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The Short Story of Film: A Pocket Guide to Key Genres, Films, Techniques and Movements

The Short Story of Film: A Pocket Guide to Key Genres, Films, Techniques and Movements

Current price: $19.99
Publication Date: March 31st, 2020
Publisher:
Laurence King Publishing
ISBN:
9781786275639
Pages:
224

Description

The Short Story of Film is a new and innovative introduction to the art of film-making. Simply constructed, the book explores 50 key movies, from superhero blockbusters to indie darlings. The design of the book allows the reader to navigate their way around key genres, movements and techniques with ease. Accessible, concise and fun to read, this pocket guide will give moviegoers a new way to enjoy their favorite films and to discover new ones to watch.

The perfect book for all movie lovers who want to understand how, why and when film changed

About the Author

Ian Haydn Smith is the editor of Curzon Magazine and the BFI's Filmmaker Magazine. He has written and broadcast widely on film and photography.

Praise for The Short Story of Film: A Pocket Guide to Key Genres, Films, Techniques and Movements

"There’s great passion and knowledge within these pages and I could see the spark of a lifelong obsession with film being born of it." A Classic Movie Blog