Question

(3.2.b) looking at movies (wk 3)
alternative approaches to film analysis search beneath a movies form and content in order to expose
○ implicit and hidden meanings that inform our understanding of cinemas function within popular culture.
○ the entire entertainment industry as unsuspectingly subject to outside influences.
○ the movie as ultimately without value.
○ moviegoers as manipulated dupes of the movies political agenda.
○ the filmmakers as ideologically corrupt.

Explanation:

Alternative film - analysis focuses on uncovering implicit meanings in movies to understand their role in popular culture. It doesn't aim to show the entertainment industry is unsuspectingly influenced, movies are valueless, movie - goers are manipulated, or filmmakers are ideologically corrupt.

Answer:

implicit and hidden meanings that inform our understanding of cinema's function within popular culture.