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Table of Contents

How to get the most out of this book. Introduction. Semiotics: Images; The visual mind; Reading the signs; Making meaning; Codes and filters; Case study: Seven. Narrative: Theories of storytelling; Structuralism; Theories of structure; Genette's narrative discourse; Music; Case study: Cheap Beans. Intertextuality: Text; Quotation; Allusion; Cult film; Genre; Case study: Citizen Kane. Ideology: Ideological analysis; Realism; Ideology and genre; Case study: Without Wires. Frames and images: The shot; Distance, height and framing; Shot distances; Mise en scene; The mobile camera frame; Time and the long take; Case study: Without Tyres. Constructing meaning: Continuity editing; Discontinuity editing; Montage; Sound editing and filmic space; Case study: Tide. Conclusion. Acknowledgements. Film language glossary. Recommended reading. Picture credits. Working with ethics.

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Robert Edgar-Hunt is Head of Programme for Film and TV Production at York St. John University where he is developing postgraduate provision in Screenwriting and Film Production. He practices as a screenwriter and has research interests in creative writing, postmodernism and film directing. John Marland is Senior Lecturer in Film and TV Production at York St. John University, where he has taught and developed both undergraduate and postgraduate courses in scriptwriting. His research interests include the relationship between film and psychoanalysis. Steven Rawle is Lecturer in Film Studies at York St John University, where he teaches film form and the politics of global cultural production. His research interests include transnational aesthetics, cult Asian film genres, film performance and cinematic images of memory.

Reviews

"Well done, nice combination of theory and analysis. A most interesting film book concerning layout and structure." - Jack Post, Maastricht University, Netherlands. "Very good and will be on the first year book list. Lovely, easy to read, contemporary." - Vanessa Cuthbert, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.

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