Synopses & Reviews
This fourth edition of a best selling classic text has been comprehensively updated and revised to bring it up to date with contemporary film analysis and new material published.
Film as Social Practice follows on the heels of the still wide-selling third edition, and presents an introduction to cinema as an industry and entertainment form.
Primarily focusing on contemporary popular cinema with examples from Classical Hollywood cinema too, Graeme examines the social and cultural aspects of film culture such as audiences, exhibition (where people watch films), technology (how they watch them), and issues including race and gender.
This fourth edition now includes:
* an expanded treatment of special effects and spectacle
* inclusion of film theories discussion of the representation of race and ethnicity
* a thorough updating of individual film references
* a revised applications chapter that includes new contemporary examples
* added new illustrations from contemporary popular cinema.
Synopsis
This fourth edition of our bestselling classic text has been comprehensively updated and revised to include contemporary film analysis and recent films.
With a focus on contemporary popular cinema and examples from Classical Hollywood, Graeme Turner examines the social and cultural aspects of film from audiences and ideologies to exhibition and technology.
This fourth edition now includes:
- new sections dealing with debates about spectacle and special effects
- an extended treatment of sound and its contribution to cinema
- film theory 's discussion of the representation of race and ethnicity
- a thorough update of individual film references
- a revised applications chapter that includes new contemporary examples
- new illustrations from contemporary popular cinema.
Students of film studies, film practice and film theory will find this a welcome addition to their degree course studies.