Editing Structuralist film theory (section)

==Overview==
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Structuralist film theory emphasizes how [[film]]s convey [[Meaning (semiotics)|meaning]] through the use of [[code (semiotics)|code]]s and conventions not dissimilar to the way languages are used to construct meaning in communication. However, structuralist film theory differs from linguistic theory in that its codifications include a more apparent temporal aspect. 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. To that end, structuralist film theory is dependent on a new kind of [[Sign (semiotics)|sign]], first proposed by the [[Prague school|Prague linguistic circle]], dubbed the [[Ostensive definition|ostensive]] sign.<ref>Sternagel, Jörg, Deborah Levitt, Dieter Mersch, and Lesley Stern. ''Acting and Performance in Moving Image Culture: Bodies, Screens, Renderings'', 2012. p. 307.</ref>