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While I found the original book to be excellent already, I wanted to adapt it for use in my film studies classes. My approach to film history and aesthetics is informed by the industrial context of film art, and I wanted to emphasize that. I also study and teach film from a neoformalist perspective, so I wanted to inject that into the text. I also updated the multimedia content in the book to include more recent films, including some that represented women and people of color. Some of the information regarding studio ownership needed to be updated as well due to recent changes in the industry. I added approximately 15% more content to the book.

I addressed accessibility issues by adding structured headings throughout, removed two tables that contained content, removed some decorative images, and added alt text to all images. I struggled with formatting issues, especially with the multimedia content, and would seek out help from someone with layout experience if and when I work on further revisions. While I focused here on the Introduction and Chapter One, I hope to revise the entire book for my courses, so that students won’t have to pay anything for the primary textbook in my classes moving forward.

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