Abstract
In this study, pictures and their properties are examined as instruments of storytelling. Cinematography is generally utilized to generate style and to give the film a characteristic appeal. But in some instances, images actually influence the narrative itself in ways that can re-orientate the plot, and at times, entirely modify it. The essence of the story can emerge from observation and introspection, as opposed to a plot built in a cause-and-effect arrangement. In this study, images and their properties are examined as potentially the sole instrument of storytelling. The analysis focuses on the sensuous characteristics of on-screen pictures that can be considered alternative footage, connecting shots, or intercuts and how they generate meaning. In this perspective, the story emerges as implicit, with a non-representational approach to filmmaking, in the manner poems utilize metaphors. However, this does not necessarily imply the absence of narrative. In this regard, the concept of time-image—image infused with time—is fundamental: a picture embeds connections to other time and space modules. If the story and the images of the film are intricately intertwined, in a relation of sounds, visuals and emotions, the balance between the two roles can be manipulated, resulting in a different approach to filmmaking. In this configuration, the similarly secondary elements of the story become the main narrative mechanism, through the simultaneous experience of viewing, feeling and interpreting. Keywords : Film, Cinema, Image, Cinematography, Narrative, Storytelling DOI: 10.7176/RHSS/11-20-03 Publication date: October 31 st 2021
Highlights
Cinematography is by definition 'the art or technique of motion-picture photography' (Dictionary, 2021)
Two perspectives are distinct and often at odds in this approach: video art and art installations, with the choice to distance the work from narrative mechanisms, and motion pictures that can be watched sitting in a theater, where the audience expects a story to be told without too much interference of abstract images
Without referring to the plot at any time, or having to relate to the story as a whole, the standalone sequences lead the emotional experience—guiding the overall narrative, in the absence of causal connections to the story development. This notion of sensorial experience in film is closely tied to the in-depth role of cinematography and its relation to the narrative method, as it identifies the emotional interaction with the work as an instrument of storytelling
Summary
Cinematography is by definition 'the art or technique of motion-picture photography' (Dictionary, 2021). The fact that the emotional relation with the movie operates on a personal level of experience shows that the audience does connect to the story through sensations, does understand the plot according to this very experience.
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