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Film theory

Film theory seeks to develop concise, systematic concepts that apply to the study of cinema. Classical film theory provides a structural framework to address classical issues of techniques, narrativity, diegesis, cinematic codes, "the image", genre, subjectivity, and authorship. More recent analysis has given rise to psychoanalytic film theory, structuralist film theory, feminist film theory, and theories of documentary, new media, third cinema, and new queer cinema, to name just a few. See also film criticism.

For specific theories of film, see:

• psychoanalytical film theory
• feminist film theory
• Marxist film theory
• formalist film theory
• structuralist film theory
• genre film theory
• auteur theory

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