Reading Film Images, Laurent Jullier and Michel Marie

For clarity and effectiveness, the book is structured in 2 parts:

- "The Tools of Film Analysis": to learn how to read cinema at the level of the shot, sequence, and film. Examples are taken from a wide variety of films (from Fantômas to Avatar, from Bergman to Tarantino). Importance is also given to the soundtrack.

- "Sequence Analyses" offers 25 film readings deciphered using various analytical tools. The selected films represent popular successes as well as more challenging works. They are grouped into chapters according to major stages in the history of cinema and introduced by a specific "toolkit, styles and techniques" for the period.