the psychology of the photoplay Flashcards
Who wrote the psychology of the photoplay
Hugo Münsterberg
Inner Development
Film only exists in our mind. The Perception of 3D depth and movement is an inner development
Subjective
Outer Development
The objective technology : Screen, projector, film strip, photography
Is Depth an Inner or Outer development
Inner: Depth cues create the illusion of a added 3rd dimension which is not objectively present
What are four depth cues
Relative size
Movement
Perspective
Shadows
Cinema functions as a psychological truism, — and — are two different things
Knowledge and Perception
we suspend — so it does not interfere our —- with the fictional world and the —- we see on screen
- disbelief
- enjoyment
- illusion
two forms of attention
voluntary and involuntary
Voluntary attention
internal motivation, what we choose to pay attention to
Involuntary attention
can be external and internal, the body responds to stimuli, like a reflex
What happens to attention when watching a film
we surreneder our attention to watch another persons act of watching
voluntary gets exchanged for involuntary. The motivation that usually comes from within comes from without
What is a close up a cinematic transformation of?
It is transformation of voluntary to involuntary
What can close ups do?
express the psychology of characters
What are the key ways cinema uses memory through editing?
Flash backs
Foreshadowing
How does cinema resemble ones imagination?
Cinema uses the freehand of the mind rather than that of the external world. In our imagination we can think of one place to the next, one object to the next.
