The most comprehensive and accessible text of its kind, Film combines technical information with cultural and historical insights to give readers a complete and multifaceted introduction to film. Infused with a deep respect for the cinema, Film helps students develop the critical skills they need to analyze films and appreciate moving pictures as an art form.
my university was the only school that had a film school in NJ. I was enrolled as a Business student, but sat in on the film classes. This text book was a keeper. an excellent introduction to the craft and very comprehensive.
In Film: An Introduction William H. Phillips of the University of Wisconsin gives a very comprehensive and enormously broad view on the art of filmmaking. Every aspect imaginable of film is addressed, although most of the time in a very introductory manner. This book is clearly mostly intended to an audience of future film critics, then to aspiring filmmakers. Nevertheless it succeeds very well in its main purpose of giving an introduction to film.
چندان کتاب عمیق و کاملی نیست و بیشتر برای مخاطب تازه کار و علاقه مندان به سینما نوشته شده ، گاهی بیش از حد ساده و ابتدایی و گاهی هم با لحنی ژورنالیستی . با این حال تبیین مبانی فیلمسازی با مروری گذرا بر تاریخ سینما و مروری بر امکانات و دستاوردهای سینما در طول قرن بیستم، آن را به کتابی خواندنی تبدیل کرده .