Film Appreciation Through Genres Paperback - 2019
by Michael Patrick Gillespie
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Many intelligent, enthusiastic individuals approach conversations about films as an extension of the pleasures derived while watching them. Love for movies and enthusiasm for discussion makes many people want to attain a better understanding of what they have seen and to develop a greater skill in talking articulately about their experiences. This sophisticated midpoint between theorizing and plot summary is not as difficult to achieve as some might assume, and "it's so cool" should only be the starting point.
Since their introduction just before the turn of the last century, the vast majority of narrative films have followed the same structure, a method that eventually came to be called Classic Hollywood Cinema. Using that basic narrative form, a range of different types or genres emerged to explore particular themes and issues from clearly defined assumptions and perspectives. In each of these categories, fundamental elements that make up any film adapted to the subject of the genre and took on increasingly complex significance, while maintaining the familiar structure that contributes so much to the understanding of a particular movie and to the expectations that viewers brought to all. Understanding these structures and elements enables one to speak with discernment about any number of movies, whether one has seen them or not.
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- Title Film Appreciation Through Genres
- Author Michael Patrick Gillespie
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher McFarland and Company, Inc.
- Date 2019-03-13
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9781476676395 / 1476676399
- Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
- Dimensions 8.7 x 5.8 x 0.7 in (22.10 x 14.73 x 1.78 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Film genres, Motion pictures - Appreciation
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2018060947
- Dewey Decimal Code 791.436
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