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The Art of Watching Film with CD-ROM

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A lavishly illustrated textbook, this book will delight anyone interested in the movies. The reader will be equipped to watch movies with a more critical eye--and may enjoy the experience all the more for knowing why something is appealing. You can open this book to any page and become engrossed in the text and pictures.

Outstanding book. Even better than I thought it would be once I looked through it. It covers everything related to movies. There are even exercises, like homework, where you watch various movies to learn different things about the movies. If you take movies and movie reviews seriously, you need this book!

This textbook was purchased to fulfill a required "humanaties" course, while attending college. It's informative, easy to read, and guides you into becoming a "trained observer" in the art of watching films. As part of the curriculum I was instructed to watch several films selected by my professor. Some of the assigned films I would have never viewed by choice, including classics. However, this textbook has definitely given me a whole new perspective when attending a movie theater or at home watching a DVD. I've also acquired a deeper appreciation and understanding for all the hard work that goes into film making. Buy it for school or as a guide to help you enjoy your next movie experience.

This book provides insight into the many aspects of movies. It focuses on the details that you don't consciously think about when viewing movies. Any beginning film student (or anyone interested in getting more out of the movie watching experience) will find this book very helpful. I also enjoyed the references to movies young and old.

I used this book as a text for a college course, more appropriately called "The Art of Film." It is the most comprehensive tool I've found for learning about every aspect of filmmaking from the storyline through cinematic effects and camera techniques and out past editing and special effects. It is well-organized and illustrated - one learns by watching and doing and identifying. There are myriad film suggestions following each chapter to further identify the techniques described. This book is indispensable for anyone interested in filmmaking or film critique or just plain film enjoying.

I used this textbook in a movie class at my community college and found the book itself (and the accompanying CD) to be almost as interesting as the movies we were watching along with it. If you're a movie buff and like to discuss movies with friends/family then this book will be a huge boon to learning terms and creative or artistic background that will help you understand, enjoy, and get the most out of a movie.

Used this book in an intro to film class. I will keep it on the shelf as a reference book. For class it has smooth reading that is cohesive, didn't seem like it has filler information in it. It was fun to read. The context was very helpful in class for lectures, and movie analyzation. Goes over key aspects of film as well as very detailed examples of what to look for, how to see it.

Another book that was required for an Intro to Film class. This no-nonsense approach to film is definitely for serious students. It explains everything about film and films and filming that I really never wanted to know, but it is well laid out and perfect for the class I took. Rather dry - so what? You will learn the fundamentals of film using this book. It helped me ace the course.

This book was in as good if not better condition then it was listed, it shipped quickly and arrived ontime. My wife and I both attend online classes while my 2 children attend a standard university we purchase most of our books online.

Book in great condition As Described. Left me Satisfied. Nice doing Business w/ You.
Would totally buy something from you again if I was in the need.