In relation to Arnheim's "limitations" point below, there's a brilliant interview with jean Renoir here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKCrOLcDbjE
Nicky. -----Original Message----- From: Jonathan Thomas <[email protected]> To: Experimental Film Discussion List <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:40 Subject: Re: [Frameworks] books about Film and Perception "Of course, Arnheim did write an ART AND VISUAL PERCEPTION focused on film - FILM AS ART. Though the science behind it has largely been discredited, it's still a very important work, a totally enjoyable read, and, I think, a valid aesthetic statement." Indeed. The main reason why I like Arnheim's 'Film as Art' is his assertion that it is cinema's limitations that make it an art, and that the ceaseless striving towards 'higher' production values results in nothing more than a "cinematic wax museum" - a phrase of his that often comes to mind in this HD, 3D world. Jonathan cinema metafisica - artistic research into the cinematic apparatus and the still life tradition DecemberLab - supporting, promoting and developing artists' moving image --- On Tue, 21/2/12, Jonathan Walley <[email protected]> wrote: From: Jonathan Walley <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] books about Film and Perception To: "Experimental Film Discussion List" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, 21 February, 2012, 15:19 Of course, Arnheim did write an ART AND VISUAL PERCEPTION focused on film - FILM AS ART. Though the science behind it has largely been discredited, it's still a very important work, a totally enjoyable read, and, I think, a valid aesthetic statement. Also in the "discredited science but still worth reading" department is Eisenstein's essay "A Dialectical Approach to Film Form," in which Eisenstein extends his Marxian dialectic theory of montage all the way from to the perception of movement in film projection to the formation of abstract political ideas while viewing propaganda films. "The Myth of Persistence of Vision" and "The Myth of Persistence of Vision Revisited," by Joseph Anderson and Barbara Fisher are must reads - I've had colleagues who still teach the "persistence of vision" theory (and several film/video production manuals and cinema studies textbooks still trot it out). Anderson and Fisher do a very thorough job of debunking it, and clearly and compellingly advance other possibilities. It's a classic of cognitivist scholarship. Some of David Bordwell's writing also addresses fundamental processes of cinematic perception. See, especially, his blog entries on eye movements: http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2011/02/06/the-eyes-mind/ http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2011/02/14/watching-you-watch-there-will-be-blood/ These last few readings are heavily foot/end-noted, and so will likely point you in the direction of other readings, too. And yes, the Wees book is great. Best, Jonathan On Feb 21, 2012, at 10:02 AM, Jonathan Thomas wrote: 'Light Moving in Time' by William Wees is a good place to start, I think. Also, there's a great page here that collects essays by Paul Sharits - definitely worth a look as filmic perception was a fundamental concern of his. Jonathan cinema metafisica - artistic research into the cinematic apparatus and the still life tradition DecemberLab - supporting, promoting and developing artists' moving image --- On Tue, 21/2/12, franco base <[email protected]> wrote: From: franco base <[email protected]> Subject: [Frameworks] books about Film and Perception To: "Experimental Film Discussion List" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, 21 February, 2012, 14:38 Hi. Can you suggest me some books about connection between film and Visual Perception? Something like Arnheim's Art and Visual Perception focalized on Film. For example Id' like to investigate the behavoir of human brain during the black intervals between frames or during flicker or during transition from negative to positive... Thanks in advance F. -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list [email protected] https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list [email protected] https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks Jonathan Walley Associate Professor of Cinema Denison University [email protected] -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list [email protected] https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list [email protected] https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
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