Film Studies, Second Edition: An Introduction

by Ed Sikov

Book Overview

Film Studies is a concise and indispensable introduction to the formal study of cinema. Ed Sikov offers a step-by-step curriculum for the appreciation of all types of narrative cinema, detailing the essential elements of film form and systematically training the spectator to be an active reader and critic. He treats a number of fundamental factors in filmmaking, including editing, composition, lighting, the use of color and sound, and narrative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231195931
• ISBN13: 9780231195935
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 10.0"