The Film Experience: An Introduction

by Timothy Corrigan, Patricia White

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The Film Experience offers a comprehensive introduction to the art, language, industry, culture, and experience of the movies ―with new digital tools to bring that experience to life and help students master course material. The text highlights how formal elements like cinematography, editing, and sound can be analyzed and interpreted within the context of a film as a whole. With superior tools for reading and writing about film, as well as unparalleled coverage of diversity, inclusion, and non-mainstream filmmaking traditions.
The most robust introduction to film on the market, the Sixth Edition emphasizes film technology through expanded coverage of animation and a new Technology in Action feature, which puts the evolving technology of film in historical context.

Genres: Film, Nonfiction, Media Tie In, Art, Textbooks, Grad School, Education

496 pages, Paperback

First published March 3, 2004

Reviews

[Dessa]

There’s one final chapter that I didn’t read from this textbook but I’m close enough that I’m just gonna say I’ve read it. Honestly learned a lot from this book / the class that I TA’d that required me to read it. Cons: repetitive use of literal white nationalist propaganda film as examples of “effective film with a message”. Maybe… don’t???

[Ashley]

Why must I read and re-read this every quarter????

[Filip Emanuel Stolpe]

An absorbing and fascinating read. A solid chunk of helpful information about film and the culture(s) surrounding it; most of it being useful for those aspiring to work with film to some extent, or just to watch film in a more intellectually stimulating way. The book's very broad and covers many aspects, so keep that in mind. You won't learn the actual practices like directing and writing screenplays, but you're provided with the rules and basics needed. Repetitive, which contributes to the learning process, yet the chapters could've been structured better in order to more entirely capture the different historical periods without fragmentation.

[Lovely Fortune]

For Intro to Film

Definitely something I'll likely have to keep reading throughout the rest of my studies, from the sections we read, this was a pretty great way for those interested in the mechanics and history of film to immerse themselves in the subject.

[Katerina]

The Film Experience is a textbook introduction to movie watching and reviewing. It serves its purpose/

[Billy]

An interesting read that brings forth a lot of compelling information about film, and the film experience at large. A lot of it is very introductory, but there's still a lot of insight to be found.

[Andy]

Love this book for teaching Intro to Film Studies. It's concise and engaging and new editions keep flexing for great range of films, people, and approaches!

[Hmmm]

Thanks for helping me add 300 films to my to-watch list that just got a million times harder to clear grrrrrrrrr

[Thomas Neville]

Holy moly uni is rough

[Brian Cham]

This was my textbook for film studies in university. It was pretty comprehensive and the illustrations were helpful. The case studies also served as a good example, even if they were very typical selections for academia.

[Mills College Library]

791.43 C8254 2004

[Dana]

I had to read this for one of my film classes this last quarter. It was really interesting to learn more about film techniques and how to analyze film. It was a lot of help for the class!

[Vasili Birlidis]

A great, expansive primer on film studies and film theory. Read for ENG 2300 - Film Analysis with Ms. Glosser (second year, University of Florida, Fall 2014).

[skylar lokota]

A great introductory textbook! I understood concepts immediately, and my professor made everything very clear.

[anna maziarska]

didn't finish but will definitely come back to it

[Ivy]

Longest chapters of any textbook I’ve read