Film art : an introduction /
David Bordwell, Kristin Thompson.
- Tenth edition. International edition 2013.
- New York, NY : McGraw-Hill Education (Asia), c2013.
- xviii, 526 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
"Printed in the Philippines."--Copyright page.
"Exclusive rights by McGraw-Hill Global Education Holdings, LCC, 2 Penn Plaza, New York, NY 10121. Copyright 2013 by McGraw-Hill Global Education."--Copyright page.
Part 1. Film art and filmmaking -- Film as art: creativity, technology, and business -- Part 2. Film form -- The Significance of film form -- Narrative form -- Part 3. Film style -- The Shot: Mise-en-scene -- The Shot: cinematography -- The Relation of shot to shot: editing -- Sound in the cinema -- Summary: style as a formal system -- Part 4. Types of films -- Films genres -- Part 5. Critical analysis of films -- Film criticism: sample analyses -- Appendix: Writing a critical analysis of a film -- Part 6. Film history -- Historical changes in film art: conventions and choices, tradition and trends.
"Studying the arts isn't only about learning facts and concepts either, although both are important. In addition, studying the arts broadens our tastes. In eleven editions of Film Art, we've made reference to many well-known films but also to many that you've probably never heard of. This is part of our plan. We want to show that the world of cinema teems with a great many unexpected pleasures, and we hope to get you curious"--Provided by publisher.