Pictorialism in Cinema: Creating New Narrative Challenges

Jarmo Valkola

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Abstract

This book explores the unique phenomenon of pictorialism and its connection with other arts in film and media studies. Pictorialism is motivated by the commitment to develop and increase the function and effectiveness of images, sounds, and performances that aesthetically formulate, translate, and change the effects of contemporary cinema to higher dimensions and qualities of art. The book’s main focus is when pictorialism as such is the major aesthetic convention used in filmmaking practice, and when pictorialism itself forms the key element of the narrative, considering a number of theoretical and practical issues of filmic narration, including: What are the main challenges of pictorial communication? How is pictorialism used in films? How far is the “pictorial image” a combination of the bodily performance of the characters, the surrounding landscape, and the evocative use of the soundscape? More generally, what is the state of image studies today?
Original languageEnglish
PublisherCambridge Scholars Publishing
Number of pages430
ISBN (Print)978-1-4438-9762-4
Publication statusPublished - 1 Oct 2016
MoE publication typeC1 Book

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