Film studies

Film studies is an academic discipline that deals with various theoretical, historical, and critical approaches to cinema as an art form and a medium.

[1] In searching for these social-ideological values, film studies takes a series of critical approaches for the analysis of production, theoretical framework, context, and creation.

Film studies as an academic discipline emerged in the 20th century, decades after the invention of motion pictures.

[3] Similarly, French director Jean Luc Godard, a contributor to the influential magazine Cahiers du Cinéma, wrote: "Jerry Lewis [...] is the only one in Hollywood doing something different, the only one who isn't falling in with the established categories, the norms, the principles.

[5] Today, film studies are taught worldwide and has grown to encompass numerous methods for teaching history, culture and society.

Many liberal arts colleges and universities, as well as American high schools, contain courses specifically focused on the analysis of film.

[8] Universities often allow students to participate in film research and attend seminars of specialized topics to enhance their critical abilities.

[16] Film archives and museums such as the Eye Filmmuseum in Amsterdam[17] also conduct scholarly projects alongside educational and outreach programs.