SOME TERMS

scopophilia
specularize
hermeneutics
sartorial code
diegetic
motif/trope
narration
first person
omniscient
linear and non-linear structure
liminal
flashback
voice over
continuity error
text
subtext
images of entrapment
off screen sounds
shock/surprise/suspense
eruption of the repressed
ellipsis
symbol
chiaroscura
sartorial code
playing against type
variable
intertextuality
genre

FIVE COMMON SUBTEXTUAL THEMES
social structure/power structures/social relationships, class, caste. ethnicity gender, etc.
religion
science and technology
psychological/sexual
reflexivity