Library Research Guide: Film Studies

Chao Chen, Reference Librarian, (chao.chen@tufts.edu; 7-2057) Tisch Library, Tufts University

   
   
           
 


in Tisch Books Stacks unless with "Ref"  

Cinema Studies: the Key Concepts.
       This is a dictionary format to key theoretical terms, genres, film theory and film history. It includes an extensive bibliography.

(PN1993.45 .H36 2006)
   

Film art: an introduction, 8th ed.
     Film as art: Creativity, technology and business -- The significance of film form -- Narrative as a formal system -- The Shot: Mise-en-scene -- The Shot: Cinematography -- The relation of shot to shot editing -- Sound in the cinema -- Summary: Style as a formal system -- Film genres -- Documentary, experimental and animated films -- Film criticism: Sample analyses -- Film art and film history.

PN1995 .B617 2008
(ordered-not-yet-received);

Earlier editions available.

   
Becoming film literate: the art and craft of motion pictures. (PN1994 .L595 2005)
   
Film theory and criticism: introductory readings, 6th ed. (PN1994 .M364 2004)
   

Understanding movies, 9th ed.

( PN1994 .G47 2002)
   
Critical dictionary of film and television theory. (Ref: PN1993.45 .C75 2001)
   
How to read a film: the world of movies, media, and multimedia: language, history, theory; 3rd ed. (PN1994 .M59 2000)
   
The Oxford guide to film studies.
     Short essays on aspects of film (such as the text, acting, music), critical approaches (e.g., semiotics, psychoanalysis, post-structuralism, feminism), and history (American, European, world).
 (Ref. PN1995 .O93 1998)
   
Film study: an analytical bibliography.
     A comprehensive four-volume survey of cinema "through a study of representative genres, stereotypes, themes, comparative media, periods, and film history".		 (Ref. PN1994.Z99 M34 1990)
   

Tip: To find books of more in-depth studies on this topic, search the Catalog

              by subject, film criticism
      or
              by keyword, "film theory"

(Learn about subject search vs keyword search in catalogs.)
 
 
 
  Last updated: 11/2008.
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