CIN105Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Diegesis, Fourth Wall, Bertolt Brecht
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Movies with distinct arguments about historical events, political issues. Every film is political, inasmuch as it is determined by the ideology which produces it (or. Films concerns itself with a political figure (lincoln) within which it is produced, which stems from the same thing) Ideology: an internalized image of one"s place within all of the social dynamics related to power and hierarchy. Put differently, it describes the lens through which individuals see and understand how they fit into the social world. Ideology dictates society"s goal, values, beliefs, social structures, cultural ideals engrained in us as individuals that we don"t question it. Ex: it is good to be a hard worker, but it doesn"t mean that this is universally true. Imagine an alternative pursuit of pleasure is more important, work as a distraction for the pursuit of happiness. To find an example of ideology, ask yourself if an alternative exists or has one existed before.
