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Author Barber, Sian, author.

Title Using film as a source / Sian Barber.

Publication Info. Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2015.

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 174 pages) : illustrations.
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Series IHR research guides
IHR research guides.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-172) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Film and history -- Film form and aesthetics -- Film historiography -- Formulating research questions -- Theory and methodology -- Resources -- Using sources -- Writing up your findings.
Summary This book is a hands-on study skills guide that explores how film and moving image can be used as sources. It is aimed at those who want to use film and moving image as the basis for research and offers advice on research methods, theory and methodology, archival work and film-based analysis. It draws on the disciplines of film and history to offer advice for students and researchers in these fields. The book includes sections on working with different kinds of moving images, how to explore visual sources, how to undertake film-related research and how to use film theory. In addition to providing detailed case studies, the guide also offers advice on research, writing and studying, creating a methodology, visiting archives, accessing material and exploring films from a historical perspective. The guide's focus is on good research practice, whether it be conducting an interview, visiting an archive, undertaking textual analysis or defining a research question-Cover.
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Subject Motion pictures -- Research -- Methodology.
Motion pictures -- Research.
Methodology.
Motion pictures.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Barber, Sian. Using film as a source. Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2015 071909030X 9780719090301 (OCoLC)895337648
ISBN 9781781708958 (electronic book)
1781708959 (electronic book)
9780719098758 (electronic book)
0719098750 (electronic book)
071909030X
9780719090301