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Title: A Short Guide to Writing about Film (4th Edition) by Timothy Corrigan ISBN: 0-321-08114-5 Publisher: Pearson Longman Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $33.20 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.67 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: I've looked at clouds from both sides now
Comment: One thing I can say is I enjoy a good film. O.K. if it moves I'll watch it. But until I read this book I really was just looking with out seeing.
It is nice to have this guide confirm what one knows as common sense. Probably because the guide is designed to take you from ground zero to a level of appreciation and allow you to convey your opinion intelligently.
If you have an earlier edition you will still get the essence of the book. Newer editions add different resources and research information.
Some of the highlights are:
'A shot-by shot analysis of a sequence from the film 'Potemkin'
'Suggestions on using the Internet
'Sample student writing
Some contents:
Writing about the Movies
Preparing to Watch and Preparing to Write
Film Terms and Topics
Six Approaches to writing about Film
Style and Structure in Writing
Researching the Movies
Manuscript Form
This guide is an eye opener.
Rating: 1
Summary: TWO THUMBS DOWN
Comment: I am currently a film major who is being forced to read this book. Let me say that so far I am only to chapter three and have suffered through every page of it. It is filled with basic, common sense, (i.e., the best way to write about film is to take notes during the screening. and if you can, it's good to see the movie more than once), which is explained in several pages. Give me a break. Not only does he present basic knowlnedge but he repeats himself in so many words. The truth is, the only way to successfully analize film is to develop an eye for symbolism. No book, I don't care who writes it, can teach you that. It is something that must be personally developed. Why someone would waste their time writing a book trying to teach people how to do that blows my mind. I give it one star, cause after all, everyone deserves a little comething for at least trying.
Rating: 4
Summary: fine, blessedly concise guide
Comment: I'm writing to second mitry's opinion of the book and to add to mitry's comment about kenosha's complaint of textual errors. I have the second edition of the book, and Corrigan speaks of Captain Willard and refers to Marlowe as "the other Captain Willard" (p. 43). It's clear from the context that he is comparing the film character with Conrad's protagonist. I doubt Corrigan would have revised the 2nd edition text here to make an error in the 3rd edition. Don't get turned off by an erroneous review!
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Title: Understanding Movies (9th Edition) by Louis Giannetti ISBN: 0130408131 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 21 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $61.33 |
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Title: How to Read a Film: The World of Movies, Media, and Multimedia: Language, History, Theory by James Monaco ISBN: 019503869X Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: 15 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: Film Art: An Introduction and Film Viewers Guide by David Bordwell, Kristin Thompson ISBN: 0072878800 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages Pub. Date: 18 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $66.05 |
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Title: Critical Approaches to Writing About Film by John E. Moscowitz ISBN: 0130837075 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 02 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $32.60 |
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Title: Cinema Studies: The Key Concepts: 2nd Edition (Key Concepts) by Susan Hayward ISBN: 0415227402 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: July, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.99 |
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