I'm writing a paper about a movie that exerts a lot of social and cultural criticism through its backdrop - things like posters, graffiti, murals and so on. They are not central to the story at all (it's a love story), but they kind of tell a story in themselves and become very relevant when interpreting the film.
Is there a term for this kind of film?
I believe this would be a type of script Symbology forming a movie motif in the background. This would most likely place it in the catorgory of film making under the heading symbols = "an object in a film that stands for an idea, or that has a second level of meaning to it, e.g., a window or train=freedom, a rose=beauty, a cross-roads=a decision point, etc.; the more a symbol is repeated, the greater its significance" as per Film Terms Glossary
