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'''Film studies''' is an academic discipline that deals with various [[film theory|theoretical]], [[film history|historical]], and [[film criticism|critical]] approaches to the [[film|cinema]]. It is sometimes subsumed within [[media studies]] and is often compared to [[television studies]]. Film studies is less concerned with cultivating proficiency in [[Filmmaking|film production]] than it is with exploring the |
'''Film studies''' is an academic discipline that deals with various [[film theory|theoretical]], [[film history|historical]], and [[film criticism|critical]] approaches to the [[film|cinema]]. It is sometimes subsumed within [[media studies]] and is often compared to [[television studies]]. Film studies is less concerned with cultivating proficiency in [[Filmmaking|film production]] than it is with exploring the narrative, artistic, cultural, economic, and political implications of the cinema. Academic journals publishing film studies work include ''[[Screen (journal)|Screen]]'', ''[[Cinema Journal]]'', and the ''[[Journal of Film and Video]]''. |
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In the US and the UK, film studies programs began to appear in the 1950s, and then grew in popularity and influence in the 1960s. |
In the US and the UK, film studies programs began to appear in the 1950s, and then grew in popularity and influence in the 1960s. |
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Revision as of 21:45, 7 February 2010
Film studies is an academic discipline that deals with various theoretical, historical, and critical approaches to the cinema. It is sometimes subsumed within media studies and is often compared to television studies. Film studies is less concerned with cultivating proficiency in film production than it is with exploring the narrative, artistic, cultural, economic, and political implications of the cinema. Academic journals publishing film studies work include Screen, Cinema Journal, and the Journal of Film and Video.
In the US and the UK, film studies programs began to appear in the 1950s, and then grew in popularity and influence in the 1960s.
Further reading
- Dana Polan, Scenes of Instruction: The Beginnings of the U.S. Study of Film (UC Press, 2007)