Introduction to film studies - Jill Nelmes

Introduction to Film Studies is a comprehensive leadingtextbook for students of cinema. This completely revised and updatedfourth edition guides students through the key issues and concepts in film studies, traces the historical development of film and introduces some of the worlds key national cinemas. A range of theories and theorists are presented from Formalism to Feminism, from Eisenstein to Deleuze. Each chapter is written by a subject specialist, includingfour new authors,and a wide range of films are analysed and discussed. It islavishly illustrated with over 123 film stills and production shots, many of them in colour.Reviewed widely by teachers in the field and with a foreword by Bill Nichols,it will be essential reading for any introductory student of film, media studies or the visual arts worldwide.

Key features of thefourth edition are:

• full coverage of important topics for introductory level
• updated coverage of a wide range of concepts, theories and issues in film studies
• in-depth discussion of the contemporary film industry
• new chapters onRediscovering Film; Ethnicity,Race and Cinema; Documentary; Film, Form and Narrative; British Cinema; Approaches to Cinematic Authorship
• new case studies on films such as Bamboozled, Wild Strawberries, Run Lola Run, Grey Gardens, Grizzly Man, Boys Don't Cry, Love Actually, and many others
• marginal key terms, notes, cross-referencing
• suggestions for further reading, further viewing and a comprehensive glossary and bibliography
• website resources including updated popular case studies from previous editions, a chapter onGerman Cinemaandlinks tosupporting sites

Individual chapters introduce: Rediscovering Film Studies The Industrial Contexts of Film Production Film Form and Narrative Approaches to Cinematic Authorship Genre, Theory and Hollywood Cinema; Stardom and Hollywood Cinema Spectator, Audience and Response
The Documentary Form
The Language of Animation Gender and Film
Lesbian and Gay Cinema
Ethnicity, Race and Cinema - African American Film
British Cinema
Indian Cinema Soviet Montage Cinema of the 1920s
French New Wave

Contributors include: Chris Darke, Lalitha Gopalan,Terri Francis,Chris Jones, Mark Joyce, Searle Kochberg, Lawrence Napper,Jill Nelmes, Patrick Phillips, Suzanne Speidel, Paul Ward,Paul Watson, Paul Wells.