Research Guides: EALC 325: Underneath it All: Bodies, Costumes, Clothes (BMC): Film

Writing about Film

A Short Guide to Writing About Film
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Consult chapter three: "Film Terms and Topics for Film Analysis and Writing." Also the tips presented in chapter 5: "Style and Structure in Writing" are useful when you are writing the paper.
Film Art: an Introduction
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Provides more detailed information on film techniques that you might be discussing.

Besides the sources listed below consult the Film and Media Studies homepage.

ProQuest Performing Arts Database‎
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Provides abstracts and full-text to journal articles
ProQuest Research Library
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Provides citations and full-text magazine and journal articles in a wide variety of disciplines, both scholarly and popular in scope. Covers 1971-present.
MLA International Bibliography
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Provides citations to journal articles, books, working papers, conference proceedings, bibliographies, and other materials. . Covers 1926-present.

Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film
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Has a short seven page overview of Chinese cinema.
The Chinese Cinema Book
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Recent (2011) chronologically arranged survery.
China on Screen: Cinema and Nation
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Among the chapters are "How Should a Chinese Woman Look?"; "How Should Chinese Men Act?"; and "Cinema and the National".
Chinese National Cinema
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Chronological survey up to 2002.
A Companion to Chinese cinema
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Following a brief historical survey, most of the chapters have a topical theme. Check the index to see if your director or film is discussed.

Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film
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Has a twelve page overview of Japanese cinema
A Hundred Years of Japanese Film: a Concise History
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New History of Japanese Cinema: A Century of Narrative Film
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