Film theories from this article: Research Film Theory
| Que | Notes |
| examine the foundations or structure of language | |
| Ferdinand de Saussure argued that all language is composed of 2 parts, a signifier and signified. | |
| signifier “sound pattern” said out loud of thought of silently | |
| signified is the meaning of the word spoken or thought of | |
| “tree” is a signifier and the actual plant is the “signified” | |
| individual frames in a scene are structured to emphasize ideologies within The Birds. | |
| The Birds is by Hitchcock | |
| What does forward female behavior mean? Why is it bad? | Raymond Bellour insists that relationship between frames in famous “the birds attack” scene supplies the film with its “forward female behavior is bad” theme |
| several frames in scene set up where actor is looking and what actor is looking at dynamic | |
| the camera repeatedly as if it’s on a loop moves from where to what she’s looking at | |
| when audience is comfortable with back and forth movement, Hitchcock interrupts it with shocking shot of a seagull in air, then a shot of seagull attacking actor | |
| Bellour argues that when Hitchcock interrupts patterns he’s set up he’s trying to emphasize underlying themes within film | |
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