Style and Meaning Studies in the Detailed Analysis of Film

With a common focus on the decisions made by filmmakers, the essays in this collection explore different aspects of the relationship between textual detail and broader conceptual frameworks. These texts reflect not only those areas of film history which have traditionally been explored through mise-en-scegrave;ne criticism, but also areas such as the avant-garde and television drama which have not tended to receive such detailed investigation. In these ways, the book conducts a series of dialogues with issues in film study which are specifically provoked by close analysis.

John Gibbs is Senior Lecturer in Film and Television at the University of the Arts, London.

Douglas Pye is Senior Lecturer in Film in the Department of Film, Theatre and Television at the University of Reading.