Warren Buckland provides a clear and accessible introduction that explains how narrative and narration work using straightforward language. He distills the basic components of cinematic storytelling into a set of core concepts.
Wes Anderson's Symbolic Storyworld presents a theoretical investigation of whatmakes the films of Wes Anderson distinctive. Chapter by chapter, it relentlessly pulls apart each of Anderson's narratives to pursue the proposition that they all share the same deep underlying symbolic values – a common symbolic storyworld. Taking the polemical strategy of outlining and employing Claude Lévi-Strauss's distinguished (and notorious) work on myth and kinship to analyze eight of Anderson's films, Warren Buckland unearths the peculiar symbolic structure of each film, plus the circuits of exchange, tangible and intangible gift giving, and unusual kinship systems that govern the lives of Anderson's characters. He also provides an analysis of Wes Anderson's visual and aural style, identifying several distinctive traits of Anderson's mise en scène.
'A perfect balance between clarity and intellectual complexity' Sight and Sound. Written by a leading expert and practising university teacher, Film Studies gives you all the key knowledge and information you need to understand film studies quickly and easily.
The book delves into the tension between cognitive film theory, which emphasizes the psychological processes of viewers, and contemporary film theory, which often focuses on cultural and ideological contexts. Warren Buckland explores how these differing perspectives shape our understanding of film, analyzing their implications for film analysis and interpretation. Through this examination, the work invites readers to reconsider the ways in which films are experienced and understood, highlighting the complexities of cinematic engagement.
This reference book for film studies students and film buffs gives a chronological history of cinema and film with an analysis of the different genres of films and directors, from Westerns to Sci-Fi and Hitchcock to Tarantino. Technology and effects are fully discussed and explained to give an insight and understanding of this medium.
Understand Film Studies is a comprehensive introduction to the exciting world of film.
The book delves into the contentious debate surrounding the contributions of Orson Welles and Herman J. Mankiewicz to a landmark film, providing a thorough analysis of their respective roles in its creation. It examines the historical context, the creative dynamics between the two figures, and the impact of their collaboration on cinematic history. Through detailed research and insights, the author aims to clarify misunderstandings and offer a definitive perspective on this pivotal moment in film.
This 1949 work investigates the arguments and theories of writers on jurisprudence so far as they make contact with positive law.
In Film Theory: Rational Reconstructions, Warren Buckland asks a series of questions about how film theory gets written in the first place: How does it select its objects of study and its methods of inquiry? How does it make discoveries and explain filmic phenomena? And, How does it formulate and solve theoretical problems? He asks these questions of film theory through a rational reconstruction and a classical commentary. Both frameworks clarify and reformulate vague and inexact expressions, redefine obscure concepts, and examine the underlying logic of film theory arguments. This not only subjects film theory to rigorous examination; it also teaches students how to write theory, by enabling them to question and critically interrogate the logic of previous film theory arguments. The book consists of nine chapters that closely examine a series of canonical film books and essays in great detail, by Peter Wollen, Laura Mulvey, Thomas Elsaesser, Stephen Heath, and Slavoj Zizek, among others.
Wiele osób zadaje sobie pytanie na czym polega sekret robienia wielkich kinowych przebojów. Chociaż mnóstwo pozycji zostało napisanych na temat kina artystycznego, nie ma praktycznie poważnych analiz filmów komercyjnych. Książką Reżyseria Steven Spielberg Warren Buckland zapełnia tę lukę.... číst celé