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The Routledge companion to film history / edited by William Guynn.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2011.Description: xiii, 279 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0415776570 (pbk.)
  • 0415776562 (hardback)
  • 9780415776578 (pbk.)
  • 9780415776561 (hardback)
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Contents:
Introduction -- Film history : a thematic approach. Natural magic: a short cultural history of moving images / Erkki Huhtamo -- Film as popular culture / Hilary Radner -- Film as art / Prakash Younger -- The stages of the film production process / William Guynn -- The evolution of sound in cinema / Jay Beck -- Experimental cinema / Wheeler Winston Dixon -- Documentary film / Brian Winston -- Animation / Norman M. Klein -- Filming difference / David Desser -- Making history through media / Marcia Landy -- Inscribing the historical : film texts in context / Rosemarie Scullion -- A critical dictionary : history, theory, technique.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The Routledge Companion to Film History is an indispensable guide for anyone studying film history for the first time. The approach taken presents a substantial and readable overview of the field and provides students with a tool of reference that will be valuable throughout their studies.

The volume is divided into two parts. The first is a set of eleven essays that approaches film history around the following themes:

History of the moving image Film as art and popular culture Production process Evolution of sound Alternative modes: experimental, documentary, animation Cultural difference Film's relationship to history

The second is a critical dictionary that explains concepts, summarizes debates in film studies, defines technical terms, describes major periods and movements, and discusses historical situations and the film industry. The volume as a whole is designed as an active system of cross-references: readers of the essays are referred to dictionary entries (and vice versa) and both provide short bibliographies that encourage readers to investigate topics.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-273) and index.

Introduction -- Film history : a thematic approach. Natural magic: a short cultural history of moving images / Erkki Huhtamo -- Film as popular culture / Hilary Radner -- Film as art / Prakash Younger -- The stages of the film production process / William Guynn -- The evolution of sound in cinema / Jay Beck -- Experimental cinema / Wheeler Winston Dixon -- Documentary film / Brian Winston -- Animation / Norman M. Klein -- Filming difference / David Desser -- Making history through media / Marcia Landy -- Inscribing the historical : film texts in context / Rosemarie Scullion -- A critical dictionary : history, theory, technique.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Contributors (p. vii)
  • Editor's introduction (p. xi)
  • Part I Film history: a thematic approach (p. l)
  • 1 Natural magic: a short cultural history of moving images (p. 3)
  • 2 Film as popular culture (p. 16)
  • 3 Film as art (p. 27)
  • 4 The stages of the film production process (p. 39)
  • 5 The evolution of sound in cinema (p. 64)
  • 6 Experimental cinema (p. 77)
  • 7 Documentary film (p. 84)
  • 8 Animation (p. 92)
  • 9 Filming "difference" (p. 103)
  • 10 Making history through media (p. 115)
  • 11 Inscribing the historical: film texts in context (p. 127)
  • Part II A critical dictionary: history, theory, technique (p. 139)
  • Critical dictionary (p. 141)
  • Bibliography (p. 259)
  • Index (p. 274)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

William Guynn is Emeritus Professor of Art (Cinema) at Sonoma State University, California, USA. His previous publications include Writing History in Film (Routledge, 2006).

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