Film Study

Film is an expressive type of literature in a way that we can see it. Film is video and sound, something we can both see and hear. The conventions of film are directing, producing, acting, creating, writing, screenplay, point of view, lighting, pre/post production. The other components are those similar to the conventions of song and music video which are genre, mood, tone, theme, etc. The director and producer are very important aspects of a film because they create everything we see. They chose the angle in which to catch the actor and actresses and they portray them in a way that best suits the need of the film. We read film by first watching it and pulling out the meaning. We look at the film's overall message and theme and then pick out which components (lighting, symbolism, etc) best express the theme of the movie or film. To me, films are very important. There are many older films that have such great messages and really give off true meaning. Today (although there are some) most films and movies are about stupid topics that are just meant to create humor and not to inspire.