fiction, representational to animation, generic to experimental, mainstream to avant-garde, and entertainment to propaganda. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Middle Eastern cinema.

A Dictionary of Media and Communication

Author: Daniel Chandler
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019105755X
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 722

Book Description
The most accessible and up-to-date dictionary of its kind, this wide-ranging A-Z covers both interpersonal and mass communication, in all their myriad forms, encompassing advertising, digital culture, journalism, new media, telecommunications, and visual culture, among many other topics. This new edition includes over 200 new complete entries and revises hundreds of others, as well as including hundreds of new cross-references. The biographical appendix has also been fully cross-referenced to the rest of the text. This dictionary is an indispensable guide for undergraduate students on degree courses in media or communication studies, and also for those taking related subjects such as film studies, visual culture, and cultural studies.

A Dictionary of Film Terms and Film Studies

Author: Andrzej Weseliński
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788323515173
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 112

Book Description

The Film Studies Dictionary

Author: Steve Blandford
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cinematography
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This volume is designed to bridge the gap between guides and dictionaries that are academic and theoretical and those that deal in technical jargon. It contains entries ranging from best boy and gaffer to those required by specialist students of film.

Historical Dictionary of Japanese Cinema

Author: Jasper Sharp
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810875411
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 565

Book Description
The cinema of Japan predates that of Russia, China, and India, and it has been able to sustain itself without outside assistance for over a century. Japanese cinema's long history of production and considerable output has seen films made in a variety of genres, including melodramas, romances, gangster movies, samurai movies, musicals, horror films, and monster films. It has also produced some of the most famous names in the history of cinema: Akira Kurosawa, Hayao Miyazaki, Beat Takeshi, Toshirô Mifune, Godzilla, The Ring, Akira, Rashomon, and Seven Samurai. The Historical Dictionary of Japanese Cinema is an introduction to and overview of the long history of Japanese cinema. It aims to provide an entry point for those with little or no familiarity with the subject, while it is organized so that scholars in the field will also be able to use it to find specific information. This is done through a detailed chronology, an introductory essay, and appendixes of films, film studios, directors, and performers. The cross-referenced dictionary entries cover key films, genres, studios, directors, performers, and other individuals. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Japanese cinema.

Cinema Studies: The Key Concepts

Author: Susan Hayward
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134587902
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 550

Book Description
This is the essential guide for anyone interested in film. Now in its second edition, the text has been completely revised and expanded to meet the needs of today's students and film enthusiasts. Some 150 key genres, movements, theories and production terms are explained and analyzed with depth and clarity. Entries include:* auteur theory* Blaxploitation* British New Wave* feminist film theory* intertextuality* method acting* pornography* Third World Cinema* Vampire movies.

New Vocabularies in Film Semiotics

Author: Robert Stam
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134963173
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 262

Book Description
First published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.