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Film Genre for the Screenwriter
Film Genre for the Screenwriter is a practical study of how classic film genre components can be used in the construction of a screenplay. Based on Jule Selbo’s popular course, this accessible guide includes an examination of the historical origins of specific film genres, how and why these genres are received and appreciated by film-going audiences, and how the student and professional screenwriter alike can use the knowledge of film genre components in the ideation and execution of a screenplay. Explaining the defining elements, characteristics and tropes of genres from romantic comedy to slasher horror, and using examples from classic films like Casablanca alongside recent blockbuster franchises like Harry Potter, Selbo offers a compelling and readable analysis of film genre in its written form. The book also offers case studies, talking points and exercises to make its content approachable and applicable to readers and writers across the creative field.
Theology and Survival Movies
This book provides an innovative analysis of the survival movie genre from an Orthodox Christian anthropological perspective. Grounded in the Orthodox tradition, the approach builds from the first chapter of Genesis where man is described as made in the ‘image’ and after the ‘likeness’ of God. It offers a nuanced theological exploration of the concept of the survival movie and examines a number of significant cinematic creations, illustrating how issues of survival intersect romantic, Western, science fiction and war films. The author reflects on how survival movies offer a path for the study of human nature given they depict people in crisis situations where they may reveal their true characters. As well as discussing the role of a ‘limit situation’ as a narrative element, the book highlights the spiritual aspect of survival and points to the common hope in survival movies for something more than biological survival. It is valuable reading for scholars working in the field of religion and film.
Films that Sell
While moving image advertising has been around us, everywhere, for at least a century, the topic has tended to be overlooked by cinema studies. This far-reaching new collection makes an incisive contribution to a new field of study, by exploring the history, theory and practice of moving image advertising, and emphasising the dynamic and lasting relationships between print, film, broadcasting and advertising cultures.In chapters written by an international ensemble of leading scholars and archivists, the book covers a variety of materials from pre-show advertising films to lantern slides and sponsored 'educations'. With case studies of advertising campaigns and archival collections from a range of different countries, and giving consideration to the problems that advertising materials pose for preservation and presentation, this rich and expansive text testifies to the need for a new approach to this burgeoning subject that looks beyond the mere study of promotional film.
Jane Campion and Adaptation
Best known for The Piano, Jane Campion is an author/director whose films explore the relationship between literature and cinema. This book examines Campion's films as adaptations, mixing cultural and textual analysis, and exploring context, pastiche and genre. It is a must-read for anyone interested in Campion or adaptation studies.
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Cinema Genre
Genre – or 'type' – is a core concept in both film production and the history of film. Genres play a key role in how moviegoers perceive and rate films, and is likely to determine a film's production values and costs. Written in a clear, engaging, jargon-free style, this volume offers a cutting-edge theoretical overview of the topic of genre as practiced in British, American and French film criticism. Organized by a series of simple but fundamental questions, the book uses numerous examples from classic Hollywood cinema (the western, drama, musical comedy, and film noir) as well as some more contemporary examples from European or Asian cinema that are so often neglected by other studies in the field. How do we characterize genre and what are its various functions? In what ways does genre give a film its identity? How do genres emerge? What is the cultural significance of genre and how does it circulate within and across national boundaries? Informative and user-friendly, Moine’s book is accessible to general readers and adapts easily to a wide range of teaching approaches.
Le mystère Starewitch
Ladislas Starewitch, inclassable réalisateur de films d'animation et de films en prises de vues réelles, créateur de la ciné marionnette, aurait pu tomber dans l'oubli. Aujourd'hui le patient travail de collecte et de restauration de sa petite fille Léona Béatrice et de son époux François Martin permet d'accéder à ses films. Son univers merveilleux plein d'humour rappelle celui de Méliès. Mais il présente aussi un caractère d'étrangeté. D'où vient cette dimension énigmatique et cette originalité ? Le mystère Starewitch est celui de sa création. Son appartenance à une double culture européenne et slave pourrait-elle en donner les clés? La pertinence de cet ouvrage réside dans l'exploration de cette double culture dans laquelle s'ancre l'œuvre du réalisateur. Entre archaïsme et modernité, elle puise ses racines dans le monde slave, mais renvoie aussi à la culture française et européenne qui l'a nourrie.
Journeys of Desire
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Buñuel, siglo XXI
El presente volumen incluye una amplia variedad de artículos sobre la figura de Luis Buñuel (1900-1983), escritos por algunos de los especialistas más prominentes dentro del mundo de los estudios fímicos. Se trata de una colección única, que por primera vez recoge en un mismo volumen trabajos en español, francés e inglés. Tal decisión no sólo supone una muestra de respeto hacia los tres idiomas en los que se expresó Buñuel, sino que es también una forma de poner en evidencia el reconocimiento que su obra ha tenido y tiene en los entornos francófono y anglófono, además del hispano. Este libro nace con la ambición de abarcar la totalidad del trabajo de Buñuel, principalmente...
Les stratégies de la peur dans le cinéma d'horreur
Comment faire peur dans le cinéma d'horreur ? L'émotion de la peur s'est retrouvée immédiatement dans les oeuvres d'art afin de nous permettre d'en ressentir les affects négatifs sans pour autant être réellement menacé. Avec le cinéma, le spectateur se met à l'épreuve en sécurité devant son écran. Comment le genre tente-t-il d'effrayer ? L'auteur dresse une liste des procédés thématiques et stylistiques déployés pour faire peur. Elle permet de réfléchir sur l'immersion du spectateur dans le film, le travail de l'angoisse lié à l'attente du danger et le travail de l'horreur lié à ce dernier.
