Depaul Cinematic Arts, IL, US
Reading Time: 2 minutesDePaul University School of Cinematic Arts Chicago, Illinois, USA A growing film school in Chicago with hands-on training and direct access... Read more.
Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
Reading Time: 2 minutesBerlin, Germany One of Europe’s most prestigious and selective film schools with a strong focus on politically engaged, artistic cinema.... Read more.
How to Get Into Film School
Reading Time: 6 minutesGetting into a top film program is harder than it’s ever been. But acceptance rates are more complicated than a single number suggests,... Read more.
Third Cinema: Definition, Theory, and Key Examples
Reading Time: 16 minutesOverview In the 1960s, filmmakers across Latin America, Africa, and Asia began asking a question that Hollywood had never seriously posed:... Read more.
Structuralism in Film Theory: Key Concepts and Analysis
Reading Time: 17 minutesOverview When you watch a western, you often see two worlds in conflict: the lawless frontier and the civilized town. The hero lives between... Read more.
Spectatorship Theory: Film Studies Concepts and Analysis
Reading Time: 15 minutesOverview When you sit down to watch a film, something interesting happens. You forget you are sitting in a seat. You start caring about... Read more.
Semiotics in Film Studies: Signs, Codes and Meaning
Reading Time: 15 minutesOverview A close-up of trembling hands. A red dress at a crime scene. A two-note musical motif just before something terrible happens.... Read more.
What Is Screen Theory? A Film Studies Guide
Reading Time: 16 minutesOverview Screen Theory is a group of ideas about cinema developed in Britain during the 1970s, centered on the film studies journal Screen.... Read more.
Post-Structuralism in Film Studies: A Complete Guide
Reading Time: 15 minutesOverview Post-structuralism in film studies is built around one central question: can a film ever have a single, fixed meaning? The answer,... Read more.
Psychoanalytic Film Theory: Definition and Key Concepts
Reading Time: 18 minutesOverview Psychoanalytic film theory treats cinema as a machine that produces desire. Instead of asking what a film “means” like a novel,... Read more.