<P>This new Dictionary is the first in-depth reference to cover the approaches deployed in the study of the moving image as well as defining key theoretical terms.<br> Featuring over 400 entries ranging from 500 to 3,000 words, this resource gives a context to the debates surrounding the terms rather than simplistic "definitions." The dictionary is destined to be a key reference for students of communication, media, film and cultural studies, art, design and literature.<br> Consultant Editors: <br> David Black, William Urricchio, Gill Branston<br> Entries include: <br> <i> 180 degree rule * African American cinema * agit-prop * audience measurement * Baudrillard, Jean * Bhaba, Homi K. * bias * children and media * consumption * continuity editing * decoding/encoding * deconstruction * Deleuze and Guattari * diaspora * displacement *</i> <i>essentialism * expressionism * fetishism * film noir * formalism * Gaze, the * globalization * hermeneutics * high concept * horror * imaginary * infotainment * internet * Jakobson, Roman * jouissance * kino pravda * live television/live news * Lyotard, Jean-Francois * matching (shots) *</i> <i>McLuhan, Marshall * metanarrative * mise-en-scene * moral panics * narrative * news values * oppositional * pleasure * prime time * Public sphere * quiz shows * real time * reification * Sarris, Andrew * sci-fi films * sender/receiver * tabloid television * utopia/dystopia *</i> <i>verisimilitude * vertical integration * video, home * violence * virtual reality * watershed * western * and more...<br> </i> Includes suggestions for further reading, cross-references and anextensive index.</P>

Publisher: Routledge
Illustration: N
Language: ENG
Title: Critical Dictionary of Film and Television Theory
Pages: 00000 (Encrypted PDF)
On Sale: 2000-11-16
SKU-13/ISBN: 9780415162180
Category: Education : Teaching Methods & Materials - Arts & Humanities