Film : a critical introduction /
Maria Pramaggiore, Tom Wallis.
- 3rd ed.
- London : Laurence King, 2011.
- xi, 467 p. ; 28 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Discusses elements of film, various approaches to film analysis, and ways to write about movies as a way to explore and interpret their cultural and aesthetic significance, and covers how various components, such as narrative, editing, and sound work together to produce meaning and how specific films use the techniques that are outlined.