An Introduction to Film Analysis - 2nd Edition by Michael Ryan & Melissa Lenos (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"This updated textbook provides students with instruction in how to analyze film images for the meanings they contain"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><i>An Introduction to Film Analysis</i> is designed to introduce students to filmmaking techniques while also providing an invaluable guide to film interpretation. It takes readers step by step through: <br/><br/>-the basic technical terms<br/>-shot-by-shot analyses of film sequences<br/>-set design, composition, editing, camera work, post-production, art direction and more<br/>-each chapter provides clear examples and full colour images from classic as well as contemporary films<br/><br/>Ryan and Lenos's updated edition introduces students to the different kinds of lenses and their effects, the multiple possibilities of lighting, and the way post-production modifies images through such processes as saturation and desaturation. Students will learn to ask why the camera is placed where it is, why an edit occurs where it does, or why the set is designed in a certain way.<br/><br/>The second section of the book focuses on <b>critical analysis</b>, introducing students to the various approaches to film, from psychology to history, with new analysis on postcolonial, transnational and Affect Theory.<br/><br/><b>New to this edition</b> is a third section featuring several in-depth analyses of films to put into practice what comes before: <i> The Birds</i>, <i>The Shining</i>, <i>Vagabond</i>, <i>In the Mood for Love</i>, <i>Before the Devil Knows You're Dead<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>An exceptionally clear and thorough account of the explicit and implicit ways that narrative cinema makes meaning for viewers. Filled with lucid writing and a profitably wide variety of examples, <i>An Introduction to Film Analysis</i>empowers students to analyze film technique from a range of diverse perspectives.<br/>Kevin L. Ferguson, Associate Professor, Queens College, CUNY, USA<br><br>This step-by-step guide to film analysis by Ryan and Lenos is full of beautiful and instructive photography to make the art of moving images come alive on the page. It will entice students into a passion for film through its sophisticated and thorough discussions of a wide range of films, including historical classics, contemporary movies, independent films, and global cinema. This is a textbook that teaches by doing, modeling different approaches to film analysis through thorough and insightful case studies of a unique set of films, including <i>The Silence of the Lambs</i>, <i>Mildred Pierce</i>, <i>Run, Lola, Run</i>, and others. Worthy of special note, Ryan and Lenos provide accessible and productive tools for teachers, including student assignment instructions for specific clips from different films that invite students to develop and demonstrate their analytical skills. Through their many examples, the authors empower students to articulate not only how they react to a movie but also <i>why</i>, drawing clear lines between the cinematic vocabulary they are building with the work of meaning making.<br/>Karen Petruska, Assistant Professor in Communication Studies, Gonzaga University, USA<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Michael Ryan </b>is Emeritus Professor in the Center for the Arts at Temple University, USA. His books include <i>Marxism and Deconstruction</i> (1982), <i>Politics and Culture</i> (1989), <i>Camera Politica </i>(1988), <i>An Introduction to Criticism</i> (2012), and<i> Literary Theory: A Practical Introduction </i>(2017). His book, <i>Politics and Evolution: Conservatism and Liberalism in Human History</i>, is forthcoming. He is at work on a book entitled <i>The Politics of Form</i>. <p/><b>Melissa Lenos </b>is Chair of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Donnelly College in Kansas City, USA. Her primary areas of research are narratology and media pedagogy and her work has appeared in <i>Cinema Journal: In Focus</i>, <i>Antenna</i>, and <i>In Media Res</i>. She is co-author (with Kevin L. Ferguson) of the forthcoming <i>Generation X: The Popular Culture that Defined the MTV Generation</i>.</p>
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