Film Theories: Psychoanalysic

Psychoanalysis Psychoanalysis is theory and therapy which aims to treat the mental disorder by investigating the interaction of conscious and unconscious element in the mind and bringing repressed fears and conflicts into the conscious mind by the techniques such as dream interpretation and bring association. Psychoanalysis in relation to film, the element of psychoanalysis that been use quite often in cinema world mental disorder. In many thriller or action movies have placed this element into the character to fulfill the need of the character. The greatest example of the character that suffering from mental disorder is Joker from Batman. In Batman Joker is the greatest example of a character who has a mental disorder due to the bad experience. Joker character is clearly identified as Id one of the three personalities of Sigmund Freud personality structure because joker has to present a true nature human instinct, an instinct that hidden and been locker in everyone by the society. Batman or any superhero movies have contained a lot of character that has a mental disorder, in Batman not only Joker who have a mental disorder and qualify as Id from Sigmund Freud personality structure. Another character that could be identified as Ego personality is Batman or Bruce Wayne, the character of Bruce Wayne of Batman is clearly identified is Ego a personality that attempts to control Id or Joker. Bruce Wayne itself is a character who lives reality principle follow the rule and law of society, but in order hand when Bruce Wayne become Batman at night it feels like the personality of this character is shifting from Ego to Id. The personality of Batman or Bruce Wayne, when becoming Batman, does not really care about the reality principal but follow his on instinct ignorer to hunt the criminal to protect Gotham city.

This two-character from Batman is the greatest example of the relation between the cinematic world and Psychoanalysis theory.

Other than the character of Joker and Bruce Wayne from Batman, another great example for mental disorder character in movies is the main character from the film call Split. The main character of these movies is a multiple character person who contains many personalities within one person, some personality of him or her is clearly identified as Id in relation to Sigmund Freud personality structure.