2. Since ancient times, critics have discussed art as having a
double function: to teach and to provide pleasure (Giannetti, 428).
3. Since ancient times, critics have discussed art as having a
double function: to teach and to provide pleasure (Giannetti, 428).
Ideology:
4. Since ancient times, critics have discussed art as having a
double function: to teach and to provide pleasure (Giannetti, 428).
Ideology:
Beliefs, values, ideas that shape the way we think, act,
understand the world
5. Since ancient times, critics have discussed art as having a
double function: to teach and to provide pleasure (Giannetti, 428).
Ideology:
Beliefs, values, ideas that shape the way we think, act,
understand the world
Virtually everything is is ideological
6. Since ancient times, critics have discussed art as having a
double function: to teach and to provide pleasure (Giannetti, 428).
Ideology:
Beliefs, values, ideas that shape the way we think, act,
understand the world
Virtually everything is is ideological, our attitudes about,
7. Since ancient times, critics have discussed art as having a
double function: to teach and to provide pleasure (Giannetti, 428).
Ideology:
Beliefs, values, ideas that shape the way we think, act,
understand the world
Virtually everything is is ideological, our attitudes about,
Sex, work,
8. Since ancient times, critics have discussed art as having a
double function: to teach and to provide pleasure (Giannetti, 428).
Ideology:
Beliefs, values, ideas that shape the way we think, act,
understand the world
Virtually everything is is ideological, our attitudes about,
Sex, work, power sharing, authority,
9. Since ancient times, critics have discussed art as having a
double function: to teach and to provide pleasure (Giannetti, 428).
Ideology:
Beliefs, values, ideas that shape the way we think, act,
understand the world
Virtually everything is is ideological, our attitudes about,
Sex, work, power sharing, authority, family and religion
10. Since ancient times, critics have discussed art as having a
double function: to teach and to provide pleasure (Giannetti, 428).
Ideology:
Beliefs, values, ideas that shape the way we think, act,
understand the world
Virtually everything is is ideological, our attitudes about,
Sex, work, power sharing, authority, family and religion
All of these interactions involve ideological assumptions
within culture
11. “Entertainment, always functions as part of culture…as part of
an array of cultures, subcultures and counter cultures.”
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12. “Entertainment, always functions as part of culture…as part of
an array of cultures, subcultures and counter cultures.”
www.uwec.edu.com
All films have ideological content in varying
degrees
18. Degrees of ideological explicitness:
Neutral:
- no overt ideological statements
- emphasis on entertainment
Implicit:
19. Degrees of ideological explicitness:
Neutral:
- no overt ideological statements
- emphasis on entertainment
Implicit:
-inferred statement of values
20. Degrees of ideological explicitness:
Neutral:
- no overt ideological statements
- emphasis on entertainment
Implicit:
-inferred statement of values
-most fiction films fit here
22. Degrees of ideological explicitness:
Neutral:
- no overt ideological statements
- emphasis on entertainment
Implicit:
-inferred statement of values
-most fiction films fit here
Explicit:
23. Degrees of ideological explicitness:
Neutral:
- no overt ideological statements
- emphasis on entertainment
Implicit:
-inferred statement of values
-most fiction films fit here
Explicit:
24. Degrees of ideological explicitness:
Neutral:
- no overt ideological statements
- emphasis on entertainment
Implicit:
-inferred statement of values
-most fiction films fit here
Explicit:
-aims to persuade the audience of a particular ideology
25. Degrees of ideological explicitness:
Neutral:
- no overt ideological statements
- emphasis on entertainment
Implicit:
-inferred statement of values
-most fiction films fit here
Explicit:
-aims to persuade the audience of a particular ideology
-patriotic films, many documentaries and political films
41. Negative traits, such as, selfishness, cruelty,
cowardice, dishonesty are often present in the
antagonist and or villain
42. Negative traits, such as, selfishness, cruelty,
cowardice, dishonesty are often present in the
antagonist and or villain
Unsympathetic characters are often made to look
unattractive
47. Ideology and Representation
How does cinema represent ideology?
Why are some groups favored over others?
How is this reflected in film roles and genres?
49. How have ideologies changed?
How is this reflected in film roles and genres?
How have representations gender
50. How have ideologies changed?
How is this reflected in film roles and genres?
How have representations gender, race,
51. How have ideologies changed?
How is this reflected in film roles and genres?
How have representations gender, race, ethnicity
52. How have ideologies changed?
How is this reflected in film roles and genres?
How have representations gender, race, ethnicity and
sexual orientation changed?
57. African American Representation in Cinema
1st 50 years of Hollywood - unflattering to African Americans
Sidney Poitier:
- 1963, 1st African American to win Acad. Award
for best leading male (Lillies of the Field)
58. African American Representation in Cinema
1st 50 years of Hollywood - unflattering to African Americans
Sidney Poitier:
- 1963, 1st African American to win Acad. Award
for best leading male (Lillies of the Field)
- portrayal of blacks began to improve
61. Feminism
- began in late 1960s
- brought attention to role of women in film – on and off screen
62. Feminism
- began in late 1960s
- brought attention to role of women in film – on and off screen
- women had shorter acting careers than men
63. Feminism
- began in late 1960s
- brought attention to role of women in film – on and off screen
- women had shorter acting careers than men
- Film scholar Laura Mulvey
64. Feminism
- began in late 1960s
- brought attention to role of women in film – on and off screen
- women had shorter acting careers than men
- Film scholar Laura Mulvey
- “Male Gaze”
65. Feminism
- began in late 1960s
- brought attention to role of women in film – on and off screen
- women had shorter acting careers than men
- Film scholar Laura Mulvey
- “Male Gaze”
- point of view we often see in movies is a male point of view
71. Homosexuality
- early representations were negative and avoided if possible
- homosexual content often communicated through subtext
or stereotype
- representations have become less one-dimensional,
more authentic
Philadelphia Boys Don’t Cry
80. NON-FICTION FILM
- Early Lumiére films basic documentary
- Recordings of actual events
- No actors, no screenplay
81. NON-FICTION FILM
- Early Lumiére films basic documentary
- Recordings of actual events
- No actors, no screenplay
-However, they lacked any type complex narrative
85. MODERN DOCUMENTARIES
- Deal with real people
- Places and events
- No actors, no screenplay
-Documentarians like fiction filmmakers superimpose a
narrative structure over the footage
Can a documentary tell the TRUTH?