Looking at Movies An Introduction to Film

Text book and accompanying material for Film Studies students. The third edition of the 'Looking at Movies' book by Richard Barsam and Dave Monahan examines critical approaches, principles of film form, genre, narrative, mise-en-scene, cinematography, acting, editing, sound, an overview of film history and filmmaking technologies and production systems. There are officiallists of greatest films and films used as examples include: Citizen Kane, City of God, Stagecoach, Stella Dallas, and American Beauty. Part 2 is a booklet by Barsam and Karen Gocsik on 'Writing About Movies' for students. Part 3 is a DVD with tutorials and clips for analysis for students corresponding to the chapters of the book with a second disc containing a selction of short films.