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A Pocket Guide to Analyzing Films by Spadoni, Robert is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is A Pocket Guide to Analyzing Films about?
The perfect concise guide to the formal analysis of film. Designed to be used by readers at many levels of knowledge, this book moves systematically through the elements that make up most films, focusing on aspects of the art of cinema that are common across history and national cinemas. From form and narrative to mise-en-scène and cinematography to editing and sound, Robert Spadoni introduces and explains the principles and conventions of film in engaging, straightforward language. In addition to illustrating film techniques with almost 200 images—most of them in color—the book explains ways to find patterns and meaning in films through such concepts as motifs, development, and motivation. Thumbnail readings of exemplary films further lay out the essentials of formal analysis. Film illustrations include frame enlargements from __Stagecoach, Psycho, Jeepers Creepers, Persepolis, Groundhog Day, Take Shelter,__ and more. Modestly priced and packed with images, __A Pocket Guide to Analyzing Films__ is ideal for students in a wide range of film courses who are looking for an easy-to-read guide to film analysis to accompany and enhance their course materials.
Who reads A Pocket Guide to Analyzing Films?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Spadoni, Robert
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781306945011
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Performing Arts, Sports, Literary Fiction
- Rating
- 4.06 / 5 (10 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14