I would recomend one of the following as an intro text: Frameworks by Thomas E. Valasek - WCB Understanding Movies (6th ed) by Giannetti - Prentice Hall Film Art by Bordwell and Thompson - Macmillan Each has pros and cons, but all of these texts provide the content you are look ing for. Garrick Filewod gfilewod @vm.uoguelph.ca