Film sociology is a subject that studies the relationship between film and society. It mainly focuses on how movies reflect social reality, convey social values and influence the audience's thoughts and behaviors.

The Visible Man is a book published by China Film in September 2003 by Hungarian Balazs Bela.

The content of this book mainly uses the Marxist point of view to systematically expound the film aesthetics, especially in the aspects of film close-up and montage, photography skills, film sound and music, film style and so on.

At the same time, this book also discusses the comparison between sound films and silent films and the unique view of the foresight of color films. These early studies of film aesthetic theory occupy an important position in the film and have a wide influence, and are still of great reference value to the study of film history and film theory.

Characteristics of film sociology works;

1. Pay attention to the relationship between film and society: film sociology works usually discuss how films reflect social reality, convey social values and influence the audience's thoughts and behaviors. These works will analyze the complex relationship between film and society from the perspective of sociology.

2. Emphasize the social function of film: Film sociology works usually emphasize the social function of film as a social medium. These works will discuss how movies affect the audience's cognition, emotion and behavior, and how movies reflect and shape social culture.

3. Pay attention to empirical research: film sociology works usually use empirical research methods to explore the influence and role of movies on society through surveys, interviews and data analysis of movie audiences. These books will provide specific data and cases to support their views.

4. Interdisciplinary research methods: Film sociology works usually adopt interdisciplinary research methods, and combine the theories and methods of sociology, psychology, culturology and other disciplines to conduct in-depth research and analysis on films.

5. Pay attention to the development of film industry: Film sociology works usually pay attention to the development of film industry, including film production, distribution and projection. These works will analyze the development trend, market situation and the influence of industrial policies on the film industry.