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UNDERSTANDING CINEMA

A Psychological Theory of Moving Imagery

Understanding Cinema analyzes the moving imagery of lm and television

fromapsychologicalperspective.PerPerssonarguesthatspectatorsperceive,

think, apply knowledge, infer, interpret, feel, and make use of knowledge, as-

sumptions, expectations, and prejudices when viewing and making sense of

lm. Drawing on the methods of psychology and anthropology, he explains

howclose-ups,editingconventions,characterpsychologyandothercinematic

techniques work, and how and why they affect the spectator. This study in-

tegrates psychological and culturalist approaches to meaning and reception

in new ways, anchoring the discussion in concrete examples from early and

contemporary cinema Understanding Cinema also examines the design of cin-

ema conventions and their stylistic transformations through the evolution of

lm.

Per Persson is currently researcher at the Nokia Research Center, Helsinki.

Understanding Cinema

A Psychological Theory of Moving Imagery

Per Persson

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