The Routledge Companion to Film History

Book Overview

The Routledge Companion to Film History is an indispensable guide for anyone studying film history for the first time. The approach taken presents a substantial and readable overview of the field and provides students with a tool of reference that will be valuable throughout their studies.

The volume is divided into two parts. The first is a set of eleven essays that approaches film history around the following themes:

History of the moving image

Film as art and popular culture

Production process

Evolution of sound

Alternative modes: experimental, documentary, animation

Cultural difference

Film's relationship to history

The second is a critical dictionary that explains concepts, summarizes debates in film studies, defines technical terms, describes major periods and movements, and discusses historical situations and the film industry. The volume as a whole is designed as an active system of cross-references: readers of the essays are referred to dictionary entries (and vice versa) and both provide short bibliographies that encourage readers to investigate topics.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415776570
• ISBN13: 9780415776578
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"