Film Studies

Film Studies is a name given to a lot of university degree courses, whether minor modules or the whole three years. It's a catch-all title, encompassing a wide range of ways of studying and thinking about film and its impact on the world. Most colleges only cover a part of it, although many offer electives so that students can follow individual interests.

Here on Suite101, Film Studies is broadly interpreted, so that it holds some really useful breakdowns of tough theories and debates and some more personal discussions by Suite101 writers.

From studies of individual films through comparisons between films focused through various theoretical lenses, our Film Studies category has some really interesting content for you to check out. You'll find some real enthusiasts writing here.

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Latest articles in Film Studies

Characters in Disaster Movies: Stereotype, Plot, & Representation

Find out how character functions operate to move the plot along in the count down to survival in this sub-genre of the action adventure movie.

Oct 30, 2011 – Valerie Williamson

Verisimilitude and Classic Hollywood in the Disaster Movie Genre

Find out how classic Hollywood codes and conventions deliver realism and romance hand in hand when blending disaster with the action adventure genre.

Oct 29, 2011 – Valerie Williamson

Analyzing Genre in Disaster Movies: Locations and Themes

The action adventure movie genre contains several sub-genres; study of disaster movies suggests how to analyse and understand aspects of action film genres.

Oct 28, 2011 – Valerie Williamson

The Opening Sequence of Oliver Stone's "Natural Born Killers"

An analysis of the techniques and readings of the opening sequence to the film

Sep 26, 2011 – Daniel Lambert

What is Movement in Film?

The camera blends visual conventions such as animation, sound effects, music and camera angles all enclosed in a single frame to create movement.

Mar 23, 2011 – Daniel Kazel

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