Film Studies – The Pocket Essential Guide Audiobook (Free)

Almost everything you should know in a single essential guide

Viewing a film is only half the fun. The real joy originates from arguing about it later on in the pub or over the trip home. But have you ever felt you had a need to know a bit more?

This book offers a concise introduction to the appreciation and study of film. This second model begins with an examination of early film theory before analysing how films are put jointly ‘ framing, functionality, setting, costume and editing. After that it explores a number of approaches taken to film over the last fifty percent hundred years ‘ the auteur theory, structuralism, psychoanalysis, feminism, and queer theory with a new section on Marxism. There are also overviews on celebrities, genres, nationwide cinemas and film actions from all over the world.

With this publication in your pocket you can gasp as directors break the 30′ guideline, marvel as Oedipus complexes are resolved, shudder as you feel aware of your own voyeurism and tell your metteur en sc’ne from your own mise en sc’ne. Going to the movie theater may never be the same again…