film theory
academic discipline studying film's relationship to reality, the arts, viewers & society
auteur
leader of a collaborative work equivalent to the author of a book
Formalist film theory
Emphasis on style & form over content, or possible meanings of films
historical poetics
scholarly approach to studying film, which David Bordwell outlined in his book Making Meaning
feminist film theory
theoretical film criticism derived from feminist theory and politics
structuralist film theory
branch of film theory rooted in structuralism
psychoanalytical film theory
school of academic thought
Marxist film theory
a form of film theory