The Routledge companion to film history / edited by William Guynn.
Material type: TextPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2011.Description: xiii, 279 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0415776570 (pbk.)
- 0415776562 (hardback)
- 9780415776578 (pbk.)
- 9780415776561 (hardback)
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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 historyThe 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)