2nd Year 500 word essay Last year i came into film not knowing anything at all about the subject,but now i can safely say that i am strong with the core stuff such as cinematography,editing,performance and Mis-en-scene. The areas i struggle with though are definitely auteur theory and spectatorship and i am going to discuss those in further detail. Spectatorship In spectatorship we look at La la land and Winters Bone and how the way the audience view the film influences their experience of it. All i can remember is the passive and active viewing and this is very basic terminology. passive viewing is where you accept what the film is giving to you i believe and active view is where you challenge and question what is happening. apart from that i have next to no clue what the other terminology is but they all end in reading. however i think i'll be able to cope with linking the spectatorship with the core stuff. Auteur theory In Auteur theory we study Blade Runner directed by Ridel