Film Art: An Introduction: 2026 Release Ise

By (author) Bordwell David; By (author) Thompson, Kristin; By (author) Smith, Jeff
Description:

Film is an art form with a language and an aesthetic all its own. Since 1979, Film Art has been the best-selling and most widely respected introduction to the analysis of cinema. Taking a skills-centered approach supported by examples from many periods and countries, the authors help students develop a core set of analytical skills that will enrich their understanding of any film, in any genre. In-depth examples deepen students'' appreciation for how creative choices by filmmakers affect what viewers experience and how they respond. Film Art is generously illustrated with more than 1,000 frame enlargements taken directly from completed films, providing concrete illustrations of key concepts, including the latest on digital film-making and the artistic and commercial implications of streaming. McGraw Hill''s Connect® program includes invaluable tutorials featuring canonic film clips from the Criterion Collection.

Table of contents:

About The Authors

Preface

PART ONE • Film Art and Filmmaking

1. Film as Art: Creativity, Technology, and Business

PART TWO • Film Form

2. The Significance of Film Form

3. Narrative Form

PART THREE • Film Style

4. The Shot: Mise-en-Scene

5. The Shot: Cinematography

6. The Relation of Shot to Shot: Editing

7. Sound in the Cinema

8. Summary: Style and Film Form

PART FOUR • Types of Films

9. Film Genres

10. Documentary, Experimental, and Animated Films

PART FIVE • Critical Analysis of Films

11. Film Criticism: Sample Analyses

PART SIX • Film Art and Film History

12. Historical Changes in Film Art: Conventions and Choices, Tradition and Trends

Glossary

Index

Optional Chapters (available through Create and Connect''s ebook)

• Film Adaptations (supported by SmartBook)

• Writing a Critical Analysis of a Film

• Additional Resources for "Film As Art: Creativity, Technology, and Business"

Biographical note:
David Bordwell is Jacques Ledoux Professor Emeritus of Film Studies in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He also holds a Hilldale Professorship in the Humanities and an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Copenhagen. He has also held the Kluge Chair in Modern Culture at the Library of Congress. His books include Narration in the Fiction Film (University of Wisconsin Press, 1985), On the History of Film Style (Harvard University Press, 1997), Planet Hong Kong: Popular Cinema and the Art of Entertainment (Harvard University Press, 2000; 2nd ed., Irvington Way Institute Press, 2011), Figures Traced in Light: On Cinematic Staging(University of California Press, 2005), The Way Hollywood Tells It: Story and Style in Modern Movies (University of California Press, 2006), The Rhapsodes: How 1940s Critics Changed American Film Culture (University of Chicago Press, 2016), and Reinventing Hollywood: How 1940s Filmmakers Changed Movie Storytelling (University of Chicago Press, 2017). He has also written books on Carl Theodor Dreyer, Yasujiro Ozu, Sergei Eisenstein, digital cinema, and Hong Kong film. Kristin Thompson is an Honorary Fellow in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin—Madison, where she earned her Ph.D. Her books include Eisenstein’s Ivan the Terrible (1981), Exporting Entertainment: America’s Place in World Film Markets 1901–1934 (1985), Breaking the Glass Armor: Neoformalist Film Analysis (1988), Storytelling in the New Hollywood: Understanding Classical Narrative Technique (1999), Herr Lubitsch Goes to Hollywood: German and American Film after World War I (2005), and The Frodo Franchise: The Lord of the Rings and Modern Hollywood (2007). Jeff Smith is a Pro