Introduction Feminist Film Theory is a theory that discourses about women’s participations and roles in almost every field in the community and in the society in general. In this modern world, women are not only limited on one single field of expertise. In every turn, the presences of women are extensively felt. May it be in politics, in Dramas, in Science, in Literature, in … [Read more...]
Film Genre
Introduction Film genre defines a type of aesthetic framework in cinema and in filmmaking set-ups. It is an illustration of the type of technique in a film that both attracts and caters to the audience or group or individual’s desires who serves as a component to a gathered spectator to a particular motion picture even to a Television screen viewing public or person’s varied … [Read more...]
Psychological Film Theory
Introduction The interaction of human minds with the environment they are surrounded which makes the human change in behavior such systematic study is psychology. Psychologists believe that films and cinemas that show the moving images on the screen to the people have deeper impact since the perception and the cognitive ability of human minds on seeing the moving image is … [Read more...]
Influence of German Expressionism around the world
Even though German Expressionism came to an end, the influence in the films continued to grow throughout the world. With the advent of modern technology and advanced lighting system it is difficult to track the German Expressionism in the modern films. However, some of the remarkable films that have hugely influenced films are many. Some of the ever remembered … [Read more...]
Italian Neo-Realism
Introduction Italian neo-realism is a new realism that focused on the common problems and not with revolution or any political based films and was started in 1942 and came to an end in 1951. The films were often made in common place with unprofessional actors in low budgets that gave the realist effect. This movement focused on the changing styles and the perception of the … [Read more...]
Avant-Garde
Introduction Avant-garde is a term used in the military literally means foreguard. This term was used to typify various aesthetic groups that arose immediately before and after the First World War. The Avant-garde movement that arose after the war showed the horrors of the war. Evolution of Avant-garde in Cinema Avant-garde is a movement that seeks to break the … [Read more...]
Soviet Montage Theory
Introduction Soviet Cinema came to being from its painful post war experience. With a strict control by the Government on film making and import of films it was in 1924, Sergei Eisenstein and Lev Kuleshov with other major directors like Diziga Vertov formed a group called “Association of Revolutionary Cinema” (ARC) which eventually broke up but with the aftermath of the … [Read more...]