Film, form, and culture /
Robert Kolker.
- 4th edition.
- 370 pages : illustrations (colour)
Originally published: London: McGraw-Hill, 2006.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This volume offers a lively introduction to both the formal and cultural aspects of film. With extensive analysis of films past and present, this textbook explores film from part to whole; from the smallest unit of the shot to the way shots are edited together to create narrative. It then examines those narratives (both fiction and non-fiction) as stories and genres that speak to the culture of their time and our perceptions of them today.