Film theory

Women in Film: A Defense of a Paradigm’, Feminism and Traditional Aesthetics, 48(4), pp. 349–360. In this article, Noël ascertains that feminism is the most distinct movement in film criticism. By using psychoanalysis, he criticizes the essay written by Laura Mulvey (1989) “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema”. The purpose of the paper is to defend the images women are portrayed in film approach, which is similar to the idea of Murphy (2015) that women are underrepresented in nowadays film.…

the excerpts from Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses, Louis Althusser aims to explain the reasons for why the cinematography has acquired its ideological nature in the first place. Although the scholar’s theories are applicable to multiple spheres of people’s activity excluding a film industry and seem way too old-fashioned, still, they promote one’s understanding of the issue discussed in the current research. In describing his concept of the State Apparatus, Louis Althusser argues that…

According to a case study ‘Gender Inequality in 500 Popular Films’ (Stacy, 2013) by University of Southern California, it examines the gender roles of speaking characters in top-grossing films, through the data to show the gender representation in the mainstream films. In the films that released in 2012, there are out of 4,475 speaking characters on screen, but only 28.4% are female which shows females are grossly underrepresented on screen, this result reflects Mulvey’s view “the character…

The second main theory is the Politeness Theory. In this movie, politeness theory and its concepts have appeared a lot. There are two concepts showed by the film. The first one is about that Claude and Marie usually would like to maintain their positive faces in public places. And another part is about how did Claude or Marie made face threatening acts, and what is the difference between their face threatening acts. Politeness Theory means when people interacted with others, they tried to…

According to Tyler, “cinema was the ideal propaganda weapon for the second quarter of the twentieth century.” With the spread of communism in USSR in the 1920s, Soviet films- especially soviet montage was influenced by it. This essay will be exploring the ways in which Soviet montage film form or aesthetics have been affected by state ideology. In 1905, there was a turmoil and social unrest in Russia. Russian citizens, especially working class, who were outraged at their government began to…

Magic Mike XXL, the sequel to the widely popular film shedding light on the male entertainment industry, is a film that is geared towards heterosexual women and their viewing pleasure. The audience follows Mike, a male stripper-turned-furniture business owner, as he reunites with his former stripper buddies and travels to Myrtle Beach for a final appearance at a male stripper convention. Delving into the themes of the sexualization of the male body and fulfillment of female pleasure, Magic Mike…

Adaptation in film industry has not received much attention in the past. Rarely has the issue of adaptation been covered in such a way. Andrew’s attempt to approach this complex issue is simply to show adamant scholars that it is possible to adapt literary works. Looking at the article’s title, one would never assume its overall aim. It was first published in 1984 in Concepts in Film Theory. From the very outset, Dudley Andrew probes the mysteries surrounding the loose use of the term…

In classical Hollywood cinema, the film serves as a reflection of the social and cultural aspects of the period and as a result it illuminates discourses of gender which operates within society. In Arthur Penn’s 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde, the characters aid in reinforcing the “unconscious of patriarchal society” (Mulvey 14). American society is structured upon a patriarchal system which recognizes the male as the authoritative figure with power over the female and mainstream cinema helps to…

issues advocating against the abstract question of reality. In contrast, the aim of modern science has been, by employing the scientific method, to establish reality beyond any doubt. As a result, the public commonly accepts scientific findings and theories as undisputable truths. However, the certainty of modern science is misleading and continues to leave the question of reality open for…

What are the methods of Inquiry? Basically, methods of inquiry are different ways an investigator can gather information for his/her case whether it’s a normal routine investigation or trying to reconstruct a past crime scene. Outside resources such as forensic scientists, computer technicians or anthropologist could be used in order to validate evidence collected. The scientific method is a great tool to use when trying to reconstruct a crime scene. The scientific method is not only for…