Film & Media Studies

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I'm a film studies professor making video essays and video lectures about film and film theory, cultural studies, and philosophy. I'm the author of The Shape of Motion: Cinema and the Aesthetics of Movement (Oxford University Press, 2021) - link below.

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What is the Abject?: Intro to Barbara Creed's The Monstrous Feminine

What is the Abject?: Intro to Barbara Creed's The Monstrous Feminine Film & Media Studies

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Carol Clover's "Her Body, Himself: Gender in the Slasher Film"

Carol Clover's "Her Body, Himself: Gender in the Slasher Film" Film & Media Studies

1.9K views - 8 months ago

Body Genres: Linda Williams's Film Bodies: Gender, Genre, and Excess

Body Genres: Linda Williams's Film Bodies: Gender, Genre, and Excess Film & Media Studies

2.4K views - 9 months ago

Rick Altman's "A Semantic/Syntactic Approach to Film Genre"

Rick Altman's "A Semantic/Syntactic Approach to Film Genre" Film & Media Studies

2.3K views - 10 months ago

Jane Feuer's Self-Reflexive Musical and the Myth of Entertainment

Jane Feuer's Self-Reflexive Musical and the Myth of Entertainment Film & Media Studies

1.4K views - 10 months ago

Introduction to Roland Barthes's Mythologies: Semiotics Part 2

Introduction to Roland Barthes's Mythologies: Semiotics Part 2 Film & Media Studies

24K views - 2 years ago

An Introduction to Semiotics

An Introduction to Semiotics Film & Media Studies

60.5K views - 2 years ago

Robin Wood's "An Introduction to the American Horror Film" / "American Nightmare"

Robin Wood's "An Introduction to the American Horror Film" / "American Nightmare" Film & Media Studies

5.7K views - 2 years ago

Introduction to the French New Wave

Introduction to the French New Wave Film & Media Studies

27.8K views - 2 years ago

Introduction to Italian Neorealism

Introduction to Italian Neorealism Film & Media Studies

20.7K views - 2 years ago

Un Chien Andalou (1929) and Surrealist Cinema

Un Chien Andalou (1929) and Surrealist Cinema Film & Media Studies

22.5K views - 2 years ago

Introduction to Surrealism and Surrealist Cinema

Introduction to Surrealism and Surrealist Cinema Film & Media Studies

12.8K views - 2 years ago

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari: From Caligari to Hitler

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari: From Caligari to Hitler Film & Media Studies

10.3K views - 2 years ago

German Expressionism's Influences

German Expressionism's Influences Film & Media Studies

10.2K views - 2 years ago

Introduction to German Expressionist Cinema

Introduction to German Expressionist Cinema Film & Media Studies

37.2K views - 2 years ago

Stanley Cavell's The World Viewed

Stanley Cavell's The World Viewed Film & Media Studies

6.4K views - 3 years ago

2 Modes of Film Analysis: Poetics vs Hermeneutics

2 Modes of Film Analysis: Poetics vs Hermeneutics Film & Media Studies

10.5K views - 3 years ago

The Four Levels of Meaning in Film Interpretation

The Four Levels of Meaning in Film Interpretation Film & Media Studies

12K views - 3 years ago

Mulvey's "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema" and Psychoanalytic Theory

Mulvey's "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema" and Psychoanalytic Theory Film & Media Studies

16.4K views - 3 years ago

Christian Metz's The Imaginary Signifier: Psychoanalysis and the Cinema

Christian Metz's The Imaginary Signifier: Psychoanalysis and the Cinema Film & Media Studies

11.3K views - 3 years ago

Siegfried Kracauer's Theory of Film

Siegfried Kracauer's Theory of Film Film & Media Studies

11.5K views - 3 years ago

Siegfried Kracauer's "The Mass Ornament," Explained

Siegfried Kracauer's "The Mass Ornament," Explained Film & Media Studies

7.7K views - 3 years ago

Gilles Deleuze's Cinema Books Part 3: The Frame

Gilles Deleuze's Cinema Books Part 3: The Frame Film & Media Studies

8.4K views - 3 years ago

Gilles Deleuze's Cinema Books Part 2: The Movement-Image Ch. 1

Gilles Deleuze's Cinema Books Part 2: The Movement-Image Ch. 1 Film & Media Studies

15.1K views - 3 years ago

Gilles Deleuze's Movement-Image and Time-Image, Explained

Gilles Deleuze's Movement-Image and Time-Image, Explained Film & Media Studies

46.1K views - 3 years ago

How Cinematography in It Follows (2014) Challenges Slasher Horror

How Cinematography in It Follows (2014) Challenges Slasher Horror Film & Media Studies

5.3K views - 3 years ago

Slasher Horror and Film Form: Killer POV and the Jump Scare

Slasher Horror and Film Form: Killer POV and the Jump Scare Film & Media Studies

3.7K views - 3 years ago

Introduction to Film Genre, Part 1

Introduction to Film Genre, Part 1 Film & Media Studies

9.5K views - 3 years ago

Andre Bazin's "The Myth of Total Cinema"

Andre Bazin's "The Myth of Total Cinema" Film & Media Studies

9.8K views - 3 years ago

Art Cinema Narration, Part 2: Moonlight

Art Cinema Narration, Part 2: Moonlight Film & Media Studies

2.1K views - 4 years ago

Hito Steyerl's "In Defense of the Poor Image"

Hito Steyerl's "In Defense of the Poor Image" Film & Media Studies

20.9K views - 4 years ago

Digital Photography, Truth Claims, and C.S. Peirce's Indexicality

Digital Photography, Truth Claims, and C.S. Peirce's Indexicality Film & Media Studies

5.3K views - 4 years ago

What is Classical Hollywood Narration?

What is Classical Hollywood Narration? Film & Media Studies

10.7K views - 4 years ago

Plot Vs Story Film & Media Studies

8.2K views - 4 years ago

Roland Barthes's "Death of the Author," Explained

Roland Barthes's "Death of the Author," Explained Film & Media Studies

26.2K views - 4 years ago

Christian Metz's Film Semiotics Part 2: Syntagmatic vs Paradigmatic

Christian Metz's Film Semiotics Part 2: Syntagmatic vs Paradigmatic Film & Media Studies

13.6K views - 4 years ago

Christian Metz's Semiotic Film Theory

Christian Metz's Semiotic Film Theory Film & Media Studies

31.8K views - 4 years ago

Diegetic vs Nondiegetic Sound Part 3: Voiceover

Diegetic vs Nondiegetic Sound Part 3: Voiceover Film & Media Studies

2.8K views - 4 years ago

Diegetic and Nondiegetic Sound, Part 2: Blurring the Boundary

Diegetic and Nondiegetic Sound, Part 2: Blurring the Boundary Film & Media Studies

3.1K views - 4 years ago

Diegetic vs Nondiegetic Sound, Part 1

Diegetic vs Nondiegetic Sound, Part 1 Film & Media Studies

10.4K views - 4 years ago

Laura Mulvey and the Female Gaze

Laura Mulvey and the Female Gaze Film & Media Studies

18.6K views - 4 years ago

Discontinuity Editing Part 3: Sergei Eisenstein and Alfred Hitchcock

Discontinuity Editing Part 3: Sergei Eisenstein and Alfred Hitchcock Film & Media Studies

3.8K views - 4 years ago

Discontinuity Editing Part 2: Soviet Montage and Sergei Eisenstein

Discontinuity Editing Part 2: Soviet Montage and Sergei Eisenstein Film & Media Studies

5.6K views - 4 years ago

Judith Butler's Gender Performativity, Part 2: What is "Performativity?"

Judith Butler's Gender Performativity, Part 2: What is "Performativity?" Film & Media Studies

39.4K views - 4 years ago

Foucault's History of Sexuality, Vol. 1, Explained

Foucault's History of Sexuality, Vol. 1, Explained Film & Media Studies

94.9K views - 4 years ago

Continuity Editing, Part 4: Intensified Continuity, Chaos Cinema, and Mad Max: Fury Road

Continuity Editing, Part 4: Intensified Continuity, Chaos Cinema, and Mad Max: Fury Road Film & Media Studies

5.2K views - 4 years ago

What is Crosscutting?: Continuity Editing, Part 3

What is Crosscutting?: Continuity Editing, Part 3 Film & Media Studies

8.6K views - 4 years ago

What is a Jump Cut?: Discontinuity Editing, Part 1

What is a Jump Cut?: Discontinuity Editing, Part 1 Film & Media Studies

11.7K views - 4 years ago

Daisies: Discontinuity Editing, Feminism, and the Czech New Wave

Daisies: Discontinuity Editing, Feminism, and the Czech New Wave Film & Media Studies

21.3K views - 4 years ago

Sergei Eisenstein's Theory of Animation: Plasmatic Disney

Sergei Eisenstein's Theory of Animation: Plasmatic Disney Film & Media Studies

6.9K views - 4 years ago

The Other Side of Digital Cinema: Tangerine and Digital Realism

The Other Side of Digital Cinema: Tangerine and Digital Realism Film & Media Studies

5.6K views - 4 years ago

Oddly Satisfying Videos, ASMR, and Productivity

Oddly Satisfying Videos, ASMR, and Productivity Film & Media Studies

2.7K views - 4 years ago

Speed Racer (2008), Cel Animation, and Animetism

Speed Racer (2008), Cel Animation, and Animetism Film & Media Studies

15.9K views - 4 years ago

Continuity Editing Part 2: Cut, Fade, Dissolve

Continuity Editing Part 2: Cut, Fade, Dissolve Film & Media Studies

12.3K views - 4 years ago

What is Continuity Editing?

What is Continuity Editing? Film & Media Studies

34.9K views - 4 years ago

Camera Movement and Point of View: Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)

Camera Movement and Point of View: Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948) Film & Media Studies

7.9K views - 4 years ago

What Can Camera Movement Do?

What Can Camera Movement Do? Film & Media Studies

2.7K views - 4 years ago

What is Off-Screen Space?

What is Off-Screen Space? Film & Media Studies

8.1K views - 4 years ago

Why Use a Close-Up?: Shot Scale and Angle

Why Use a Close-Up?: Shot Scale and Angle Film & Media Studies

2.9K views - 4 years ago