Characters in Film and Other Media : Theory, Analysis, Interpretation

• Autore: Eder Jens
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, UK : , : Open Book Publishers, , 2025; ©2025
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (0 pages)
• Disciplina: 791.436
• Soggetto topico: Characters and characteristics in motion pictures
• Altri autori: LowryStephen
• Nota di contenuto: Research on characters : an overview -- What are characters, how are they created and experienced? -- A basic model for analysis : the character clock -- Grasping represented beings : forming mental models of characters -- Analysing represented beings : an anthropological heuristic -- Shaping characters with cinematic means : sensuality and structure -- Characters as artefacts : aesthetic qualities and conventions -- Motivation and plot : characters' needs, goals, and actions -- Character constellations as social and aesthetic systems -- Characters as symbols : how characters convey higher-level meanings -- Characters as symptoms : how characters interact with reality -- Imaginative involvement with characters : a matter of perspective -- Affective involvement with characters : sympathy, empathy, and beyond -- Summary : fundamentals of character theory and analysis -- A challenging case : characters and the weight of reality in death and the maiden.
• Sommario/riassunto: "Characters are central to the creation and experience of films and other media. Their cultural significance is profound, but they also raise a wide range of questions.This book provides a comprehensive theory that guides the analysis and interpretation of characters across four dimensions: as represented beings with physical, psychological, and social characteristics; as artefacts with aesthetic structures; as meaningful symbols; and as symptoms of socio-cultural origins and effects. Integrating insights from film, media, and literary studies as well as philosophy, psychology and sociology, the book offers a broad range of approaches for understanding characters and the emotional responses they evoke.Richly illustrated and offering practical tools, along with case studies of numerous characters from different genres of films, this book will be invaluable to scholars and students of film and media studies and related disciplines, as well as artistic practitioners"-- From Open Book Publishers.
• Titolo autorizzato: Characters in Film and Other Media
• ISBN: 1-80064-249-0; 1-80064-250-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911018765803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II