The book Cinema: An Introduction to the Seventh Art offers a comprehensive introduction to the art, language, industry, culture, and experience of the cinematic medium. It explains how formal elements such as photography, editing, and sound can be used for the analysis and interpretation of cinema as a whole.

With the best reading and writing tools for cinema, as well as unmatched coverage of a varied and inclusive range of cinematic traditions, this book is the most robust introductory manual on the market. This edition places particular emphasis on cinematic technology through extensive coverage of animation (the use of moving images) in cinema and the new section Technology in Action which will help you understand the industry and culture of cinema within its historical context.

Contents:

• A first encounter with cinema: From film pre-production to screening
• History and historiography: Hollywood and beyond
• Mise-en-scène: Exploring a material world
• Cinematic photography: Framing what we see
• Edit: Relating images
• Cinematic sound: We listen to cinema
• Narrative films: We tell stories
• Documentaries: We depict the real
• Animation cinema and experimental media: Challenging the form
• Cinematic genres: Conventions, formulas, and audience expectations
• Reading about cinema: Critical theories and methods
• How to write a film essay: Observations, arguments, research, and analysis