Alex Cox's Introduction to Film: A Director's Perspective

Cox, Alex

ISBN 10: 1843447460 / ISBN 13: 9781843447467

Published by High Stakes Publishing, 2016

About this Item

pp. 192.

Seller Inventory # 26372765932

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Alex Cox's Introduction to Film: A Director's Perspective
• Publisher: High Stakes Publishing
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1843447460
• ISBN 13: 9781843447467
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

A comprehensive guide to film from a director's perspective, covering techniques, history, and theory.

Emerging filmmakers need to know the basics of their art form: the language of the camera, and lenses, the different crew roles, the formats, the aspect ratios. They also need to know some bare-bones theory: what an auteur is, what montage is, what genres are. This introduction to film provides a serious grounding in film, covering the language of cinema, film history, and film theory.

Written from a filmmaker's perspective, this film studies guide answers questions about lenses, effects, financing, and censorship. It is for aspiring filmmakers, students, and anyone interested in understanding film as an art form. Learn to analyze films, appreciate the director's vision, and engage in knowledgeable conversations about cinema's greatest works.

About the Author

Maverick director Alex Cox has directed such acclaimed films as Repo Man, Sid & Nancy, Straight to Hell, Death and the Compass, Walker, and Searchers 2.0. He’s also the author of 10,000 Ways to Die and X Films: True Confessions of a Radical Filmmaker, and has written on film for publications including Film Comment, Guardian, Independent, and Sight and Sound.