Short Guide to Writing about Film

Name: Short Guide to Writing about Film
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ISBN: 9780321011107

ISBN-10: 0321011104

ISBN-13: 9780321011107

Edition: 3rd 1998

Authors: Timothy Corrigan

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Timothy Corrigan addresses the difficulties and methods of writing effective essays about film. He includes numerous student and professional essay samples.

Book details

List price: $26.00
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Longman Publishing
Publication date: 9/9/1997
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Size: 5.59" wide x 8.27" long x 0.47" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English



Preface



Writing about the Movies


Why Write about Movies?


Your Audience and the Aims of Film Criticism


The Movie Review


The Theoretical Essay


The Critical Essay


Opinion and Evaluation


Exercises



Beginning to Think, Preparing to Watch, and Starting to Write


Subject Matter and Meaning


Silent Dialogue: Talking Back to the Movies


Taking Notes


Visual Memory and Reflection


Exercises



Film Terms and Topics for Film Analysis and Writing


Themes


Film and the Other Arts


Narrative


Characters


Point of View


Mise-en-Scene and Realism


Realism


Elements of Mise-en-Scene


Composition and the Image


The Shot


The Edited Image


Sound


Sample Essay


Exercises



Six Approaches to Writing about Film


Film History


National Cinemas


Genres


Auteurs


Kinds of Formalism


Ideology


Sample Essays


Exercises



Style and Structure in Writing


The Right Words


Concrete Language


Denotation and Connotation


Tone


Repetitions and Cliches


Effective Sentences


Economy


Varied Sentence Structures


Coherent Paragraphs


Introductory Paragraphs


Concluding Paragraphs


Checklist for Writing an Effective Essay


Exercises



Researching the Movies


How to Begin Research


The Materials of Research


Primary Sources


Video


Scripts


Secondary Sources: Books, Indexes, Journals, and Electronic Sources


Film Research on the Internet


Taking Notes on Secondary Sources


Writing the Paper


Sample Essays


Exercises



Manuscript Form


Manuscript Copy


Last-Minute Corrections


Quotations


Acknowledging Sources


Common Knowledge


Documenting Sources


Notes for Documentation


Works Cited


Notes Supplying Additional Commentary


Common Conventions of Usage


Names


Titles


Foreign Words and Quotation Marks


Sexist Language


Spelling


Last Words



Symbols Commonly Used in Marking Papers


Glossary of Film Terms


Works Cited


Credits


Index