Film Theory: Creating a Cinematic Grammar

Felicity Colman

Published by Columbia University Press 2014

Film Theory

Creating a Cinematic Grammar

Felicity Colman

In the series Short Cuts

https://doi.org/10.7312/colm16973

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About this book

Film Theory addresses the core concepts and arguments created or used by academics, critical film theorists, and filmmakers

Author / Editor information

Felicity Colman is reader in screen media at the Manchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. She is the author of Deleuze and Cinema: The Film Concepts (2011) and the editor of Film, Theory and Philosophy: The Key Thinkers (2009).

Reviews

In her concise but also unconventional account Colman challenges readers, refusing to shy away from film theory's complexity or from deliberate provocation... Refreshing... Impressive...

Richard Rushton, Lancaster University:
Succint yet detailed, comprehensive, engaging and entertaining, this volume astutely charts the importance and continuing relevance of theory for film studies. It is also polemical and original insofar as it debunks a range of misconceptions relating to film theory, while also offering insights into challenging new theoretical domains.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Introduction: The Written Matter of a Cinematic Grammar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Models Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
2. Technology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
3. Spectators Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
Conclusion: Film Theory as Practice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129

Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 144
Illustrations
- Other: 40 B&W

eBook

Published: September 16, 2014
ISBN: 9780231850605