Characters in film texts reflect different aspects of a personality - and in some cases are given assigned roles because of their 'personal trait'. Much of Freud critical research was questioning his parents on their dreams - believing that making sense of them can lead to discovering someones true motivations. Film texts work on the same principles - organising and describing the narrative to find true meaning (Taxi Driver, for example) - as character are driven by something in their unconscious world/inside their head.
Film can, to a degree, be used to track down and unveil a universal understanding of our own thoughts and behaviours through identification and enjoyment of the text - the release mechanism of these id induced impulses.
ID - most primitive, irrational and emotional, selfish, concerned only with its own self-satisfaction, pleasure and instant gratification.
[KEY WORD: WANT]
EGO - reality principle, the ego tries to meet the basic needs of the id but also take into account the real world.
[KEY WORD: BALANCE]
SUPEREGO - based on moral principles.
[KEY WORDS: MORALS, COMPROMISE]
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