Studying film

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: 1 Cinema as Institution -- 1 Hollywood Cinema -- 2 Production, Distribution and Exhibition -- 3 Cinema, Audiences and Society -- 4 Cinema, the Media and Globalization -- 2 Film as Text -- 5 Film Technology -- 6 The Language of Film -- 7 Early Cinema and Film Form -- 8 Mainstream and Alternative Film Form -- 3 Critical Approaches to Film -- 9 Authorship -- 10 Genre -- 11 Stars -- 12 Meaning and Spectatorship -- 13 Film Movements and National Cinema -- 14 British Cinema -- 15 World Cinema and National Film Movements -- 16 Alternative Cinema and Other Film Styles -- Resources -- Glossary.