This document discusses how ideology can be represented in film through elements like mise-en-scene, editing, camera angles, sounds, and texts. It explains that ideology refers to a systematic world view that shapes concepts of self and its relation to the state or collectivism. The document also notes that ideology involves belief systems and unquestioned ideas that can control people even if they know they are being influenced. It analyzes how social groups are often represented in media according to categories like age, disability, gender, socio-economic status, race, nationality, and sexuality.

1. Ideology in Film
Sophie Purchon

2. Introduction
Ideology is sometimes identified as a form of ideas
reflecting the social needs of an individual, group, class, and
culture.
In other words, ideology refers to a systematic "world view"
which defines our concepts of self and the relations of the
self to the state or any form of the collectivism.
Ideology means belief systems and the principles inside
these systems, even if these "ideas" are unrecognized and
thereby perhaps unquestioned.
Or we may know we are being controlled, but we accept the
idea that the "good" of the system overrides the "bad," or we
accept the notion that the system serves our needs well
enough, even thought the ones we are working for make all
the money.

3. How can media represent
ideology?
Ideology can be represented through:
 Mise-en-scene
 Editing
 Camera angels in film and TV
 Sounds
 Texts

4.  The concept of ideology is a Marxist
theory, which was explored by Louis
Althusser.
 Althusser saw ideology as being a force
which shapes people’s
thoughts/awareness.

5. Representation of Social Groups
 We often analyse representations in the
media according to categories such as:
 Age
 Disability
 Gender
 Socio-economic grouping
 Race
 Nationality
 sexuality