A Short Guide to Writing about Film

Download or read book A Short Guide to Writing about Film written by Timothy Corrigan and published by Pearson Scott Foresman. This book was released on 1989 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical guide addresses how to write effective and perceptive essays about film - a fundamental requirement of any course involving film history or criticism. It first explains why writing about cinema can be such an interesting activity, and then discusses the various stages in the writing process specific to film studies - taking notes on a movie, making an outline, finding and researching a topic, integrating technical details into an analysis and revising for sharper style. and lists bibliographical indexes and major film journals. Revised with an updated list of sources, this edition also features references to more recent films.