Film Appreciation (Second Edition)

Author: Peng Jixiang, Editor-in-Chief
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Publishing Date: 2006-01-01
Features: This book is a national key textbook for ordinary higher education under the "Nineteen-Ninety-Five" national plan and won the second prize of the National Outstanding Teaching Achievement Award. The second edition is a national key textbook under the "Nineteen-Ninety-Nine" plan. The book is divided into ten chapters, mainly introducing the origin, creative process, cultural aesthetic characteristics, appreciation and criticism of film and television art, as well as the development of world film and television art. The second edition follows the basic format of the first edition while incorporating new research findings from both domestic and international sources. The content has been appropriately adjusted, such as separating the introductions of European, American, Asian, and Chinese cinema into individual chapters, emphasizing the rapidly developing television art in recent years, and supplementing each section with typical works' screenshots. This reflects a strong sense of timeliness and facilitates teaching use. The book can serve as a textbook for public art education in ordinary universities, be used by faculty and students of Chinese and film and television majors, and also as a self-study reading material for film and television art enthusiasts to appreciate works, improve aesthetic levels, and enhance artistic cultivation.