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Film As Film: Understanding And Judging Movies
V. F. Perkins
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Description for Film As Film: Understanding And Judging Movies
Paperback. Here at last is an introduction to film theory and its history without the jargon. Noted film scholar V. F. Perkins presents criteria for expanding our understanding and enjoyment of movies. He employ Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 254.
Here at last is an introduction to film theory and its history without the jargon. Noted film scholar V. F. Perkins presents criteria for expanding our understanding and enjoyment of movies. He employs common sense words like balance, coherence, significance, and satisfaction to develop his insightful support of the subtle approach and of the unobtrusive director. Readers will learn why a scene from the humbler movie Carmen Jones is a deeper realization of filmmaking than the bravura lion sequence in the classic Battleship Potemkin. Along the way Perkins invites readers to re-experience with clarity, directness, and ... Read more
Here at last is an introduction to film theory and its history without the jargon. Noted film scholar V. F. Perkins presents criteria for expanding our understanding and enjoyment of movies. He employs common sense words like balance, coherence, significance, and satisfaction to develop his insightful support of the subtle approach and of the unobtrusive director. Readers will learn why a scene from the humbler movie Carmen Jones is a deeper realization of filmmaking than the bravura lion sequence in the classic Battleship Potemkin. Along the way Perkins invites readers to re-experience with clarity, directness, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780306805417
SKU
V9780306805417
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About V. F. Perkins
V. F. Perkins is a founder-member of the editorial board of Movie, a screenwriter, film critic and lecturer in film studies at the University of Warwick, where he headed the Joint School of Film and Literature for ten years from its inception in 1979.
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