Film Studies 1022 Chapter 10: Film and Ideology
7 Feb 2017
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Many ideologies are widely held beliefs that are maintained subtly through everyday practices, and conveyed through a variety of media, including film. p. 311. Films are often biased toward their subject matter, never free from ideologies. Judd apatow"s knocked up traditional familial values, suggesting that continuing an unwanted pregnancy despite it causing career and family issues is the best decision (2007), while never openly preaching to its audience, maintained. In the process of resolving narrative conflict in such a conventional way, knocked up implicitly marginalizes alternative perspectives. p. 311-312. Most single mothers having unwanted pregnancies have different outcomes) 1930s to 1960s: films couldn"t directly depict pregnancy let alone explicit sexuality. Hollywood"s production code was self-censorship, aware of the influence cinema held. , the pregnant character is referred to as being ill . Pre-code hollywood films often depicted risky subject matter. Where are my children (louis weber, 1916) dealt with birth control and abortion.
