UNDERSTANDING MOVIES

Designed to help students analyze movies with precision and technical sophistication, 'Understanding movies' focuses on formalism - how the languages of the film (e.g., camera work, editing, lighting, story, photography, etc.) create meaning. Building on the same principle of organization as previous editions - structuring chapters around the elements of film - this edition of this book offers a lavish use of color, printed on high-quality paper and has been updated to integrate recent films, developments in filmmaking, and personalities in the field.