Basics Film-Making 04: The Language of Film

Basics Film-Making: The Language of Film explores the means by which film communicates meaning to its audience. This book examines how films communicate. It discusses the stories they tell, the sign-systems they deploy, the interpretive contexts we are invited to place them in, and the range of aesthetic elements which contribute to the cinematic image. Each chapter concludes with a case study, in which key ideas are seen in context within a particular film, or a specific scene. Basics Film-Making: The Language of Film presents complex ideas in a clear and straightforward style, enabling students to apply these ideas to their own analysis or film-making.

Robert Edgar-Hunt is head of programme for Film and TV Production at York St John University where he is developing postgraduate provision in screenwriting and film production. He practises as a screenwriter and has research interests in creative writing, postmodernism and film directing.
John Marland is senior lecturer in Film and TV Production at York St John University, where he has taught and developed both undergraduate and postgraduate courses in scriptwriting. His research interests include the relationship between film and psychoanalysis.
Steven Rawle is lecturer in Film Studies at York St John University, where he teaches film form and the politics of global cultural production. His research interests include transnational aesthetics, cult Asian film genres, film performance and cinematic images of memory.