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Finding Film Studies Materials

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You can search the Library Quick Search by Subject. This is not an exhaustive list of film subject headings. As you find items relevant to your research, take note of the subject headings listed. Using those will help you find similar relevant materials. Some useful subjects include:

Cinematography
Editing
Feminism and motion pictures
Film adaptations
Homosexuality in motion pictures
Masculinity in motion pictures
Motion pictures
Motion pictures -- History
Motion picture industry
Motion pictures -- Aesthetics
Motion pictures and literature
Motion pictures and music
Motion picture authorship
Motion picture actors and actresses -- [Country] -- Biography
Motion picture producers and directors -- [Country] -- Biography
Motion pictures -- Production and direction
[Director: Last, First]
[Director: Last, First] -- History and criticism
Silent films
Western Films

The print collection of film related materials is located on the 4th floor of Lied Library.

PN1560-1590 The performing arts. Show business
PN1600-3307 Drama
- PN1635-1650 Relation to, and treatment of, special subjects
- PN1660-1693 Technique of dramatic composition (includes playwriting)
- PN1720-1861 History
- PN1865-1988 Special types
- PN1990-1992.92 Broadcasting
  - PN1991-1991.9 Radio broadcasts
  - PN1992-1992.92 Television broadcasts
- PN1992.93-19 92.95 Nonbroadcast video recordings
- PN1993-1999 Motion pictures
  - PN1997-1997.85 Plays, scenarios, etc.
- PN2000-3307 Dramatic representation. The theater
  - PN2061-2071 Art of acting
  - PN2085-2091 The stage and accessories
  - PN2131-2193 By period
  - PN2219.3-3030 Special regions or countries
  - PN3035 The Jewish theater
  - PN3151-3171 Amateur theater
  - PN3175-3191 College and school theatricals
  - PN3203-3299 Tableaux, pageants, "Happenings," etc.

Film dictionaries in Lied Library

Critical dictionary of film and television theory by Roberta E. Pearson and Philip Simpson
Call Number: PN1993.45 .C75 2001
Publication Date: 2001
This volume clearly and accessibly explains the major theoretical approaches now deployed in the study of the moving image as well as defining key theoretical terms.
Dictionary of film terms : the aesthetic companion to film art by Frank Eugene Beaver
Call Number: PN1993.45 .B33 2006
Publication Date: 2006
The film studies dictionary by Steve Blandford, Barry Keith Grant, Jim Hillier
Call Number: PN1993.45 .B53 2001
Publication Date: 2001
This unique reference work is designed to bridge the gap between guides and dictionaries that are primarily academic and theoretical and those that deal mainly in technical jargon. Above all, it is aimed at students of film and media who are likely to encounter a wide range of specialist language in a variety of places--in film reviews, critical essays, interviews with filmmakers and stars, and academic and Internet publications.
Filmmaker's dictionary by Ralph S. Singleton and James A. Conrad
Call Number: PN1993.45 .S56 2000
Publication Date: 2000
A reference tool, with over 1500 film terms, words, vocabulary, phrases, jargon, language expressions and definitions.

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