Film studies : a global introduction /

Davis, Glyn (Reader in Screen Studies)

Film studies : a global introduction / Glyn Davis, Kay Dickinson, Lisa Patti, Amy Villarejo. - xv, 530 p. : 26 cm.

Why are movies made? Introduction -- Cinema as entertainment -- Cinema as self-expression -- Cinema as informative -- Film and politics -- Film as a commodity -- How do movies get made? Introduction -- Starting points -- Film production practices -- Film labour -- Interlude on film form -- Where do movies go? Introduction -- Marketing -- Distribution -- Exhibition -- Evaluative contexts -- The longevity of films -- How are movies experienced? -- Pleasure and desire -- Identification and identity -- Transformation -- Writing about cinema.

9780415734349 (hardback) 9781405859189 (pbk.)

2014016429


Motion pictures.
Motion picture industry.
20160300.
Cine--Historia y crítica.
Industria cinematográfica.
Cine.
Cine--Producción y dirección.

PN 1995 / D261f 2014

791.43