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The Reality of Illusion: An Ecological Approach to Cognitive Film Theory
Joseph D. Anderson
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Paperback. Deals with problems - psychology and spectatorship - central to cinema studies. The book is organized by areas that can be studied from a cognitive perspective - human perception, perception of images and sounds, continuity and narrativity, and character recognition and attribution. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 304.
The Reality of Illusion deals with the problems - psychology and spectatorship - that are central to the field of cinema studies. The author joins a small group of theorists who are sounding a call to increase the emphasis on experimental method as the primary tool for research on film viewing. He regards cognitive theory, which treats the mind as an information processor and a computer as an inspiration, as the research paradigm of choice for film theorists. The film viewer is ""a standard biological audio/visual processor"". Thus, Anderson has organized this book according to areas of film theory that ... Read more
The Reality of Illusion deals with the problems - psychology and spectatorship - that are central to the field of cinema studies. The author joins a small group of theorists who are sounding a call to increase the emphasis on experimental method as the primary tool for research on film viewing. He regards cognitive theory, which treats the mind as an information processor and a computer as an inspiration, as the research paradigm of choice for film theorists. The film viewer is ""a standard biological audio/visual processor"". Thus, Anderson has organized this book according to areas of film theory that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Carbondale, United States
ISBN
9780809321964
SKU
V9780809321964
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99-1
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