Becoming an effective filmmaker involves being deliberately mindful of the structures and conventions that allow film to communicate meaning to a global audience. "The Language of Film" explores complex topics such as semiotics, narrative, intertextuality, ideology and the aesthetics of film in a clear and straightforward style, enabling you to apply these ideas and techniques to your own analysis or film-making.With full-colour film stills, in-depth case studies and a wide range of practical exercises, "The Language of Film" will help you to make the transition from consumer to practitioner - from someone who just responds to the language of film, to someone who actively uses it.In the second edition, a new chapter examines how sound contributes to narrative and space to tell stories, create imaginary worlds and shape the realist (and often non-realist) effect of cinema. Along with two case studies from the first edition, "Seven" (dir: David Fincher) and "Citizen Kane" (dir: Orson Welles), the second edition also includes five new case studies: "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (dir: Ben Stiller), " Dead Man's Shoes" (dir: Shane Meadows), "Hero" (dir: Yimou Zhang), "Berberian Sound Studio" (d: Peter Strickland) and "Psycho" (d: Alfred Hitchcock).