Writing Analytically About Film
Writing academically about film is an important skill for film and television students, one that can significantly inform their practice and/or provide a foundation for graduate studies and professional development. This skill often involves a combination of active viewing, critical thinking and reading, scholarly research, and analytical writing. This is harder than it might seem. Gocsik, Barsam and Monahan write, "It's precisely our familiarity with film, however, that presents our greatest challenge. Film is so familiar and so prevalent in our lives that we are often lulled into viewing movies passively," (Writing About Movies, 2016, p. 3).
Writing About Movies
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Writing about Movies
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ISBN: 9780393265231Publication Date: 2015-09-11Writing About Movies offers students two books in one: a handy guide to the process of academic writing and a brief but thorough introduction to the basics of film form, film theory, and film analysis. Written by the director of the Warren College Writing Program at University of California, San Diego, and the authors of the leading introductory film studies text, Writing About Movies is the only writing guide a student of film will need.
Writing Analytically
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Academic Writing
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ISBN: 9781443850544Publication Date: 2013-10-01How do I improve my essay writing skills? Where can I learn quickly how to improve my speech writing? How does writing for the web differ from conventional writing? Are there some categories of mistakes that people commonly make in attempting to write good prose? How can I be persuasive in my writing style? How did language evolve? What is 'genre theory'? How do I become creative in my prose writing? These and other curious and relevant questions are answered in Academic Writing. Writing is about communication with words, and academic writing is about choosing words carefully to communicate complex ideas. The purpose of the fourteen chapters of this monograph is to provide an introduction to the practice of academic writing with an emphasis on prose writing in particular, for both print-based and online media. Each of the fourteen chapters explores different aspects of academic writing from practical, professional and theoretical perspectives. The book is written for students, teachers and educators at tertiary organisations. Word connoisseurs, debaters, writers and readers may also enjoy its argumentations and analyses.
