Moving image theory : ecological considerations /

Blending unconventional film theory with nontraditional psychology to provide a radically different set of critical methods and propositions about cinema, Moving Image Theory: Ecological Considerations looks at film through its communication properties rather than its social or political implication...

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Other Authors: Anderson, Joseph, 1940-, Anderson, Barbara Fisher, 1951-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2007.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Part One. Information Available in Moving Images: 1. Perceiving Scenes in Film and in the World / James E. Cutting ; 2. The Value of Oriented Geometry for Ecological Psychology and Moving Image Art / Robert E. Shaw and William M. Mace
  • Part Two. Perception of Simulated Human Motion: 3. Creating Realistic Motion / Jessica K. Hodgins, James F. O'Brien, Nancy S. Pollard, Robert Sumner, Wayne L. Wooten, Gary Yngve, and Victor Zordan ; 4. Perceiving Human Motion in Synthesized Images / Joseph D. Anderson and Jessica K. Hodgins
  • Part Three. Acoustic Events: 5. Background Tracks in Recent Cinema / Charles Eidsvik ; 6. Acoustic Specification of Object Properties / Claudia Carello, Jeffrey B. Wagman, and Michael T. Turvey
  • Part Four. Information in Facial Expression: 7. Three Views of Facial Expression and Its Understanding in the Cinema / Ed S. Tan ; 8. Facial Motion as a Cue to Identity / Karen Lander and Vicki Bruce
  • Part Five. Coupling of Perception and Emotion: 9. Film Lighting and Mood / Torben Kragh Grodal ; 10. Cinematic Creation of Emotion / Dolf Zillmann
  • Part Six. Appeals of Reality-Based Moving Images: 11. Documentary's Peculiar Appeals / Dirk Eitzen ; 12. Reality Programming: Evolutionary Models of Film and Television Viewership / William Evans
  • Part Seven. Events, Symbols, and Metaphors: 13. Through Alice's Glass: The Creation and Perception of Other Worlds in Movies, Pictures, and Virtual Reality / Sheena Rogers ; 14. Metaphors in Movies / John M. Kennedy and Dan Chiappe.