This subtopic explores the relationship between film form and the construction of ideological meaning, examining how cinematic techniques position spectators to accept or challenge dominant ideologies. Students learn to apply theoretical frameworks such as Marxism, feminism, and post-colonialism to analyse representations of gender, class, and ethnicity, and evaluate how spectatorship is shaped by cultural and historical contexts.
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