Film As Social Practice

This fourth edition ofour bestselling classic text has been comprehensively updated and revised toincludecontemporary film analysis and recent films. With a focus on contemporary popular cinema and examples from Classical Hollywood,Graeme Turner examines the social and cultural aspects of film from audiences and ideologies to exhibition andtechnology. This fourth edition now includes: new sections dealing with debates about spectacle and special effects an extended treatment of sound and its contribution to cinema inclusion of film theory's discussion of the representation of race and ethnicity a thorough updating of individual film references a revised applications chapter that includes new contemporary examples added new illustrations from contemporary popular cinema. Students of film studies, film practice and film theory will find this a welcome addition to their degree course studies.Turner, Graeme is the author of 'Film As Social Practice ', published 2006 under ISBN 9780415375146 and ISBN 0415375142.