Film theories/context/terms

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  • Created on: 17-05-19 08:43
Laura Mulvey's Male Gaze theory
films are made by men, for men. Women play submissive and possibly sexualised role for the spectator, while men -often white- are the main protagonists/antagonists.
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Female Gaze theory
not explicitly about sexualization but about the role that men and women play within the film
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Active spectatorship
when the audience are made to feel as if they are actively involved in the film
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Passive spectatorship
when the spectator is just made to view the film
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Uses and Gratification theory
active audience, this is about how and why we consume media texts
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Uses and Gratification theory (Diversion)
from everyday routine and problems
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Uses and Gratification theory (Personal identity)
constructing their own identity from characters in media texts, and learning behavior and values.
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Uses and Gratification theory (Personal relationships)
using the text for emotional and other interactions e.g. substituting soap operas for family li
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Uses and Gratification theory (Surveillance)
information gathering, e.g. weather/news reports
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Stuart hall's reception theory (Dominant reading)
how the director/producer wants the audience to view the film
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Stuart hall's reception theory (Negotiated reading)
seeing the text in part how the dir/prod wanted it to be view, whilst also interpreting it in a way which is different to this
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Stuart hall's reception theory (Oppositional reading)
rejection of dominant reading, audience creates own meaning
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Andrew Sarris' Auteur theory (Technical competence)
Technical skill and innovation
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Andrew Sarris' Auteur theory (Distinguishable personality)
Characteristics of style which serve as a signature
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Andrew Sarris' Auteur theory (Interior meaning)
Tension between a directors personality and his material, which is embedded in the stuff of cinema
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Nouvelle Vague
French film movement caused by riots etc, rejection of Hollywood tropes, about making french films about french ideas
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Female Gaze theory

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