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Exploring the impact of cinema's scalar operations, the book delves into how techniques like the close-up alter viewers' perceptions of space and orientation. Doane traces the evolution from early cinema's unsettling close-ups to today's immersive technologies like IMAX. She argues that the contemporary experience of immersion reflects a crisis in spatial awareness, reshaping notions of position and distance. Ultimately, the work examines how cinematic scale influences modern identity within a context of commodification and technological mediation.
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Bigger Than Life, Mary Ann Doane
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- Released
- 2022
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- Title
- Bigger Than Life
- Subtitle
- The Close-Up and Scale in the Cinema
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Mary Ann Doane
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Released
- 2022
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 370
- ISBN13
- 9781478013563
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Art & Culture, Hobby, Filmthema, Film
- Rating
- 4.5 out of 5
- Description
- Exploring the impact of cinema's scalar operations, the book delves into how techniques like the close-up alter viewers' perceptions of space and orientation. Doane traces the evolution from early cinema's unsettling close-ups to today's immersive technologies like IMAX. She argues that the contemporary experience of immersion reflects a crisis in spatial awareness, reshaping notions of position and distance. Ultimately, the work examines how cinematic scale influences modern identity within a context of commodification and technological mediation.