Dave Monahan

Building on students' enthusiasm for screened entertainment, Looking at Movies is more successful than any other text at motivating students to understand and analyse what they see onscreen. The Seventh Edition features new and refreshed video, assessment and interactive media, making the book's pathbreaking media programme more assignable and gradable than ever before. Looking at Movies gives instructors all they need to inspire students to graduate from passive watching to active looking.

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. Clear, accessible and surprisingly affordable, it’s the only writing guide a student of film will ever need.

Looking at Movies is the most effective, engaging, and widely adopted introduction to film analysis available. From its very first chapter, Looking at Movies provides students with all the tools they need to become perceptive viewers of film, including the most sophisticated and seamlessly integrated media resources that are rich with comprehensive analysis and assessment tools ever produced for a textbook in this market. Authoritative, accessible, and of superior value, Looking at Movies offers instructors with abundant teachable resources to help students analyze movies critically and effectively. Writing 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.

Looking at Movies is the most effective introduction to film analysis available. From its very first chapter, Looking at Movies provides students with the tools they need to become perceptive viewers of film. The Fourth Edition is not only more comprehensive, but also more accessible and sophisticated in its integration of media.