Ryan Stainsby's Film Studies Blog
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Ryan Stainsby's Film Studies dissects movies, discusses their good and bad aspects of a movie, cinematography, set design, and everything that goes into making a film.
Ryan Stainsby's Film Studies Blog
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Ideology is the values and beliefs of a big proportion of the population, which can be seen as part of the ideological framework of our culture. These specific values and beliefs that shape the way that they perceive the world might not always be in line with the wider values of society. A film also has an ideology that it follows, whether that s good or bad.
Ideology works on two levels; audience ideology, which is what we expect from a film, and the presentation of explicit world views by directors. Structured ideologies refer to the beliefs of groups and how they view the world. For example ..read more
Ryan Stainsby's Film Studies Blog
1y ago
Intro
Spectatorship is the relationship between the film and the viewer. How the viewer makes sense of the film they are watching.
The The Hypodermic Syringe Model: A passive audience, where the idea and meaning of the film is injected into the minds of the viewer, which is accepted uncritically.
The Uses and Gratifications Model: An audience of individuals that will react to the film differently, interpret its message and meaning independently. The audience will actively use the film for things like self-identification or entertainment etc…
Stuart Hall’s Reception Theory: Stuart Hall theori ..read more
Ryan Stainsby's Film Studies Blog
1y ago
Intro
Ideology is the values and beliefs of a big proportion of the population, which can be seen as part of the ideological framework of our culture. These specific values and beliefs that shape the way that they perceive the world might not always be in line with the wider values of society.
Ideology works on two levels: audience ideology (what we expect from a film) and the presentation of explicit world views by directors.
Structured Ideologies: This refers to the beliefs of groups and how that shapes how they view the world. For example, Christianity versus Atheism.
Ideology in the Medi ..read more
Ryan Stainsby's Film Studies Blog
1y ago
Context
La La Land is the second film by director Damien Chazelle, the first being Whiplash (2014) which was made to get a bigger budget for when he would eventually film La La Land, his dream project. Whiplash was produced with a budget of $3.3 million and gained over $49 million at the box office. This provided Chazelle with the credit and security to be trusted with the much larger $30 million budget for La La Land; which eventually earned $449 million at the box office.
Aesthetics
La La Land was shot on 35mm film stock, specifically the Kodak V3 500T ..read more
Ryan Stainsby's Film Studies Blog
1y ago
Context
Beasts of the Southern Wild is an independent, or ‘indie’, film; meaning that it prioritises art over money and is not backed by a Hollywood studio. The film is set in a place known as the ‘Bathtub’, an island in Louisiana that is sinking due to the ice caps melting. While there are fantasy elements to the story, it is quite heavily based in reality. The sinking state has displaced many people from their homes along the coast, which is shown in the film. The film was inspired by the Hurricane Katrina aftermath in 2005; the director said “I live in New Orleans and was interested in tell ..read more
Ryan Stainsby's Film Studies Blog
1y ago
La La Land is the second film by director Damien Chazelle, the first being Whiplash (2014) which was made to get a bigger budget for when he would eventually film La La Land, his dream project. The brilliant performances paired with the beautiful cinematography and incredible score add up to be one of the best films ever made, in my opinion. The first time I saw La La Land I was blown away; this then spiralled me down into my love of films and has remained one of my favourite films of all time.
The film follows the story of Mia, an aspiring actress living in LA, waiting for her big break. She ..read more
Ryan Stainsby's Film Studies Blog
1y ago
Ideology is the values and beliefs of a big proportion of the population, which can be seen as part of the ideological framework of our culture. These specific values and beliefs that shape the way that they perceive the world might not always be in line with the wider values of society.
Structured Ideologies
This refers to the beliefs of groups and how that shapes how they view the world. For example, Christianity versus Atheism.
Ideology in the Media
The media is viewed as another type of ideology, one that encompasses multiple ideologies within it. It acts a for of communication between peo ..read more
Ryan Stainsby's Film Studies Blog
1y ago
Spectatorship is the relationship between the film and the viewer. How the viewer makes sense of the film they are watching.
The The Hypodermic Syringe Model
A passive audience, where the idea and meaning of the film is injected into the minds of the viewer, which is accepted uncritically.
The Uses and Gratifications Model
An audience of individuals that will react to the film differently, interpret its message and meaning independently. The audience will actively use the film for things like self-identification or entertainment etc…
Stuart Hall’s Reception Theory
Stuart Hall theorises that “a ..read more
Ryan Stainsby's Film Studies Blog
1y ago
Compare how far the two films you have studied reflect the times they were made.
Casablanca, the 1942 Michael Curtiz film, is a product of the time of its release and the Hollywood studio system at the time. The supposed ‘Golden Age’ of Hollywood consisted of heroic characters, lavish sets and attractive actors, lit so they could look their best. Casablanca perhaps represents this era of film making the best as it uses all of the conventional film making techniques that films of the era were known for. It is thought to have influenced most of the subsequent Hollywood films because of its uncon ..read more