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Season 1
Buckle in for a bumpy ride! This multi-part explores the basic tenets of film studies and film theory using Michael Bay's Transformers. Yes. That's right. You heard me: Michael Bay's Transformers.
Buckle in for a bumpy ride! This multi-part explores the basic tenets of film studies and film theory using Michael Bay's Transformers. Yes. That's right. You heard me: Michael Bay's Transformers.
Can Michael Bay be considered a "true auteur"? Well, to answer that question, first we gotta figure out what a "true auteur" even is.
Can Michael Bay be considered a "true auteur"? Well, to answer that question, first we gotta figure out what a "true auteur" even is.
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Why is it So Hard to Remember What Happens in Transformers?
Episode overview
Auteur theory flows into film language, because Michael Bay loves him some film language (often without much thought to what the film language is actually *saying*).
Auteur theory flows into film language, because Michael Bay loves him some film language (often without much thought to what the film language is actually *saying*).
Genre is one of the building blocks of film language - but what genre does Transformers fall into anyway?
Genre is one of the building blocks of film language - but what genre does Transformers fall into anyway?
That's right. It's happening. Let's examine our most muscle-bound Autobots through the lens of feminist critical theory.
That's right. It's happening. Let's examine our most muscle-bound Autobots through the lens of feminist critical theory.
The term "male gaze" isn't *just* about how women are depicted on screen by male filmmakers (although it is... largely that) -- male gaze can be used to describe how men portray other men, too.
The term "male gaze" isn't *just* about how women are depicted on screen by male filmmakers (although it is... largely that) -- male gaze can be used to describe how men portray other men, too.
Megan Fox was framed, I tells ya.
Megan Fox was framed, I tells ya.
D'ya like Jazz?
D'ya like Jazz?
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