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Film Studies For Dummies
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Film Studies For Dummies

by James Cateridge
April 2015
Beginner content levelBeginner
408 pages
11h 43m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 1

Becoming a Fantastic Film Student

In This Chapter

arrow Starting your film studies journey

arrow Analysing the building blocks of film

arrow Appreciating the importance of films to the world

Film studies is about appreciating, understanding and explaining the greatest art form of the 20th century, which despite repeated predictions to the contrary is still going strong. The discipline involves research into and analysis of films, first and foremost, but also film-makers, film cultures, the film industry and film audiences.

To fulfil its aims, film studies borrows the best methods and theories from other academic areas, notably literary (or other cultural) studies and philosophy, as well as political science, sociology and psychology. In addition, analysing films uses similar tools to analysing paintings and photographs, but with the essential addition of movement.

If you already love film and want to become a film student, you’ve come to the right place. In this chapter, I take you through the basics of studying film: from learning how to watch films critically, to understanding the different types of film writing that you can use for research, to justifying the meaning and importance ...

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