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AS Film Studies Sarah Casey Benyahia (Colchester Sixth Form College, UK)

AS Film Studies By Sarah Casey Benyahia (Colchester Sixth Form College, UK)

AS Film Studies by Sarah Casey Benyahia (Colchester Sixth Form College, UK)

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Highlighted with over fifty colour illustrations and line drawings, and including case studies, activities and sample exam questions, this book provides almost every student entering the course with a comprehensive companion to their work. It emphasizes on the value of the readers' existing knowledge, experience, and enjoyment of film.

AS Film Studies Summary

AS Film Studies: The Essential Introduction by Sarah Casey Benyahia (Colchester Sixth Form College, UK)

AS Film Studies: The Essential Introduction gives students the confidence to tackle every part of the WJEC AS level Film Studies course. The authors, who have wide ranging experience as teachers, examiners and authors, introduce students step by step, to the skills involved in the study of film. The second edition follows the new WJEC syllabus for 2008 teaching onwards and has a companion website with additional resources for students and teachers.

Specifically designed to be user friendly, the second edition of AS Film Studies: The Essential Introduction has a new text design to make the book easy to follow, includes more than 100 colour photographs and is jam packed with features such as:

  • Case studies relevant to the 2008 specification
  • Activities on films including Little Miss Sunshine, Pirates of the Caribbean & The Descent
  • Key terms
  • Example exam questions
  • Suggestions for further reading and website resources

About Sarah Casey Benyahia (Colchester Sixth Form College, UK)

Sarah Casey Benyahia is a teacher of Film and Media Studies. She is the author of Teaching Contemporary British Cinema (2005) and co-author of A2 Film Studies: The Essential Introduction (2006) Freddie Gaffney is Chief Moderator for Film Studies with the WJEC. He is also a screenwriter, filmmaker and Senior Lecturer in Location and Studio Production at Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication. He is a co-author of A2 Film Studies: the Essential Introduction (2006) John White is an A-level examiner for Film Studies with the WJEC and a teacher of Film, English and Media at Parkside Community College and Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge . He is a co-author of A2 Film Studies: the Essential Introduction (2006)

Table of Contents

Introduction: What is Film Studies? Part I: Making Meaning (FS1) 1. Film Form 2. Narrative 3. Genre 4. Overview 5. Practical Application of Learning Part II: Producers and Audiences - Hollywood and British Cinema (FS2) 1. Films as Products 2. Audiences as Fans and Consumers 3. Stars 4. Hollywood Back in the Day and Hollywood Today 5. Is the British Film Industry in any Way Distinctive and Different? 6. New Technologies and the Film Industry Part III: Messages and Values - British and Irish Cinema (FS3) 1. Introduction: What is the Relationship between Films and the Everyday World? 2. The 1940s: The War and its Aftermath 3. Swinging Britain: 1963 - 1973 4. Passions and Repressions 5. Social and Political Conflict 6. Scottish Cinema 7. Comedy 8. Web Resources

Additional information

GOR004042394
9780415393119
0415393116
AS Film Studies: The Essential Introduction by Sarah Casey Benyahia (Colchester Sixth Form College, UK)
Sarah Casey Benyahia (Colchester Sixth Form College, UK)
Essentials
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
20060830
368
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