Alex Cox's Introduction to Film: A Director's Perspective

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Alex Cox's Introduction to Film: A Director's Perspective
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Alex Cox
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:232
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreFilms and cinema
Film theory and criticism
ISBN/Barcode 9781843447467
ClassificationsDewey:791.4301
Audience
General
Further/Higher Education
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Oldcastle Books Ltd
Imprint Kamera Books
Publication Date 28 January 2016
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Emerging filmmakers need to know the basics of their art form: the language of the camera, and lenses, the different crew roles, the formats, the aspect ratios. They also need to know some bare-bones theory: what an auteur is, what montage is, what genres are. Most important, all filmmakers require serious grounding in film. You cannot be a great artist if you aren't versed in great art. An Introduction to Film covers all these aspects, from director and filmmaker Alex Cox's perspective.

Author Biography

Maverick British filmmaker Alex Cox is responsible for directing a host of acclaimed films from Sleep is for Sissies, Repo Man, Sid and Nancy, Straight to Hell, Walker and Highway Patrolman to Death and the Compass, Three Businessmen, Revenger's Tragedy, Searchers 2.0 and more recently Tombstone Rashomon. From 1987 to 1994, he presented the acclaimed BBC TV series 'Moviedrome', bringing unknown or forgotten films to new audiences. He's also the author of X Films: True Confessions of a Radical Filmmaker, 10,000 Ways to Die, The President and the Provocateur and Alex Cox's Introduction to Film and has written on the subject of film for publications including Sight and Sound, The Guardian, The Independent and Film Comment.

Reviews

This book by Alex Cox will give you great insights into the filmmaking process, from idea to production to cinema * Lock and Load, Brides of Christ * A thought-provoking and thoroughly enjoyable read -- Colin Odell and Michelle Le Blanc AN INTRODUCTION TO FILM is setting out to reinvent film studies -- Simon Kennedy