Understanding the Film

By Ron Johnson

Book Overview

Understanding the Film explores the art of film making and offers insight into classic as well as contemporary motion pictures, from King Kong and Citizen Kane to Forrest Gump and Braveheart . The... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817429034
• ISBN13: 9780817429034
• Release Date: January 1976
• Publisher: Skokie, Illinois: National Textbook Company, 1976
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Very useful

When I prepared to introduce film appreciation to my 9th graders, I found this book a good teacher resource. It not only gives a comprehensive overview of all aspects of the film industry (history, production and editing techniques, profiles of actors, directors, producers, film reviews and studies, list of good films, etc), but also provides compellings reasons for why film should be studied in the classroom. Movies are indeed the novel of 21st century, and this book is helpful for understanding why.