Contents

Introduction

Part I: Film form and analysis

Chapter 1: Mise en scène

Chapter 2: Cinematography

Chapter 3: Editing

Chapter 4: Sound

Chapter 5: Performance

Part II: Theoretical approaches and critical debates

Chapter 6: Narrative and genre

Chapter 7: Representation and ideology

Chapter 8: Spectatorship and audience studies

Chapter 9: Authorship

Chapter 10: Historical, social, and cultural contexts

Part III: Hollywood and US cinema

Chapter 11: Classic Hollywood, 1930–1960

Chapter 12: New Hollywood, 1961–1990

Chapter 13: Contemporary American cinema

Part IV: National cinemas, global cinema, and arthouse film

Chapter 14: Contemporary British cinema

Chapter 15: European film

Chapter 16: Global film

Part V: Further varieties of film experience

Chapter 17: Silent cinema

Chapter 18: Experimental film

Chapter 19: Documentary film: theory and practice

Part VI: Understanding film through creative practice

Chapter 20: Researching and constructing a short film: narrative construction