Film theories are used in cinema to portray characters a certain way or outside sources like celebrities in a certain way. They are done to show the director’s vision without being obvious. I did Star theory which suggested that celebrities are constructed by the company they work for to appear as normal or as outlandish as possible.

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Film theories have been used throughout cinema to convey the director’s political or emotional beliefs and then use them to create usually rule breaking films. I researched the British New Wave cinema movement and saw that the directors wanted to start portraying the working class in an authentic way with realistic stories to show that they were feeling trapped within the system.

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