Jill Nelmes — Introduction to Film Studies

Jill Nelmes (ed.), Introduction to Film Studies.

Good for

Not yet written up. The measured coverage below says what this book is dense on; the judgement about when to reach for it is still to come.

In the library

Held in Reel, the local research library of scanned and indexed film books. 175 parts, 3,676 indexed passages. Page numbering is unverified.

Cite passages from this book as ifs <page> — for example ifs 214.

Strongest on

Measured, not guessed. Each figure is how much denser this book is on a concept than the library average — so common words don't crowd out real specialisms.

• Non-diegetic sound — 2.2× the library average (29 passages)
• Commerce — 1.8× the library average (481 passages)
• Iconography — 1.8× the library average (17 passages)
• Continuity — 1.6× the library average (24 passages)
• Values — 1.6× the library average (287 passages)