Providing a comprehensive introduCtion to film studies,this book addresses techniques and terminology used in produCtion and criticism.It emphasizes thinking and writing critically and effoCtively about film.Organized in three parts,the authors focus on the fundamentals of film analysis before moving on to more complex topics.Parts I and II teach students to recognize how the components of film--narrative,mise en scbne,cinematography,editing and sound--work together to produce meaning within an individual fiJm text.Part Ill introduces readers to interpretive frameworks that treat cinema as a cultural institution.This section encourages readers to move beyond textual analysis and consider the relationship between film and cu1ture.Readers learn to form sophisticated arguments about film in cultural,historical and economic contexts.
Maria Pramaggiore is the director of women's and gender studies at North Carolina State University and has written numerous articles on film as well as gender and women\'s issues.Tom Wallis is director of the writing assistance Program at North Carolina State.Both authors have been teaching film studies for many years.
