Film Studies Keywords
Here is a sample list of film studies keywords to begin your search in WorldCat Discovery. Also try searching on individual film titles, actors or actresses, directors, etc.
| Academy Awards | Motion picture distribution |
| African Americans in motion pictures | Motion picture industry |
| Animated films | Motion picture music |
| Arabs in motion pictures | Motion picture producers and directors |
| Auteur | Motion picture studios |
| Cinema verite | Motion picture theaters |
| Cinematography | Motion pictures |
| Comedy films | Motion pictures aesthetics |
| Computer generated imagery | Motion pictures and literature |
| Detective and mystery films | Motion pictures and the war |
| Documentary films | Motion pictures editing |
| Experimental films | Motion pictures history |
| Fantasy films | Motion pictures philosophy |
| Film adaptations | Motion pictures plots themes |
| Film criticism | Motion pictures political aspects |
| Film festivals | Motion pictures ratings |
| Film genres | Motion pictures social aspects |
| Film noir | Motion pictures sound effects |
| Foreign films | Musical films or Musicals |
| Gangster films | New wave films |
| Hispanic Americans in motion pictures | Science fiction films |
| Historical films | Screenwriters |
| Homosexuality in motion pictures | Sex in motion pictures |
| Horror films | Short films |
| Independent films | Silent films |
| Men in motion pictures | Special effects |
| Mise en scene | Violence in motion pictures |
| Motion picture actors and actresses | Western films |
| Motion picture audiences | Women in motion pictures |
| Motion picture authorship | Women in the motion picture industry |
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Credo Online Reference Books
Included in Credo's online reference books are several film encyclopedias. Access Credo off-campus with your Madison College login and password.