Structuralist film theory emphasizes how films convey meaning through the use of codes and conventions not dissimilar to the way languages are used to construct meaning in communication.
In other words, the site of the study (the film) is moving in time and must be analyzed in a framework which can consider its temporality.
[1] Film theorists associated with structuralism include Peter Wollen,[2] Sol Worth, Calvin Pryluck,[3] Christian Metz.
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