Film, cinema 102

Film criticism
Film criticism is not just the way how you like the movie, it's not just like "I like the movie," "the movie was great" like that. But it is how well the film has been.
Film critics or film reviewers focus on the main topic, how the story goes, how the editing has been or how good the execution.

Feminist Theory
Feminist theory aims to understand the nature of gender inequality and the promotion of women's interest.

According to wikipedia, Film theory is often dominated by feminism being played a major antagonist side of the film or made fun of. Feminists have taken many different approaches to the analysis of cinema.  These include discussions of the function of women characters in particular film narratives or in particular genres, such as film noir, where a female character can often be seen to embody a subversive exuality that is dangerous to males and is ultimately punished with death.

Last semester, we took the subject cinema101 wherein we watched a lot classic films such as film noir that has the feminist theory. The movie "Body Heat" is one of the examples of a feminist film.

Gender Studies
Gender studies, as what I have learned is about sexuality, obviously. All different types of gender, boy, girl, gay or lesbian. In film, it is not a problem, it can actually  be a big help.
Different kinds of gender, different kind of film.

Performance Theory
This theory deals with how the actors and actresses do their job, acting. They have to execute their role without disappointing people, they have to give their audience the satisfaction. Good actors, more audiences.

Spectatorship Theory
When we watch a film or a movie, sometimes we can't avoid thinking that the story relates to us. It's like we are part of the story in that film. Because that is what Spectatorship Theory is about. They want to make films that relate people so that they can make a lot of audiences.

Ethnic Theory
Ethnic theory is about racism. It deals with the people to unite and stop racism. Because all of us are equal. Even when you're black or white, all of us should be treated right and equal and respect others.

Auteur Theory
In film criticism, auteur theory holds that a director's film reflects the director's personal creative vision, as if they were the primary "auteur" (the French word for "author"). In spite of—and sometimes even because of—the production of the film as part of an industrial process, the auteur's creative voice is distinct enough to shine through all kinds of studio interference and through the collective process.
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auteur_theory