| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 192 pages) : illustrations |
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Understanding the moving image |
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Understanding the moving image.
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Agenda setting -- How the film industry perceives audiences -- Distribution, exhibition and critical commentary -- How do audiences read films? -- The attraction of stars and genres -- Theorising audience behaviour -- Researching audiences and the film market -- The culture of film viewing |
| Summary |
[This book] brings together an introduction to academic study of audiences as 'readers' of films and an investigation into how the film industry perceives audiences as part of its industrial practices. The approach draws on ideas from film, media and cultural studies in order to present new insights into a range of puzzling questions: What makes the biggest box office films attractive to audiences? Why do films that work well with audiences sometimes suffer poor distribution? What is a 'cult film' and how do such films gain their status? Case studies of films such as Donnie Darko, Ringu and Hero are included alongside discussion of film distribution and exhibition and the growing importance of audience comments and discussion via internet forums. This book will help film and media students with their studies and will provide the general reader with an accessible introduction to the international film industry.--Back cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Motion picture audiences.
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Motion picture audiences -- Psychology
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Motion pictures -- Psychological aspects
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Motion picture audiences
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Motion picture audiences -- Psychology
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Motion pictures -- Psychological aspects
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Filmpublik -- psykologi.
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Film -- psykologiska aspekter.
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Publik.
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Psykologi och film.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781838711832 |
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183871183X |
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1839020997 |
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9781839020988 |
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1839020989 |
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9781839020995 |
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