The Routledge companion to film history

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Author:

Guynn, William Howard.

ISBN:

9780415776578

9780415776561

9780203841532

Publication Information:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2011.

Physical Description:

xiii, 279 p. ; 24 cm.

Contents:

Introduction -- Film history : a thematic approach. Natural magic: a short cultural history of moving images / Erkki Huhtamo -- Film as popular culture / Hilary Radner -- Film as art / Prakash Younger -- The stages of the film production process / William Guynn -- The evolution of sound in cinema / Jay Beck -- Experimental cinema / Wheeler Winston Dixon -- Documentary film / Brian Winston -- Animation / Norman M. Klein -- Filming difference / David Desser -- Making history through media / Marcia Landy -- Inscribing the historical : film texts in context / Rosemarie Scullion -- A critical dictionary : history, theory, technique.

Subject Term:

Motion pictures -- History.

Motion pictures -- Dictionaries.

Added Author:

Guynn, William Howard.

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Summary

The Routledge Companion to Film History is an indispensable guide for anyone studying film history for the first time. The approach taken presents a substantial and readable overview of the field and provides students with a tool of reference that will be valuable throughout their studies.

The volume is divided into two parts. The first is a set of eleven essays that approaches film history around the following themes:

History of the moving image Film as art and popular culture Production process Evolution of sound Alternative modes: experimental, documentary, animation Cultural difference Film's relationship to history

The second is a critical dictionary that explains concepts, summarizes debates in film studies, defines technical terms, describes major periods and movements, and discusses historical situations and the film industry. The volume as a whole is designed as an active system of cross-references: readers of the essays are referred to dictionary entries (and vice versa) and both provide short bibliographies that encourage readers to investigate topics.