

Along with updated examples and expanded coverage of digital filmmaking, the twelfth edition of Film Art delivers SmartBook, first and only adaptive reading experience currently available, designed to help students stay focused, maximize study time and retain basic concepts. Film Art is generously illustrated with more than 1,000 frame enlargements taken directly from completed films, providing concrete illustrations of key concepts. In-depth examples deepen students' appreciation for how creative choices by filmmakers affect what viewers experience and how they respond. Taking a skills-centered approach supported by examples from many periods and countries, the authors help students develop a core set of analytical skills that will enrich their understanding of any film, in any genre. Since 1979, David Bordwell, Kristin Thompson and now, Co-Author, Jeff Smith's Film Art has been the best-selling and most widely respected introduction to the analysis of cinema. Film AdaptationsWriting a Critical Analysis of a Film Additional Resources for Film Art Glossar圜reditsIndex.įilm is an art form with a language and an aesthetic all its own.Historical Changes in Film Art: Conventions and Choices, Tradition and Trends Additional chapters available through McGraw-Hill Education's Create: Film Criticism: Sample Analyses Part 6 Film Art and Film History12. Documentary, Experimental, and Animated Films Part 5 Critical Analysis of Films11. Summary: Style and Film Form Part 4 Types of Films9. Acclaimed for their breakthrough approach, Bordwell, Staiger and Thompson analyze the basic conditions of American film-making as a historical institution and consider to what extent Hollywood film production constitutes a systematic enterprise, in both its style and its business operations.

Film as Art: Creativity, Technology, and Business Part 2 Film Form2. Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Contents
