Film Appreciation

Author: Yuan Zhizhong
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Publish Date: 2004-10-01
Features: This book is helpful for contemporary college students to enhance their film literacy and appreciation skills. The book is divided into two parts. The first part discusses the basic theories of film appreciation, including the history of film, the characteristics of film, the visual and auditory elements of film, and film criticism and appreciation, aiming to provide readers with professional knowledge in film appreciation. The second part specifically selects 34 feature films from ancient and modern China and abroad that are distinctive in art, innovative, unique in theme and content, and progressive in ideology for appreciation. Each film includes introductions to the main creators, awards and social responses, plot summaries, and appreciation analysis, which serves as both guidance for readers' learning and a guide for readers' practice.