Film Theory: Creating a Cinematic Grammar

Film Theory addresses the core concepts and arguments created or used by leading academics, critical film theorists, and prominent filmmakers. It takes the position that film theory is a form of writing that produces a unique cinematic grammar; and, like all grammars, it forms part of the system of rules that governs a language and is thus applicable to a wider range of media forms. In their creation of authorial trends, identification of the technology of cinema as a creative force, and pr...