Ideology refers to the messages and values of the film. What is the film about ? How does it encourage us to feel or think about any social, moral or philosophical/existential issues or themes ? Does the film have a single basic message or is it more subtle and complex than that ? Does the film reinforces dominant ideologies and political /social.moral viewpoints or does it challenge them in a meaningful way ? Does the film force or encourage the audience to agree with and have allegiance with a specific character ?
Clues to a film's ideology and how it encourages audience to respond to it can be found in the following :
Main character ( allegiance )
Other characters ( allegiance/ relationship with main character,hierarchy )
Genre conventions ( following, subverting )
Narrative structure ( how plot is resolved, issues solved , charcters introduced , open/closed ending , missing elements ( ellipses))
Use of film form ( alignment with specific characters and how all elements are used )
KEY TERMS
Alignment and allegiance
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