Abstract
This contribution reflects on contemporary film experience under the light of the encounter between the traditional semiological/aesthetic approach to narrative audiovisual media and some notions borrowed from embodied cognitive science. The theory of embodied cognition is studied with particular reference to a specific film genre and respective formal style, i.e. space-exploration film. As a case study, the opening sequence of Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity is analysed to point out the dynamic disembodiment/re-embodiment, which is described as a strategy of spectator’s involvement.
| Translated title of the contribution | [Autom. eng. transl.] Embodiment and film experience. Starting from "Gravity" |
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| Original language | Italian |
| Pages (from-to) | 149-166 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | RETI SAPERI LINGUAGGI |
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| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Cinema americano
- Embodied cognition
- Embodied simulation
- Esperienza filmica
- Estetica del cinema
- Film aesthetics
- Film experience
- Film studi
- Simulazione incarnata
- Teorie del cinema