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| What are the rules to language? How does structuralism apply to film? How can interrupting patterns built by structuralism emphasis underlying meanings of a film? | Structuralism examines the foundations of language itself, to examine the rules that govern language “Signifier” i.e Sound Pattern, said out loud or quietly “Signified” or The meaning of the word spoken or thought of. “Individual frames in a relatively brief scene are structured to emphasize ideologies” “The relationship between words and what they signified gave words meaning” “The underlying goal is always this: to identify the foundations the cinematography and dialogue establish in a genre or collection of films, and then examine how singular films fit into or subvert these foundations” |
Summary
This section of the film theory article explained how structuralism is the foundation of language and understanding how the rules apply through a “signifier” and a “signified” and how it relates to film by referencing the film, “The Birds” as if it were a series of paintings and how each individual scene emphasizes the