A short guide to writing about film
- Author/Creator:
- Corrigan, Timothy, 1951-
- Publication/Creation:
- Boston : Pearson, [2015]
- Resource Type:
- Book
- Edition:
- Ninth edition.
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- Full Title:
- A short guide to writing about film / Timothy Corrigan with Graham Corrigan
Subjects/Genre
- Subjects:
- Film criticism
Description/Summary
- Table of Contents:
- Writing about the movies -- Beginning to think, preparing to watch, and starting to write -- Film terms and topics for film analysis and writing -- Six approaches to writing about film -- Style and structure in writing -- Researching the movies -- Manuscript form.
- Summary:
- Both an introduction to film study and a practical writing guide, this brief text introduces students to major film theories as well as film terminology, enabling them to write more thoughtfully and critically. With numerous student and professional examples, this engaging and practical guide progresses from taking notes and writing first drafts to creating polished essays and comprehensive research projects. Moving from movie reviews to theoretical and critical essays, the text demonstrates how an analysis of a film can become more subtle and rigorous as part of a compositional process --
- Language:
- English
- Physical Type/Description:
- xii, 194 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 9936517954502486
- ISBN:
- 9780321965301 (instructor's edition)
0321965302 (instructor's edition)
9780321965240 (student's edition)
0321965248 (student's edition)
9780321996480 (ALC edition)
0321996488 (ALC edition) - OCLC Number:
- 879119504
- Barcode:
- 050000090895
050000090892
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