Ideology

A set of views and ideas and values that are held by a society or a group within society

Societies have dominant ideologies - lying is bad

Karl Marx - the problem with society is that we changed from the ideological to the material

Not all ideologies are true

Different groups have different ideologies

Ideology falls in to two different categories in film:
Explicit
Films like superhero, war, westerns - violence solves problems
Good vs Evil
Love will conquer all - Rom Coms
Golden era Hollywood reenforces dominant ideology
Implicit
Harry Poter films - equality, chosen one isn't nice, shouldn't judge on impressions etc.

Some films appear to be neutral in terms of ideology but always will have implicit ideology

Echo Chamber
Surrounded by own views and doesn't listen to others

Things that contribute to a film's ideology:
Genre
Context of production (time, place it was made)
Target audience
Diegesis (setting)
Perspective of audience
Dialogue
Ending/resolution
Ideologies and views of crew
Characterisations (think about film behind a different character)
Pace
Narrative

Binary oppositions for set up in the narrative will set up the ideology